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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 4 nominations total
Phil Harris
- Baloo the Bear
- (voice)
Verna Felton
- Elephant
- (voice)
Clint Howard
- Elephant
- (voice)
Chad Stuart
- 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)
- …
James MacDonald
- Shere Khan's Roars
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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.
- GoofsThe 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 creditsThere are no end credits for this feature film. However, the credits are at the beginning.
- Alternate versionsThe 1997 VHS release has the 1990 Walt Disney Pictures logo at the start of the film
- ConnectionsEdited from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
- SoundtracksColonel 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
Featured review
this movie's a legend
It isn't completely faithful to the book, but for a good reason. The book has bits that you can't have in an animation. The animation is beautiful, the backgrounds rich in colour, and the characters beautifully drawn. The story is a very simple one, yet effective, and allows the songs and characters to take force. The songs and music by the Sherman Brothers perfectly match the breeziness of the film, with classics such as " Bare Neccessities" and "Wanna Be like you". Unlike some people, I liked the vulture barbershop, excellent harmonies. And what a talented voice-cast. Phil Harris was hilarious as Baloo, and Sebastian Cabot was brooding as Bagheera. Reitherman's son was good as Mowgli, and Louis Prima(who's not black so the racist overtones idea is ridiculous) was a riot as Louis. The real star was the perfectly cast George Sanders as the frightening and calculating Shere Khan. This is fantastic, if a little short, and avoid the sequel! 9/10 Bethany Cox
helpful•4313
- TheLittleSongbird
- Feb 13, 2009
Animated vs. Live Action Adaptations
Animated vs. Live Action Adaptations
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" and more side-by-side looks at animated features and their live-action counterparts.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Das Dschungelbuch
- Filming locations
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $141,843,612
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,291,670
- Jul 29, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $205,843,612
- Runtime1 hour 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1(original & negative ratio, open matte)
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content