Leo the Lion (2005 film)
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Directed by | Mario Cambi |
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Story by | Mario Cambi |
Produced by | Veronica Salvi |
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Edited by | Claudio Di Mauro |
Music by | Alessandro Molinari |
Production company | Dujass Film |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Leo the Lion (Italian: La Storia Di Leo) is a 2005 Italian animated adventure musical film directed by Mario Cambi, who co-wrote the screenplay with Pierstefano Marangoni. It stars Neri Marcorè, Leo Gullotta and Carlo Conti. The film follows Leo, a lion who exhibits a vegetarian diet which causes him to be an outcast among his pride, so he sets off on a journey to find the "Heart of the Jungle", a place that Leo's deceased mother to him to go to, with his friend Uncle Lope and a couple of baby elephants tagging along with him.
Produced by Dujass Film, the film was originally released on June 17, 2005 in Italy. In the United States, an English-dub of the film was released onto Netflix by The Weinstein Company on July 18, 2013.[1]
Plot
In the
Cast
Italian Version
- Neri Marcorè as Leo
- Carlo Conti as Zanco
- Leo Gullotta as Cobo
- Simona Marchini as Avoria
- Elio Pandolfi as Lady Camea
English Version
- Daniel Amerman as Leo the Lion
- John Cygan as Uncle Lope
- Matthew Mercer as Maximus Elefante
- Amanda Allan as Savannah
- Porter Hansen as Shaman
- Debi Derryberry as Baby Elephants
- Mari Devon as Leo's Mom
- Eileen Galindo as Goo Roo / Beatrice
- Michael Sorich as Eli Phant / Hyena #1
- Cristina Pucelli as Nanou / Baby Monkey #2
- Grant George as Crocodiles / Hyena #2
- Fabiana Arrastia as Zebra Mom
- Bailey Gambertoglio as Spots / Lion Cub
- Cole Sand as Ebony
- Terrence Stone as Snake / Hyena #3 / Vulture #1
- Animals animals that appear in the movie:
Reception
Common Sense Media gave the movie one star out of five, calling it a "horrible Pixar rip-off with terrible songs, annoying voices, subpar animation, and a poorly executed story line".[2]
References
- ^ "The Nightmare World of Leo the Lion, Netflix's Worst Movie". Intelligencer. August 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
- ^ "Leo the Lion". Common Sense Media. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 2020-06-17.
External links
- Leo the Lion on Netflix
- Leo the Lion at IMDb