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The Lion of Judah (2011)

The Lion of Judah poster
Directed by
Deryck Broom, Roger Hawkins
Genre
adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This animated film follows a group of animals in a Bethlehem stable who witness the birth of a king. The story is a Christian comedy drama about the stable mates and the events surrounding that night.

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What happens

The Lion of Judah is a 2011 computer-animated Christian comedy-drama film produced by Animated Family Films, distributed by Rocky Mountain Pictures, and starring Scott Eastwood, Georgina Cordova, Sandi Patty, Anupam Kher, Michael Madsen, Alphonso McAuley, Omar Benson Miller, Vic Mignogna and Ernest Borgnine. It is the sequel to the Christmas short film Once Upon A Stable, taking place 30 years earlier in a Bethlehem stable as The Stable-Mates witness the birth of "The King". Lion of Judah had a limited release to theaters starting June 3, 2011, and a domestic DVD release Easter 2012. Greg Sims - one of the films composers - stated that the film was “the first 3D faith-based animation to be released in theaters worldwide,”. He has uploaded his score of the film on SoundCloud. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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