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The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was first released on October 18, 1967, and was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It was based, rather loosely, on the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The movie remains one of Disney's most popular, and contained a number of classic songs, including "Bare Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You". Most of the songs are by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The film was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, and Mowgli was voiced by his son, Bruce Reitherman.
There are two villains, Kaa (voiced by Sterling Holloway, known largely for his voice work on Winnie the Pooh), a hypnotizing snake; and Shere Khan (voiced by George Sanders), a tiger.
The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written for, but not used in, Mary Poppins.
Part of "Bare Necessities" was remixed for the theme song of its short-lived 1990s TV spin-off, Jungle Cubs. The characters of Baloo, Shere Khan, and King Louie were also featured in the television series TaleSpin.
Voice cast
- Phil Harris as Baloo
- Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera
- Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli
- Sterling Holloway as Kaa
- George Sanders as Shere Khan
- Louis Prima as King Louie
- J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Hathi and Buzzie
- Verna Felton as Winifred
- Clint Howard as Junior
- Chad Stuart as Flaps
- Lord Tim Hudson as Dizzy
- John Abbott as Akela
- Ben Wright as Rama
- Darleen Carr as The Girl (Shanti)
Crew members
- Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
- Produced by Walt Disney
- Story by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson and Vance Gerry (inspired by the Rudyard Kipling "Mowgli" stories)
- Directing animators Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and John Lounsbery
- Character animation Hal King, Eric Cleworth, Eric Larson, Fred Hellmich, Walt Stanchfield, John Ewing and Dick Lucas
- Effects animation by Dan MacManus
- Background styling by Al Dempster
- Background by Bill Layne, Ralph Hulett, Art Riley, Thelma Witmer and Frank Armitage
- Production manager Don Duckwall
- Sound by Robert O'Cook
- Film editors Tom Acosta and Norman Carlisle
- Music editor Evelyn Kennedy
- Music by George Bruns
- Orchestration by Walter Sheets
- Songs by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
- "Bare Necessities" by Terry Gilkyson; sung by Phil Harris
Songs and music
- Jungle Book Overture - (instrumental)
- Colonel Hathi's March - Colonel Hathi and the elephants
- Bare Necessities - Baloo and Mowgli
- I Wan'na Be Like You - King Louie and Baloo
- Colonel Hathi's March (reprise) - Colonel Hathi and the elephants
- Trust in Me - Kaa
- That's What Friends Are For - The Vultures, Mowgli and Shere Khan
- My Own Home - The Girl (Shanti)
The Jungle Book theatrical release history
The Jungle Book home video release history
- May 3, 1991 (VHS)
- October 14, 1997 (VHS)
- December 7, 1999 (VHS and DVD)
NOTE: A Platinum Edition is expected to be released on DVD by Walt Disney Home Video in 2007 .
Titles in different languages
- Cantonese: 小泰山
- Croatian: Knjiga o džungli
- Czech: Kniha Džunglí
- Danish: Junglebogen
- Dutch: Jungle Boek
- Finnish: Viidakkokirja
- French: Le Livre de la Jungle
- German: Das Dschungelbuch
- Greek: Το Βιβλίο της Ζούγκλας
- Hebrew: ספר הג'ונגל
- Hungarian: A Dzsungel Könyve
- Icelandic: Skógarlíf
- Italian: Il libro della giungla
- Lithuanian: Džiunglių knyga
- Mandarin Chinese: 森林王子
- Norwegian: Jungelboken
- Polish: Ksiega Dzungli
- Portuguese: O Libro da Selva (Portugal); Mogli - O Menino Lobo (Brazil)
- Russian: Книга джунглей
- Serbian: Knjiga o džungli
- Spanish: El Libro de la Selva
- Swedish: Djungelboken
External links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for The Jungle Book
- The Jungle Book Collection: a website demonstrating the variety of merchandise related to the book and film versions of The Jungle Books.
1967 films | Disney animated features canon | Films based on fiction books
Das Dschungelbuch (1967) | Le Livre de la Jungle (Disney) | Il libro della giungla (film 1967) | ספר הג'ונגל (סרט) | ジャングル・ブック (映画) | The Jungle Book | Djungelboken (film, 1967) | 森林王子
"The Jungle Book (1967 film)"