Linda Woolverton, one of TheLionKing's original screenwriters, on the scene that traumatized a generation
became the benchmark against which all future film tragedies would be measured—much like themother murder that traumatized another generation of children decades before. The sequence begins with an act of heroism: Mufasa, king of the Pride Lands, saves his son, Simba, from a stampede the young cub believes to be his own fault. A frenzied orchestra crescendoes as Mufasa plucks his heir from the chaos, placing him safely atop a ledge before being knocked back into the fray.
Simba witnesses the entire thing, wide-eyed and shrieking helplessly as his father falls to his death. The cub then runs to find his lifeless father in the dusty, barren ravine. Mufasa’s eyes are closed, his whiskers bent; Simba, his voice hoarse, tries to wake Mufasa, pleading, “Dad, come on. You gotta get up! Dad, we gotta go home.” Eventually it becomes clear that his father is dead—that he will never get up, that no one can help.
in 2016, which offered proof positive that “live-action” animal films were possible. At first the idea made Woolverton nervous: “I didn’t know how much they were going to change it,” she said. “It was so hard to do the first time—to get it right, to get the story right, to get the tone right, just all of it.” For the record, though, Woolverton loved the movie when she saw its July 9 premiere in Los Angeles.
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