Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
- Director
- Writers
- Larry Clemmons(story)
- Ralph Wright(story)
- Ken Anderson(story)
- Stars
- Phil Harris(voice)
- Sebastian Cabot(voice)
- Louis Prima(voice)
- Director
- Writers
- Larry Clemmons(story)
- Ralph Wright(story)
- Ken Anderson(story)
- Stars
- Phil Harris(voice)
- Sebastian Cabot(voice)
- Louis Prima(voice)
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 3 nominations total
Phil Harris
- Baloo the Bear
- (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)
Leo DeLyon
- Flunkey
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Pete Henderson
- Monkey
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Bill Lee
- Shere Khan
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
James MacDonald
- Shere Khan's Roars
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
- Director
- Writers
- Larry Clemmons(story)
- Ralph Wright(story)
- Ken Anderson(story)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Vultures were originally going to be voiced by The Beatles. The band's manager, Brian Epstein, approached the Disney studios about having The Beatles appear in the film, and Disney had his animators create the Vultures specifically to be voiced by the band. But when Epstein took the idea to the Beatles, John Lennon vetoed the idea, and told Epstein to tell Disney he should hire Elvis Presley instead. The look of The Vultures, with their mop-top haircuts and Liverpool voices, are a homage to The Beatles; one bird's voice and features are clearly based on George Harrison's. When the Beatles departed the project, the song was rewritten as a barbershop quartet, to make it timeless.
- GoofsThe story takes place in India, yet King Louie is an orangutan - they live in Borneo and Sumatra. Disney's promotional materials later solved this problem by declaring that Louie is an undiscovered "cryptid" species, which is also mentioned in The Jungle Book (2016).
- Crazy creditsThere are no end credits for this feature film. However, the credits are at the beginning.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
- SoundtracksColonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song)
(1967) (uncredited)
Words and Music by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Performed by J. Pat O'Malley and the Disney Studio Chorus
Additonal performers (uncredited): Hal Smith, Verna Felton, Bill Lee, and Clint Howard
Featured review
What racist overtones? Don't jump to conclusions....
It may interest readers of these reviews that the voice actor who played King Louie is not in fact black.
If you follow this helpful link right here at imdb ( http://us.imdb.com/Name?Prima,%20Louis ), you'd find that Louis Prima is in fact white, and was quite well known at the time for his musical repertoire, of which the song "I Wanna Be Like You" is a prime example. I don't think he was chosen for that role because of how 'black' he sounded, but rather for his musical abilities, and how that fit into the character of King Louie.
As with all the other voice actors chosen for this film, Walt Disney made perfect choices.... so much so that the film works perfectly: animation, voices and story all mesh together perfectly to make one of his best films, precisely because it *is* so simple, yet effective.
No need for fancy computer graphics here.
If you follow this helpful link right here at imdb ( http://us.imdb.com/Name?Prima,%20Louis ), you'd find that Louis Prima is in fact white, and was quite well known at the time for his musical repertoire, of which the song "I Wanna Be Like You" is a prime example. I don't think he was chosen for that role because of how 'black' he sounded, but rather for his musical abilities, and how that fit into the character of King Louie.
As with all the other voice actors chosen for this film, Walt Disney made perfect choices.... so much so that the film works perfectly: animation, voices and story all mesh together perfectly to make one of his best films, precisely because it *is* so simple, yet effective.
No need for fancy computer graphics here.
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- Oct 5, 2002
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Das Dschungelbuch
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $141,843,612
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,291,670
- Jul 29, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $205,843,612
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio, open matte)
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