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By December 1967, The Jungle Book was released in theaters; [74] some bookings were in a double feature format with a live-action film Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967). [75] Produced on a budget of $4 million, [1] The Jungle Book was a massive box-office success, grossing domestic rentals of $11.5 million by 1968. [76]
- Literary Inspiration
- Creating The Jungle Book
- How The Jungle Book Was Received After It Debuted
- The Legacy of THEJUNGLE BookToday
Like many early Walt Disney Animation Studios productions, The Jungle Book is inspired by a work of literature with the same name. The film follows the story set up by Rudyard Kipling in his 1894 novel. That tale follows young Mowgli as he is raised by wolves in the Indian Jungle. Along the way, he makes friends with Bagheera and Baloo and tries to...
The Jungle Book featured several well-known actors of the 1960s. Mowgli was played by Bruce Reitherman, son of the film’s director, Wolfgang Reitherman. A voice actor named David Bailey was originally set to play Mowgli. However, his voice changed during the film’s production, which prompted Disney to use Reitherman instead. Reitherman did already ...
Initial critical and audience reviews for The Jungle Bookwere overwhelmingly positive. However, it is possible some of this was a response to Walt Disney’s deathalmost one year prior to the film’s release. During a 1990 theatrical re-release, Entertainment Weekly declared that it “isn’t a classic Walt Disney film on the order of, say, Cinderellaor ...
Today, 55 years after it debuted The Jungle Bookis one of the most underrated Disney films. It’s often left out of major merchandise campaigns and doesn’t garner too much buzz in the film world, save for the 2016 live-action remake. For a Disney animated film that tends to fly under the radar, characters and music from The Jungle Book have been fea...
The Jungle Book: Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. With Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Bruce Reitherman, George Sanders. Bagheera the Panther and Baloo the Bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization.
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The Jungle Book was released in October 1967, just 10 months after Walt's death. It was a success, earning $13 million in just its domestic release, mostly due to the popularity of its musical numbers. The film was subsequently re-released in theaters in 1978, 1984, and 1990.
The Jungle Book held its world premiere at the El Capitan Theatre on April 4, 2016. [36] It was released on April 8 in 15 countries, including Argentina, Australia, Russia, Malaysia, and India a week ahead of its U.S. debut on April 15. [37]
The Jungle Book, American animated musical film, released in 1967, that was the last feature film personally overseen by Walt Disney. (It was still in production when he died in 1966.) The film is very loosely based on the short stories in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book.
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October 18, 1967. Genre: Action-Adventure, Animation, Family, Musical. Now for the first time ever on Blu-ray™ with glorious digital high definition, Disney’s Jumpin' Jungle Classic has never looked so lush or sounded so good!
