The Jungle Book (1967 movie)
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The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was first released on October 18, 1967, and was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It is based, rather loosely, on the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The movie remains one of Disney's most popular, and contained a number of classic songs, including "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You". Most of the songs are by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The film was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, and Mowgli was voiced by his son, Bruce Reitherman.
Its characters include:
- Bagheera (panther) (voiced by Sebastian Cabot)
- Several wolves
- Mowgli (human being)
- Hathi (elephant) (voiced by J. Pat O'Malley)
- Baloo (bear) (voiced by Phil Harris)
- King Louie (orang-utan) (voiced by Louis Prima)
- Four vultures (with characterizations inspired by The Beatles and other British invasion-era bands)
There are two villains, Kaa (voiced by Sterling Holloway), a hypnotizing snake; and Shere Khan (voiced by George Sanders), a tiger. In the original stories by Kipling, Kaa was a hero.
The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written for, but not used in, Mary Poppins.
Part of The Bare Necessities was remixed for the theme song of its short-lived 1990s TV spinoff, Jungle Cubs.
Crew members
- Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
- Produced by Walt Disney
- Story by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson and Vance Gerry (inspired by the Rudyard Kipling "Mowgli" stories)
- Directing animators Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and John Lounsbery
- Character animation Hal King, Eric Cleworth, Eric Larson, Fred Hellmich, Walt Stanchfield, John Ewing and Dick Lucas
- Effects animation by Dan MacManus
- Background styling by Al Dempster
- Background by Bill Layne, Ralph Hulett, Art Riley, Thelma Witmer and Frank Armitage
- Production manager Don Duckwall
- Sound by Robert O'Cook
- Film editors Tom Acosta and Norman Carlisle
- Music editor Evelyn Kennedy
- Music by George Bruns
- Orchestration by Walter Sheets
- Songs by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
- The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson; sung by Phil Harris
Cast members
(all voices)
- Phil Harris - Baloo
- Sebastian Cabot - Bagheera
- Louis Prima - Louie
- George Sanders - Shere Khan
- Sterling Holloway - Kaa
- J. Pat O'Malley - Colonel Hathi
- Bruce Reitherman - Mowgli
- Verna Felton - Winifred
- Clint Howard - Elephant(s)
- Chad Stuart and Lord Tim Hudson - Vultures
- John Abbott - Akela the Wolf
- Ben Wright - Rama the Wolf
- Darleen Carr - The Girl (Shanti)
External links
- The Big Cartoon DataBase entry for The Jungle Book (http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=36&cartoon=The%20Jungle%20Book)zh:森林王子