The Jungle Book (Disney) (1967)

WALT DISNEY Presents Jiingle Book TRARY acer: TECHNICOLOR® SION! ose Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling ‘‘Mowgli” Stories Directing Animators ..... Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, John Lounsbery Character Animation ...... Hal King, Eric Larson, Walt Stanchfield, Eric Cleworth Fred Hellmich, John Ewing, Dick Lucas Effects Animation ....... Dan MacManus With the voice talents of PHIL HARRIS ........ “Baloo” the Bear SEBASTIAN CABOT ..... “Bagheera”’ the Panther LOUIS PRIMA ..‘‘King Louie” of the Apes GEORGE SANDERS ..‘‘Shere Khan’ the Tiger STERLING HOLLOWAY . .“‘Kaa” the Snake J< PATIOIMAELEY = 2... “Col. Hathi’’ the Elephant BRUCE REITHERMAN ..... “Mowgli” the Man Cub Elephantsicr ocean ee. VERNA FELTON, CLINT HOWARD Vultures eet ee CHAD STUART, LORD TIM HUDSON Wolves: =. c-.2hentacy JOHN ABBOTT, BEN WRIGHT ThE: Gitlitienne. see DARLEEN CARR Layout eee DON GRIFFITH Basil Davidovich, Tom Codrick, Dale Barnhart, Sylvia Roemer Background Styling ...... AL DEMPSTER Background ....Bill Layne, Ralph Hulett, Art Riley, Thelma Witmer, Frank Armitage Production Manager ...... Don Duckwall Sound? e653 oie re Robert O. Cook Film Editors: So. ie ee Tom Acosta, Norman Carlisle MusicvBdGitor sn... 65e2Evelyn Kennedy ©Copyright MCMLXVII — Walt Disney Productions MUSIC“ seo ce GEORGE BRUNS Orchestration ............ Walter Sheets SONGSia-tie aes ie Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman “The Bare Necessities” ..Terry Gilkyson Sung by Phil Harris Directed by ..WOLFGANG REITHERMAN Released by Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc. ©1967 Walt Disney Productions Running Time: 78 min. 7 sec. While roaming about the jungle, Bagheera, a dignified and somewhat stodgy Indian panther, finds an abandoned baby in a wrecked canoe. He rescues the infant and leaves it with a wolf family who rear the boy as if he were one of their own cubs. Ten years later, Shere Khan, a manhating tiger, returns to the wolves’ hunting grounds. The pack elders reason that Shere Khan will try and kill the half-grown mancub, Mowgli. Since they are no match for the tiger, the wolf council decides that the boy must go to the man village where he will be safe. Bagheera agrees to guide him there, much against Mowgli’s will, as the boy wants to stay in the jungle with his animal friends. But Bagheera tries to impress upon him the many dangers that he will encounter. The first night out the two companions settle in the upper branches of a tall tree. When Bagheera dozes off, Kaa, a slippery python sneaks up and hypnotizes Mowgli. He is about to devour the boy when the panther awakens and rescues him. Kaa, in turn, hypnotizes Bagheera but Mowgli breaks the spell when he tosses the python out of the tree. In the morning Mowgli and Bagheera are awakened by the elephant, Mat JB 3-A (Standard 3 column width and coarse screen) © 1967 Walt Disney Productions Some of Walt Disney’s newest and funniest characters, who are destined for cartoon stardom, line up for this imposing shot taken during production of “The Jungle Book.” Draped around the tree is Kaa, while the vulture quartet of Ziggy, Buzzie, Flaps and Dizzy nestle above him. The smiling group on the ground is made up of Flunky, King Louie, Shere Khan, Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo, Girl, The Colonel’s Son, Colonel Hathi and the wolf family and their cubs. In color by Technicolor, “The Jungle Book” with the voice talents of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O’Malley and Bruce Reitherman, was inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “Mowgli” stories. “THE JUNGLE BOOK” Synopsis (Not for Publication) Colonel Hathi, noisily drilling his troop. Mowgli, delighted at the sight, joins the platoon and falls in behind Hathi’s young son. When the colonel discovers the boy during inspection he becomes livid with anger and threatens to court martial him until Bagheera rushes in to explain that his overly playful charge is bound for the man village. On their way again through the jungle, Mowgli rebels against Bagheera’s authority and the boy is left to care for himself. He is soon befriended by Baloo, the bear, a carefree, singing, dancing jungle bum who teaches him how to take life easy. When Mowgli is kidnapped by a band of monkeys, Baloo calls Bagheera for assistance. Together they discover the boy among: some ancient temple ruins being held captive by King Louie, an eccentric ape potentate who wants man’s secret for making fire. Outraged at the request, Baloo makes himself up as a female ape, and, leaving Bagheera on the sidelines, joins a party given by Louie. While dancing with the king he loses his disguise, and when it is discovered that he is a bear, King Louie and his men take out after him. The wild gyrations cause the temple to crumble, and dur ing the confusion, the intrepid trio of Baloo, Bagheera and Mowgli make their escape. While Mowgli sleeps that night, Bagheera convinces Baloo that the mancub must return to the man village. When the boy believes that Baloo, too, wants him to leave the jungle, he runs away. Bagheera and Baloo search for him without success. And while they are discussing the possible whereabouts of their charge, Shere Khan overhears them and picks up Mowgli’s trail. Bagheera enlists the aid of Colonel Hathi and his elephant troop in the search for the boy. In the meantime, Mowgli has again fallen into the coils of Kaa. When Shere Khan suddenly appears and questions the python on the whereabouts of Mowgli, the boy, unnoticed makes his escape. Depressed and friendless, Mowgli wanders into a vultures’ hangout. The beatnik birds make fun of him but when they discover that he is all alone, try to comfort him. When Shere Khan arrives though, they take to the trees. Unafraid, the mancub stands his ground. As Shere Khan leaps at him he is halted in mid-air by Baloo who has arrived just in time to grab him by the tail. Shere Khan turns on Baloo and knocks him out. Admiring the boy’s bravery, the vultures fly down and harass the tiger while Mowgli takes a burning branch from a nearby tree, which has been struck by lightning, and ties it to his tail. Shere Khan is forced to make a hasty retreat. When Bagheera arrives he finds Mowgli safe and believes Baloo to be déad. While praising the bear’s valor and self-sacrifice, Baloo, only unconscious, comes to his senses and, loving the eulogy, urges the flabbergasted Bagheera to continue. With the tiger out of the way, nothing remains to prevent Mowgli from staying in the jungle. While Bagheera and Baloo are discussing the matter, a young Indian girl comes to fetch water from a nearby river. Never having seen her kind before, Mowgli is strangely fascinated and quietly approaches for a better look. Baloo, sensing that he is about to lose the boy, tries to discourage him but Bagheera urges him on. When the girl sees Mowgli’s reflection in the water and looks up at him with big limpid eyes he is unable to resist her charms and follows her into the village, leaving his animal pals. Bagheera is delighted, but Baloo is uncertain as he feels that Mowgli would have made one swell bear. 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