The Jungle Book (1967)

Director:

Wolfgang Reitherman

Writers:

Larry Clemmons (story) &
Ralph Wright (story) ...
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Release Date:

18 October 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Family | Musical

Tagline:

The Jungle is JUMPIN'!

Plot:

Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Panther | Bear | Tiger | Ancient Ruins

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Phil Harris	...	Baloo (voice)
Sebastian Cabot	...	Bagheera (voice)
Bruce Reitherman	...	Mowgli (voice)
George Sanders	...	Shere Khan (voice)
Sterling Holloway	...	Kaa (voice)
Louis Prima	...	King Louie (voice)
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Col. Hathi / Buzzie (voice)
Verna Felton	...	Winifred (voice)
Clint Howard	...	Junior (voice)
Chad Stuart	...	Flaps (voice)
Lord Tim Hudson	...	Dizzy (voice)
John Abbott	...	Akela (voice)
Darleen Carr	...	The Girl (voice)
Ben Wright	...	Rama (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leo DeLyon	...	Flunkey (voice) (uncredited)
Thurl Ravenscroft	...	Shere Khan (singing voice) (uncredited)
Hal Smith	...	Slob Elephant / Monkey (voice) (uncredited)
Digby Wolfe	...	Ziggy (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Wolfgang Reitherman

Writing credits
Larry Clemmons		(story) &
Ralph Wright		(story) &
Ken Anderson		(story) &
Vance Gerry		(story)
Rudyard Kipling		("Mowgli" stories)
Bill Peet		story (uncredited)

Produced by
Walt Disney	....	producer

Original Music by
George Bruns

Film Editing by
Tom Acosta
Norman Carlisle

Production Management
Don A. Duckwall	....	production manager (as Don Duckwall)

Sound Department
Robert O. Cook	....	sound

Visual Effects by
Dan MacManus	....	effects animator

Animation Department
Frank Armitage	....	background artist
Dale Barnhart	....	layout artist
Eric Cleworth	....	character animator
Tom Codrick	....	layout artist
Basil Davidovich	....	layout artist
Al Dempster	....	background stylist
John Ewing	....	character animator
Don Griffith	....	layout artist
Fred Hellmich	....	character animator
Ralph Hulett	....	background artist
Ollie Johnston	....	directing animator
Milt Kahl	....	directing animator
Hal King	....	character animator
Eric Larson	....	character animator
Bill Layne	....	background artist
John Lounsbery	....	directing animator
Dick N. Lucas	....	character animator (as Dick Lucas)
Art Riley	....	background artist
Sylvia Roemer	....	layout artist
Walt Stanchfield	....	character animator
Frank Thomas	....	directing animator
Thelma Witmer	....	background artist
Milton Gray	....	inbetween animator (uncredited)
Burny Mattinson	....	story artist (uncredited)
Floyd Norman	....	story artist (uncredited)

Music Department
Evelyn Kennedy	....	music editor
Walter Sheets	....	orchestrator

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Productions

Distributors

• Buena Vista Distribution Company (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Company (1967) (UK) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1978) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Buena Vista Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Suomi-Filmi (1968) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (19??) (Greece) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2001) (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Video (1997) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Gativideo (19??) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Oy Europa Vision AB (1993) (Finland) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1994) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Walt Disney Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Walt Disney Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

78 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

West Germany:o.Al. | Portugal:M/4 | South Korea:All | Finland:K-8 (1968) | Finland:S (1977) | Norway:5 | New Zealand:G | Netherlands:AL | Argentina:Atp | Canada:G | Chile:TE | France:U | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:0 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:U | USA:G (1978) | Brazil:Livre

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

Baloo means bear in Hindi.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Baloo and Bagheera are trying to rescue Mowgli from the monkeys, Baloo opens a door smashing it against Bagheera. The door has no handle. The next shot is a close-up of Bagheera's head with the door behind it; the door has now a handle.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bagheera: Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India, but none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli. It all began when the silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound.
[Sound of baby crying]
Bagheera: It was a sound like one never heard before in this part of the jungle. It was a man cub! Had I known how deeply I was to be involved, I would've obeyed my first impulse and walked away.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Meet the Robinsons (2007)

Soundtrack:

Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song)

The Best Disney Film Ever!

When I was a little boy growing up in St. Louis, I loved the Jungle Book. I used to watch it every day. You hear that? EVERY SINGLE DAY!!! I have seen nearly every Disney film, and not one of them has beaten out Uncle Walt's last supervised animated motion picture. The only one that I believe comes close is Aladdin (And no, I haven't forgotten about The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast or The Lion King). The musical score is probably the best ever. The Bare Necessities, I Wanna Be Like You, Trust In Me, I could go on and on. I wish Disney would make films like they did in 1967 rather than today (I mean Atlantis: The Lost Empire? Please!!!). In conclusion, this is by far the best Disney film ever made, period! 1000000000000000000/10