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The Jungle Book
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Walt Disney Productions Walt Disney Productions
The Jungle Book Collection The Jungle Book Collection

The Jungle Book

The Jungle is JUMPIN'!

1967 78 min ★ 7.3 (6,762) Released
Adventure Animation Family

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Original title
The Jungle Book
Language
EN
Country
US
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$378,000,000
Reviews & Ratings 2
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

Sep 5, 2024 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

This has probably the most perfect balance of story and soundtrack of any film I've ever seen - animated or otherwise. Adapting Rudyard Kipling's tale of "Mowgli" the child abandoned in the Indian jungle, but rescued and raised by a family of wolves. "Bagheera", the sagacious panther realises as the boy starts to grow to manhood, that he ought to return to his own kind but "Baloo", the avuncular bear thinks otherwise and so takes our young man-cub on some fun adventures in the jungle - including some near-misses with the wonderfully menacing, sardonic tiger "Shere Khan" and "Kaa" the hypnotic python. The voice cast - especially Phil Harris as the bear and George Sanders as the tiger are great; Louis Prima as "Louie" the King of the Apes provides us with one of the best songs ever to feature in a Disney film - and the Sherman brothers provide a great slew more of them for us to enjoy, too. The detail in the animations and the humour in the script are super - this really is a must watch.

Kamurai

Kamurai

Jul 16, 2020 · via TMDB

★ 6.0

Good watch, might watch again, and can recommend if you've seen any other version or are looking for a writing analysis. During a lot of the movie, I was kind of in nostalgia mode, remember things I saw / felt when I was a kid, just sort of enjoying the way back machine experience. It wasn't until almost the very last scene that it clicked how good the writing is in this. I know this is known for the excellent animation styling, the catchy tunes, and charming coming of age semantics, but this uses several strong formulas that have been used since Aesop's fables. And that's what made me realize the writing quality, I felt as if I was watching an on fable with moral lessons of consequence. Up until that point I was mentally preparing how this 1967 animation is actually a perfect metaphor for 2020 entitled child entering the real world: never being told no, even to the threat of great, potentially lethal, loss because even in the face of danger, they've been taught that they deserve, even in the logic that it can't be true on both sides though both believe that. Hmmm, that sounds a lot like religious war. Digressing back to the writing: Mowgli embodies naivety, narcissism, entitlement, whatever you would like to call as he's a victim / ward of extreme chances of compassion: he just happens to luck into survival wherever he goes. While Tarzan makes more sense, this is character development for the series of situations (each one their own potential fable) with the main character shifting to and fro from Bagera to Mowgli to Balloo, each one being taught lessons as the adventure continues. With the representation of the jungle and the adversities that Mowgli faces, Mowgli slowly learns what Bagera and Baloo both know: most people are only interested in their own interests, but sometimes those that have enough can be in a position to help others. The xenoism (racism) that Sher Khan has for Mowgli as a human is enough for these predators give up his companionship to help him to the man-village. The really odd lesson is that Mowgli embraces the self-interest needed in the jungle, despite dialogue to the contrary.

User reviews courtesy of TMDB.

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Cast 17
Bruce Reitherman

Bruce Reitherman

Mowgli the Man Cub (voice)

Phil Harris

Phil Harris

Baloo the Bear (voice)

Sebastian Cabot

Sebastian Cabot

Bagheera the Panther (voice)

George Sanders

George Sanders

Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

Sterling Holloway

Sterling Holloway

Kaa the Snake (voice)

Louis Prima

Louis Prima

King Louie of the Apes (voice)

J. Pat O'Malley

J. Pat O'Malley

Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)

Clint Howard

Clint Howard

Junior (voice)

Chad Stuart

Chad Stuart

Dizzy (voice)

John Abbott

John Abbott

Akela (voice)

Ben Wright

Ben Wright

Rama (voice)

Darleen Carr

Darleen Carr

The Girl (voice)

Verna Felton

Verna Felton

Winifred (voice)

Bill Lee

Bill Lee

Shere Khan (singing) / Elephant Soldier (voice) (uncredited)

Hal Smith

Hal Smith

Slob Elephant (uncredited)

Leo De Lyon

Leo De Lyon

Flunky Monkey (voice) (uncredited)

James MacDonald

James MacDonald

Shere Khan & Bagheera’s Roars (voice) (uncredited)

Crew 15
Frank Armitage

Frank Armitage

Background Designer

Wolfgang Reitherman

Wolfgang Reitherman

Director

Walt Disney

Walt Disney

Producer

George Bruns

George Bruns

Original Music Composer

Richard M. Sherman

Richard M. Sherman

Songs

Robert B. Sherman

Robert B. Sherman

Songs

Eric Larson

Eric Larson

Animation

Frank Thomas

Frank Thomas

Animation Director

John Lounsbery

John Lounsbery

Animation Director

Milt Kahl

Milt Kahl

Animation Director

Ollie Johnston

Ollie Johnston

Animation Director

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Novel

Ken Anderson

Ken Anderson

Story

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

Story

Vance Gerry

Vance Gerry

Story

Gallery 210
Videos 4
Similar Movies 491
US Release Dates 8

Oct 18, 1967

G Theatrical

Jun 9, 1978

Re-release

Theatrical

May 3, 1991

VHS

G Physical

Oct 14, 1997

VHS

G Physical

Dec 7, 1999

DVD

G Physical

Oct 2, 2007

DVD

G Physical

Jul 13, 2011

TV

Feb 11, 2014

Blu-ray / DVD

G Physical

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