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The Jungle Book (1967)

G10/18/1967Family, Animation, Adventure1h 18m
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The Jungle is JUMPIN'!

Overview

The boy Mowgli makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera, the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie, the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable, happy-go-lucky bear Baloo, who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Bruce Reitherman

    Mowgli the Man Cub (voice)

  2. Cast 1

    Phil Harris

    Baloo the Bear (voice)

  3. Cast 1

    Sebastian Cabot

    Bagheera the Panther (voice)

  4. Cast 1

    George Sanders

    Shere Khan the Tiger (voice)

  5. Cast 1

    Sterling Holloway

    Kaa the Snake (voice)

  6. Cast 1

    Louis Prima

    King Louie of the Apes (voice)

  7. Cast 1

    J. Pat O'Malley

    Col. Hathi the Elephant / Buzzie (voice)

  8. Cast 1

    Clint Howard

    Junior (voice)

  9. Chad Stuart

    Dizzy (voice)

This has probably the most perfect balance of story and soundtrack of any film I've ever seen - animated or otherwise. Adapting Rudyard Kipling's tale of "Mowgli" the child abandoned in the Indian jungle, but rescued and raised by a family of wolves. "Bagheera", the sagacious panther realises as the boy starts to grow to manhood, that he ought to return to his own kind but "Baloo", the avuncular bear thinks otherwise and so takes our young man-cub on some fun adventures in the jungle - including some near-misses with the wonderfully menacing, sardonic tiger "Shere Khan" and "Kaa" the hypnotic ...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$4,000,000.00

Revenue $378,000,000.00

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