The Jungle Book

1967
Approved
1h 18m

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7.6/10

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Animal Adventure Hand-Drawn Animation Jungle Adventure Quest Adventure Animation Comedy Family Musical

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.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total

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)
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James MacDonald

Shere Khan's Roars
(voice)
(uncredited)
…

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Trivia
The 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. That's What Friends Are For was originally to be done as a rock and roll song. When the Beatles departed the project, the song was rewritten as a barbershop quartet, to make it timeless.

Goofs
The 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).

Quotes
Mowgli: Oh, Baloo, I wanna stay with you.
Baloo: Certainly, you do.
Bagheera: Oh? And just how do you think he will survive?
Baloo: "How do you think he will... " What do you mean how do you think he... He's with me, ain't he? And I'll learn him all I know.
Bagheera: [sarcastic] Oh? That shouldn't take too long.

Crazy credits
There are no end credits for this feature film. However, the credits are at the beginning.

Alternate versions
In the 1991 Demo Tape, The film opens with the original Buena Vista logo. The original 1991/1992 home video release hides the original Buena Vista logo. In the 1997 home video release, the film opens and ends with the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo. The 1999 DVD release contains the 1960 Buena Vista logo as the film opens and ends with the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo. In the 2007 Platinum Edition release, the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo was silent and the original Buena Vista logo was restored. In the 2014 Diamond Edition and 2022 Walt Disney Signature Collection releases the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo was not used at all and the movie just opens with the original Buena Vista logo and the 2011 variant of the current 2006 Walt Disney Pictures logo only appears at the end of the film.

Connections
Edited from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Soundtracks
Colonel 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
Additional performers (uncredited): Hal Smith, Verna Felton, Bill Lee, and Clint Howard

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Featured review

8/10

This is what springs to mind when I think Classic Disney

The thing that usually makes me a hard sell with Disney movies is that they're synonymous with musicals Something like "Beauty and the Beast" overcomes this with no problem. At the other end of the spectrum is (ugh) "The Lion King". And then, there's "The Jungle Book", which is the gold standard, if you ask me. These are the kinds of songs you find yourself humming in the halls at work; I mean, really, can you think of a more pleasing ear worm than "The Bare Necessities"?

It's not just the outstanding soundtrack, but the general upbeat mood this movie strikes. To this day, I love the back-and-forth between Baloo and Bagheera, and King Louie's sequence has to be some of the most fun you can have with one of these movies. Throw in the Beatles vultures and you've got an array of memorable characters.

The whole thing's just a treat.

8/10