The Jungle Book 2 (2003)

Mowgli, missing the jungle and his old friends, runs away from the man village unaware of the danger he's in by going back to the wild.

Director:

Steve Trenbirth

Writers:

Karl Geurs (screenplay), Carter Crocker (additional written material),

Stars:

John Goodman, Haley Joel Osment, Mae Whitman

1 win & 9 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Goodman	...	Baloo (voice)
Haley Joel Osment	...	Mowgli (voice)
Mae Whitman	...	Shanti (voice)
Connor Funk	...	Ranjan (voice)
Bob Joles	...	Bagheera (voice)
Tony Jay	...	Shere Khan (voice)
John Rhys-Davies	...	Ranjan's father (voice)
Jim Cummings	...	Kaa / Colonel Hathi / M.C. Monkey (voice)
Phil Collins	...	Lucky (voice)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional voices (voice)
Veena Bidasha	...	Additional voices (voice)
Brian Cummings	...	Additional voices (voice)
Baron Davis	...	Additional voices (voice)
Bobby Edner	...	Additional voices (voice)
Jess Harnell	...	Additional voices (voice)

Storyline

Jungle boy Mowgli (voiced by Osment) decides to forsake civilized village life for the "bare necessities" of the wild with his old friends. However, the evil tiger Shere Khan is looking for a little payback after Mowgli's last adventure. Trouble's a-brewing!

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Plot Keywords:

jungle | village | tiger | shadow puppet | revenge | 

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Taglines:

Baloo is Back Only In Theatres This February

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Genres:

Adventure | Animation | Family | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Official Sites:

Disney

Country:

USA Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 February 2003 (USA)

Also Known As:

Das Dschungelbuch 2

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$943,710 (Spain) (18 April 2003)

Gross:

£8,171,735 (UK) (6 June 2003)

Company Credits

Production Co:

DisneyToon Studios, Walt Disney Animation Australia, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

72 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Due to the death of Ed Gilbert, Baloo's voice had to be done by someone different than the identical way that he and Phil Harris sounded.

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Goofs

When Shanti wipes the "war paint stripes" of Ranjan's face she cleans only one cheek - yet in the next shot, both cheeks are clean.

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Quotes

Kaa: Are you hungry? I'm starved.

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Crazy Credits

Part of the end credits cast shadows on a backdrop, similar to Mowgli's shadow-puppets in the beginning of the film.

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Connections

Featured in Goedemorgen Nederland: Episode dated 20 February 2003 (2003)

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Soundtracks

"W-I-L-D"
Words and Music by Lorraine Feather and Paul Grabowsky
Performed by John Goodman
Arranged, Orchestrated and Conducted by Martin Erskine
Chorus: Enoch Azmuth, Cindy Bourquin, Bill Cantos, Randy Crenshaw, Kevin Dorsey, Lorraine Feather, Karen Harper, Angie Jaree (as Angie Jareé), Rick Logan, Melissa MacKay (as Melissa Mackey), and Bobbi Page

User Reviews

mildly entertaining

this sequel pales in comparison to the classic and much loved original.the story(such as it is)is pretty lame,and doesn't really have a point,and most of the songs are lacklustre.still,the movie was mildly amusing and had a few funny moments.since it was released about thirty six years after the original,some of the original characters from the the first movie did not have the same voice talents,which is a shame.anyway,in my opinion,they should have just stuck with the original classic,instead of releasing a lacklustre sequel.though,to be fair,this sequel is not as bad as many of the direct to video sequels that Disney has and will continue to churn out.so i guess that's something.then again,this one should not have been released theatrically either.for me,The Jungle Book 2 is a 5/10