The Jungle Book (1994 film)
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Theatrical release poster by John Alvin.
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| Directed by | Stephen Sommers |
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Edward S. Feldman Raju Patel |
| Screenplay by | Stephen Sommers Ronald Yanover Mark Geldman |
| Story by | Ronald Yanover Mark Geldman |
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The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
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| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchía |
| Edited by | Bob Ducsay |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $43.2 million |
| The Jungle Book (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | |
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| Film score by Basil Poledouris | |
| Released | December 13, 1994 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 48:20 |
| Label | Milan Records |
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book is a 1994 live-action American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling.
The film stars Jason Scott Lee and Lena Headey, and co-stars Cary Elwes, Sam Neill, John Cleese and Jason Flemyng. In this version, the animals do not speak.
Released on December 25, 1994, by Walt Disney Pictures, the film received positive reviews and grossed $43.2 million in theaters against a $30 million budget.
In 1886, during the British Raj in India, Mowgli (Sean Naegeli) is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth. Nathoo works as a tour guide. On one of his tours, he is leading Colonel Geoffrey Brydon (Sam Neill) and his men as well as Brydon's 5-year-old daughter Katherine (Joanna Wolff). That night, the deadly tiger Shere Khan attacks the encampment, intent on killing a trio of soldiers who had been shooting several animals for fun in the jungle earlier, which had enraged him. He kills the first two hunters, but when he tries to kill the third hunter, Buldeo, Nathoo defends Buldeo, who ungratefully leaves him to be mauled to death by the tiger. In the confusion, Mowgli is lost in the jungle with his pet wolf cub, Grey Brother. Brydon and his men believe Mowgli has been killed too. Mowgli is taken by Bagheera, a gentle black panther, to the wolf pack. Mowgli also befriends a bear cub named Baloo.
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