The Jungle Book (1967)

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story) &
Ralph Wright (story) ...
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Release Date:

7 December 1967 (Argentina)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical

Tagline:

Meet Mowgli, the man cub. Baloo thinks he'll make a darn good bear. Shere Khan thinks he'll make a darn good meal. [1978 re-release]

Plot:

Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Panther | Tiger | Bear | Wolf

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Phil Harris	...	'Baloo' the Bear (voice)
Sebastian Cabot	...	'Bagheera' the Panther (voice)
Bruce Reitherman	...	'Mowgli' the Man Cub (voice)
George Sanders	...	Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	'Kaa' the Snake (voice)
Louis Prima	...	King Louie of the Apes (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)
Verna Felton	...	Elephant (voice)
Clint Howard	...	Elephant (voice)
Chad Stuart	...	Vulture (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson	...	Vulture (voice)
John Abbott	...	Wolf (voice)
Ben Wright	...	Wolf (voice)
Darleen Carr	...	The Girl (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leo DeLyon	...	Flunkey (voice) (uncredited)
Bill Lee	...	Shere Khan (singing voice) (uncredited)
Hal Smith	...	Slob Elephant / Monkey (voice) (uncredited)
Digby Wolfe	...	Ziggy (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writing credits
Larry Clemmons		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story) &
Ken Anderson		(story) &
Vance Gerry		(story)
Rudyard Kipling		(inspired by the Mowgli stories)
Bill Peet		story (uncredited)

Produced by
Walt Disney	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
George Bruns		(music)

Film Editing by
Tom Acosta		(film editor)
Norman Carlisle		(film editor)

Production Management
Don A. Duckwall	....	production manager (as Don Duckwall)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Dan MacManus	....	effects animation

Animation Department
Frank Armitage	....	background artist
Dale Barnhart	....	layout artist
Eric Cleworth	....	character animator
Tom Codrick	....	layout artist
Basil Davidovich	....	layout artist
Al Dempster	....	background stylist
John Ewing	....	character animator
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Fred Hellmich	....	character animator
Ralph Hulett	....	background artist
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator: "Baloo"
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator: "Shere Khan", "King Louie" and "Kaa"
Hal King	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	character animator
Bill Layne	....	background artist
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
Dick N. Lucas	....	character animator (as Dick Lucas)
Art Riley	....	background artist
Sylvia Roemer	....	layout artist
Walt Stanchfield	....	character animator
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator: "Mowgli"
Thelma Witmer	....	background artist
Milton Gray	....	inbetween animator (uncredited)
Burny Mattinson	....	story artist (uncredited)
Floyd Norman	....	story artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
April McMorris	....	digital producer: restoration (uncredited)

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Walter Sheets	....	orchestration
Richard M. Sherman	....	composer: songs
Robert B. Sherman	....	composer: songs
Edmundo Santos	....	lyrics: Spanish version (uncredited)

Other crew
Walt Disney	....	presents

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Company (1967) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Greater Union Organisation (GUO) (1986) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Suomi-Filmi (1968) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (19??) (Greece) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Disney Channel (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1993) (Finland) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-8 (1968) | Finland:S (1977) | Norway:5 | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | USA:Approved (original rating) | Sweden:Btl (uncut) (1987) | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G | Chile:TE | France:U | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl (cut) (1968) | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G (PCA #21484) | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Because of their busy band schedule, Louis Prima and Phil Harris recorded their song "I Wanna Be Like You" separately.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Baloo asks Mowgli to scratch his left shoulder, however when Mowgli scratches him, he scratches his right

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bagheera:Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli. It all began when the silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound.
[Sound of baby crying]
Bagheera:It was a sound like one never heard before in this part of the jungle. It was a man cub! Had I known how deeply I was to be involved, I would've obeyed my first impulse and walked away.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Disney Universe (2011) (VG)

Soundtrack:

That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)

The Simple Bear Necessities

The Jungle Book, one of Disney's ultimate classics, it has great characters, an awesome story and terrific animation. I'll admit it, I adore Disney movies, I could never choose just one Disney movie as my favorite, I love them all for so many different reasons. The Jungle Book is one of my fav's though, after buying the new release on DVD, I realized that I love this movie now more than ever. The reason that I think this movie is so wonderful is because of the characters, they just brought so much life to the story and really made this into a wonderful Disney classic.

Mowgli is found in a basket as a baby in the deep jungles. Bagheera, the panther who discovers the boy, promptly takes him to a wolf who has just had cubs. She raises him along with her own cubs and Mowgli soon becomes well acquainted to jungle life. Mowgli is shown ten years later, visiting the wolves and getting his face licked eagerly when he arrives. That night, when the wolf tribe learns that Shere Khan, a man-eating tiger, has returned to the jungle, they realize that Mowgli must be taken to the man village, to protect him and those around him. Bagheera volunteers to escort him back. They leave that very night, but Mowgli is determined to stay in the jungle and loses Bagheera. Kaa, the hungry python, hypnotizes Mowgli into a deep and peaceful sleep, traps him tightly in his coils, and tries to devour him, but comically fails. The next morning, Mowgli tries to join the elephant patrol. Bagheera finds Mowgli and they argue; Mowgli runs away from Bagheera. The boy soon meets up with the fun-loving bear Baloo, who shows Mowgli the fun of having a care-free life and promises not to take him to the man village. Mowgli now wants to stay in the jungle more than ever. Shere Khan is after Mawgli though and won't rest 'till he kills him.

Seriously, these are some of the most memorable characters in Disney history, we have Baloo, the care free party bear that just wants to have fun and only needs the "bear" necessities of life. Begheera, a panther, that we've all known this kind of person, the one that just wants to get down to business and get as much done as quickly as possible, the party pooper, but deep down still has that heart. And one of Disney's most memorable villains of all time, Shere Khan, voiced by George Sanders, classy, sassy, menacing and vicious, I wouldn't be surprised if he was Scar's inspiration(the lion villain in The Lion King). If you haven't seen The Jungle Book, just buy it, believe me, it's worth the money. It's a classic fun animated film that I will love forever, still to this day I will always sing along to Bear Necessities, it's a good time.

10/10