The Jungle Book (1967 film)
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| Directed by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
| Produced by | Walt Disney |
| Story by | Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Ken Anderson Vance Gerry Floyd Norman (uncredited) Bill Peet (uncredited) |
| Based on |
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
| Starring |
Phil Harris Sebastian Cabot Louis Prima George Sanders Sterling Holloway J. Pat O'Malley Bruce Reitherman |
| Narrated by | Sebastian Cabot |
| Music by |
George Bruns (Score) Terry Gilkyson Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman (Songs) |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution |
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78 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $4 million |
| Box office | $205.8 million |
The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, it is the 19th Disney animated feature film. Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it was the last film to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The 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 evil 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 composer Terry Gilkyson being replaced. The casting employed famous actors and musicians Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders and Louis Prima, as well as Disney regulars such as Sterling Holloway, J. Pat O'Malley and Verna Felton, and the director's son, Bruce Reitherman, as Mowgli.
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". The film grossed over $23.8 million worldwide in its first release, and as much again from two re-releases. Disney released a live-action remake in 1994 and an animated sequel, The Jungle Book 2, in 2003; another live-action adaptation was released in 2016.
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