The Jungle Book (1967)

Directed by

Wolfgang Reitherman

Written by

Bill Peet, Larry Clemmons, Vance Gerry, Ralph Wright

Genre

comedy film, musical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

G

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 6,706 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A boy raised by wolves in an Indian jungle is urged by his animal friends to return to civilization before a dangerous tiger can find him. Along the way, he learns about friendship and the meaning of home.

lightheartedwhimsicalupbeatplayfulexuberantlivelywarm

What happens

The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Based on the "Mowgli" stories from Rudyard Kipling's 1894 book of the same name, 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, and Sterling Holloway, 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. The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling's work more closely, with a dramatic, dark, and sinister tone, which Disney did not want in his family film, leading to writer Bill Peet and songwriter Terry Gilkyson being replaced. The Jungle Book was released on October 18, 1967, to positive reception, with acclaim for its soundtrack, featuring five songs by the Sherman Brothers and one by Gilkyson, "The Bare Necessities". With a gross of $23.8 million worldwide, the film initially became Disney's second-highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada, the ninth-highest-grossing film of 1967, and was also successful during its re-releases. The film was also successful throughout the world, becoming Germany's highest-grossing film by number of admissions. It also held the record as the highest-selling animated film based on ticket sales until that record was overtaken by Ne Zha 2 in 2025. Disney released a live-action adaptation in 1994 and an animated sequel in 2003; a live-action/animated hybrid remake directed by Jon Favreau was released in 2016, with a sequel to that film in development. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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