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The Jungle Book

Year:

1967

Duration:

78 min

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1967-12-07

Filming Locations: Walt Disney Studios, 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $7,708,029 (USA) (13 July 1990)

Gross: $44,645,619 (USA) ( 1990)

Cast

Actor

Character

Phil Harris

'Baloo' the Bear

Sebastian Cabot

'Bagheera' the Panther

Bruce Reitherman

'Mowgli' the Man Cub

George Sanders

Shere Khan the Tiger

Sterling Holloway

'Kaa' the Snake

Louis Prima

King Louie of the Apes

J. Pat O'Malley

Col. Hathi the Elephant

Verna Felton

Elephant

Clint Howard

Elephant

Chad Stuart

Vulture

Lord Tim Hudson

Vulture

John Abbott

Wolf (voice)

Ben Wright

Wolf (voice)

Darleen Carr

The Girl

Leo DeLyon

Flunkey

Hal Smith

Slob Elephant

Digby Wolfe

Ziggy

Did you know?

Trivia

All of the 'scatting' in the film was improvised by Phil Harris and Louis Prima.

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When Gregory Peck was the President of the Academy of Motion Pictures and Science, he tried his hardest to get a full-length animated feature film (most notably the The Jungle Book (1967)) not only nominated for Best Picture Academy Award but actually win the award. He resigned as President in 1970 when other members didn't agree with him about animated films being nominated for the award. It would be over 20 years later before the Academy would reconsider, allowing Beauty and the Beast (1991) to be nominated.

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Rudyard Kipling's Hindi names for the animals are related to their species. Baloo: bear, Bagheera: panther, and Hathi: elephant. Shere Khan means Tiger King.

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Goofs

Although Baloo has only four claws on either hand in most scenes, in a few he also has additional opposable thumbs.

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After the fight with the monkeys Baloo and Bagheera have black eyes. They seem to be reversed at one point, but that's because they're looking at reflections in a pond.

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The story takes place in India, yet King Louie is an orangutan - they live in Borneo and Sumatra.

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Quotes

Akela: [to his fellow wolves about Mowgli] Shere Khan will surely kill the boy and all who try to protect him. Now, are we all in agreement as to what must be done?

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The Girl: [singing] Father's hunting in the forest / Mother's cooking in the home / I must go to fetch the water / 'Til the day that I'm grown /'Til I'm grown, 'til I'm grown / I must go to fetch the water/ 'Til the day that I'm grown / Then I will have a handsome husband / And a daughter of my own / And I'll send her to fetch the water / I'll be cooking in the home / Then I'll send her to fetch the water / I'll be cooking in the home

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Mowgli: [to King Louie] What do you want me for?

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Faq

Why is the movie entitled 'The Jungle Book' when there are no references to the original book in the movie?

Originally, storyman Bill Peet (who wrote One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Sword in the Stone) decided to follow closely the dramatic, dark, and sinister tone of Kipling's book. However, Walt Disney resented Peet's treatment feeling it was too dark for family audiences, and urged for a lighter tone for the movie. After Peet's departure from the project, all references to Kipling's book in his treatment were subsequently dropped except for his characterizations, and replaced with comedic gags and emotional sequences.

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