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Director:

Duncan McLachlan

Writers:

Matthew Horton (writer)
Bayard Johnson (writer)
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Release Date:

16 May 1997 (USA) more

Genre:

Adventure | Family more

Plot:

Pre-teen jungle boy Mowgli gets to human world and is pursued by P.T.Barnum circus scout Harrison who wants to take him to circus as curiosity... more | full synopsis

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NewsDesk:

Sony At Acme
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User Comments:

Good movies for anyone who love the family movies more (7 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)

Gulshan Grover ... Baldev

Jamie Williams ... Mowgli

Bill Campbell ... Harrison

Roddy McDowall ... King Murphy

David Paul Francis ... Chuchundra
Dyrk Ashton ... Karait

Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy ... Emily Reece

B.J. Hogg ... Col. Reece
Amy Robbins ... Molly Ward
Hal Fowler ... Capt. Ward
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Simon Barker ... Train Official
Sunil Hettiarachchi ... Rickshaw Man

Albert Moses ... Conductor
E.A. Piyasena ... Porter
Raja Summanapala ... Baldev's Servant
Wijerathna Warakagoda ... Engineer
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Jungle Book 2: Mowgli and Baloo
Rudyard Kipling's The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo
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MPAA:

Rated PG for some mild adventure violence and brief mild language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

SDDS (8 channels)

Filming Locations:

Kandy Mountain, Sri Lanka

Company:

MDP Worldwide more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

During the making of the movie, Jamie Williams was bitten in the foot by a chimp. The bondage on his foot in some scenes in the widescreen version. more

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Chimps doesn't live in Asia (where the movie takes place). more

Movie Connections:

Follows The Jungle Book (1994) more


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Good movies for anyone who love the family movies, 19 January 2005
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Author: Pepp from Czech Republic

Jamie Williams, only 10 years old when the movie was made, stars as the man-cub Mowgli in this movie adaptation of the classic story by Rudyard Kipling. He is supported by an outstanding cast of animals, such as Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Sher Khan the tiger.

The story is too well know to bear repeating. But playing against Williams are characters representing the Yankee "collector" for P. T, Barnum's circus (Bill Campbell), a couple of eccentric British army officers and their wives, an Indian hurdy-gurdy player complete with trained monkey, an Indian prince who is really Mowgli's uncle, and a positively weird tracker with his trained python.

There is also an appearance by Roddy McDowall, who was himself a very famous child star (How Green Was My Valley, Kidnapped (1948)) with over 158 movie appearances in his career.

The boy-cub, his wolf brothers, and all the animals out shine and out star the adults in this movie. The animal trainers are the invisible stars, directing the animals in major roles, not just quick appearances.

Williams is exceptional in his role as Mowgli, even more exceptional considering that no stunt doubles were used in the filming. All Mowgli's stunt scenes were made by Jamie himself at age 10 and half! Including the chase at running train's roof, climbing the walls in the ruined city and few scenes, where he was 4-6 feets from the adult tiger, who was on thin lead only.

And he's cute, to boot! Tanned, smooth skinned, and lithe. With a grin to light up a city. It's a joy to watch him run though the jungle swinging from tree to tree. A young Tarzan comes to mind. Maybe in a few more years when his body has filled out, Williams could replace Johnny Weismuller? Watch this movie as an antidote to the dreadful cartoon version of the novel, with the singing bear. It is an extremely realistic portrayal of a feral boy, his jungle friends, the jungle itself, and those adults who would wish him ill. It belongs in that category of serious movies that star children, but are not just children's stories.

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