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The Jungle Book Overview:

The Jungle Book (1967) was a Animation - Adventure Film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and produced by Walt Disney.

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The 17th animated feature produced by Disney studios and the last film supervised by Walt Disney himself, this endearing feature is based on Rudyard Kipling's story about a boy named Mowgli raised by wolves in the wilderness of India. During his delightfully scary adventures with a series of wild creatures, Mowgli learns he must leave the jungle and be what nature intended him to be - a man. Delightful jazz-inspired songs, including "Trust In Me," I Wanna Be Like You," and "Bare Necessities," make this a Disney classic. The 30th Anniversary Limited Edition includes a featurette entitled The Making of the Jungle Book and a songbook featuring lyrics from the soundtrack.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Music - SongMusic and Lyrics by Terry GilkysonNominated

The Jungle Book BlogHub Articles:

Mogli, o Menino Lobo (1942) / The Jungle Book (1942)

Mogli, o Menino Lobo (1942) / The Jungle Book (1942) Talvez você tenha ido ver a nova aventura live-action da Disney, “The Jungle Book”. É provável que você tenha tido seu primeiro contato com a história de Mogli através do desenho de 1967, que também lhe ensinou que &#8220... Read full article


March to Disney: The Jungle Book – Beyond the Bare Necessities

Introduction Last year to coincide with a trip to Walt Disney World in March, I decided to have a month-long focus on Disney fare. Their vaults are vast and varied enough such that this is a theme that could recur annually. Below you will find links to the inaugural posts written for the theme. The... Read full article


The Jungle Book (1967)

The final Disney movie of the 1960s is dampened by tragedy.  The Jungle Book is cited as the last animated movie Walt Disney would personally oversee, as well as being the last movie to have Verna Felton as a voice actress; Felton died the day before Disney himself.  With that, there’s a som... Read full article


Mogli, o Menino Lobo (1942) / The Jungle Book (1942)

Mogli, o Menino Lobo (1942) / The Jungle Book (1942) Talvez você tenha ido ver a nova aventura live-action da Disney, “The Jungle Book”. É provável que você tenha tido seu primeiro contato com a história de Mogli através do desenho de 1967, que também lhe ensinou que &#822... Read full article


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The Jungle Book Quotes:

King Louie: [singing] Now, I'm the king of the swingers, whoa / The jungle V.I.P. / I've reached the top and had to stop / And that's what's botherin' me / I wanna be a man, Man Cub / And stroll right into town / And be just like the other men / I'm tired of monkeyin' around.

[Shere Khan is calmly stalking a deer just as Colonel Hathi and the other elephants frighten off his would-be prey with their noise]
Elephants: Hut, two, three, four. Hut, two, three, four.
Shere Khan: What beastly luck! Confound that ridiculous Colonel Hathi!

[Shere Khan watches Colonel Hathi and the other elephants look for Mowgli while tearing down a bunch of trees]
Shere Khan: Element of surprise? Ho! I say. And now for my rendez-vous with the lost man-cub.
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The Jungle Book Facts
Voted number 19 in Channel 4's (UK) "Greatest Family Films"

The 19th animated feature in Disney animated features canon, and the last to be personally supervised by Walt Disney, himself.

Winifred (Colonel Hathi's mate) is the only female animal to have any dialogue throughout the entire film, as though Raksha (the Mother Wolf) briefly appears at the beginning, she never actually speaks.

According to Elsie Kipling Baimbridge, Rudyard Kipling's daughter, "Mowgli" is pronounced "MAU-glee", not "MOH-glee". She reportedly never forgave Walt Disney for the gaffe.

The first Disney film to be released after Walt Disney's death in 1966, just prior to the film's theatrical release.

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