The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Based very loosely on the "Mowgli" stories from Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same title, it is the final animated feature film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and written by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, and Vance Gerry. Featuring the voices of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley, and Bruce Reitherman, the film's plot follows Mowgli, a feral child raised in the Indian jungle by wolves, as his friends, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, try to convince him to leave the jungle before the ruthless tiger Shere Khan arrives.
Plot
An orphaned boy named Mowgli is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes him to Raksha, a mother wolf who has just had cubs. She and her mate, Rama, raise him along with their own cubs, and after ten years, Mowgli becomes well acquainted with jungle life and plays with his wolf siblings. Bagheera is pleased with how happy Mowgli is now but also worries that Mowgli must eventually return to his own kind.
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author | Bill Peet Ken Anderson Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Vance Gerry |
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contentLocation | India Lost city |
director | Wolfgang Reitherman |
editor | Norman Carlisle Tom Acosta |
genre | adventure animation comedy fantasy |
keywords | bagheera baloo bandar-log bengal tiger black panther break colonel hathi eavesdrop elephant hathi hatred how to indian elephant indian python indian wolf kaa king louie lightning monkey morning mowgli orangutan orphan river shere khan sibling slender-billed vulture sloth bear teach vulture wolf young girl |
musicBy | George Bruns Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman Terry Gilkyson |
producer | Walt Disney |
productionCompany | Walt Disney Productions |
publisher | Buena Vista Distribution |
theme | animated buddy children's children's adventure musical musical comedy |