The African Lion: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
m Removing from Category:American documentary films - already subcategorized, remove diffusing parent category - using Cat-a-lot |
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
| gross = $2.1 million (US)<ref>'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', ''Variety Weekly'', January 25, 1956</ref> |
| gross = $2.1 million (US)<ref>'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', ''Variety Weekly'', January 25, 1956</ref> |
||
}} |
}} |
||
'''''The African Lion''''' is a 1955 feature-length [[Technicolor]] [[documentary]] that was released by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] as part of its ''[[True-Life Adventures]]'' series. The film, which was shot over a three-year period focuses on the life of the [[ |
'''''The African Lion''''' is a 1955 feature-length [[Technicolor]] [[documentary]] that was released by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] as part of its ''[[True-Life Adventures]]'' series. The film, which was shot over a three-year period, focuses on the life of the [[lion]] within the complexity of the [[Africa]]n ecosystem.<ref>{{cite news | author =Bosley Crowther | title = "The African Lion" (1955) | publisher =The New York Times | date =June 27, 1952 | url = https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9806EFDD113AE53BBC4D52DFBF66838E649EDE| accessdate=October 25, 2009}}</ref> At the [[6th Berlin International Film Festival]] it won the [[Silver Bear|Silver Bear (Documentaries)]] award.<ref name="Berlinale 1956">{{cite web |url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1956/03_preistr_ger_1956/03_Preistraeger_1956.html |title=6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners |accessdate=December 27, 2009 |work=berlinale.de}}</ref> |
||
It was released on DVD in 2006 as part of the Walt Disney Legacy Collection. It can be found on the third volume of the True-Life Adventures series where it has been fully restored. |
It was released on DVD in 2006 as part of the Walt Disney Legacy Collection. It can be found on the third volume of the True-Life Adventures series where it has been fully restored. |
||
Revision as of 00:53, 26 March 2019
| The African Lion | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | James Algar |
| Written by | James Algar Winston Hibler |
| Produced by | Ben Sharpsteen |
| Narrated by | Winston Hibler |
| Cinematography | Alfred Milotte Elma Milotte |
| Edited by | Norman R. Palmer |
| Music by | Paul J. Smith |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
Release date |
|
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.1 million (US)[1] |
The African Lion is a 1955 feature-length Technicolor documentary that was released by Walt Disney Productions as part of its True-Life Adventures series. The film, which was shot over a three-year period, focuses on the life of the lion within the complexity of the African ecosystem.[2] At the 6th Berlin International Film Festival it won the Silver Bear (Documentaries) award.[3]
It was released on DVD in 2006 as part of the Walt Disney Legacy Collection. It can be found on the third volume of the True-Life Adventures series where it has been fully restored.
See also
References
- ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
- ^ Bosley Crowther (June 27, 1952). ""The African Lion" (1955)". The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2009.
- ^ "6th Berlin International Film Festival: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
External links
 | This article about a nature documentary film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |