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| The Jungle Book (Disney) (1967) [1968] | ![The Jungle Book (Disney) (1967) [1968]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/515K5ZN2YJL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Actors: Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway
Studio: Walt Disney Home Video
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 128
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Pal, Surround Sound
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 75 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
EAN: 5017182112228
ASIN: B00004L8J3
Theatrical Release Date: October 18, 1967
Release Date: February 21, 2000
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 A Disney masterpiece November 6, 2007
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
The Jungle Book; 40th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition is a great collector item and a real treat for Disney fans to include in your DVD collection. The special edition DVD set offers the opportunity to relieve the magical moments of this big name Disney classic at the comfort of your own home. It is great family entertainment which Disney is renowned for promoting.
The Jungle Book is digitally restored so sound and picture quality is significantly improved lets say from watching it 10 years ago. This adds a special touch of pleasure in viewing without the annoyance of poor quality sound and fuzzy pictures.
The Jungle Book colourful and loveable characters rather than storyline propel this animation to a memorable classic. The characters featured include man cub Mowgli, Bagheera the panther, Baloo the bear, vultures, elephants and the villian of the piece Shere Khan. There is a sweet and special bonding between Mowgli and the jungle animals, but Shere Khan presence ruins the atmosphere. The Jungle Book has been inspired by the Rudyard Kipling novel, which has been well adapted to fit with the Disney values and qualites. The voice talents behind the characters are mostly British so that a little touch of authencity is added to the particular period setting. It adds a sense of realism to the animation, rather than spoil it with American gimmicks.
The extras accompanying to the DVD are first class. These include audio commentary, sing along to the songs, an exclusive into the making of Jungle Books and hidden secrets of deleted scenes of Jungle Book. The extras are interesting and fascinating. This what make this DVD extra special and great value for money.
Overall, The Jungle Book; 40th Anniversary 2 Disc Special Edition is a Disney masterpiece. Its loveable characters and upbeating songs are the special ingredients that promotes its real uniqueness as Disney animation in terms of memories and the legacy it passed on since the release of the animation. This is Walt Disney finest and tragically last project prior to the great man death in 1966.
Better than the book! November 4, 2007
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
Walt Disney has given us so much over the last hundred years (well, not quite...but getting there!), some of it wonderful and some - particularly of late - distinctly mediocre (though Ratatouille is a triumph).
Everyone has their favourite Disney film - his own was apparently Bambi - but I'm sure a great many of us would pick this one. It was the first film I was ever taken to see at a cinema, so for me there's no contest.
Its influence extends to this day - just the other month I bought a Louis Prima CD set, memories of his towering performance as the voice of Orang-Utang King Louie burned forever into my memory. And as for The Bear Necessities, they play it in clubs nowadays...and it fills the dancefloor!
Indeed, despite Disney often being accused of cheapening or Americanising children's classics (and none of us who live in London will ever quite forgive Dick Van Dyke's accent in Mary Poppins), this film stands up a whole lot better than the book which inspired it, Kipling having been neither even a tad politically correct nor an instinctive children's writer. In some ways, however, the film echoes the sixties in which it was made: the vultures are clearly based on The Beatles and a couple have reasonable Scouse accents. One sounds like Stanley Holloway in My Fair Lady, but there you go - at least it's not Dick Van Dyke!
And now those Vultures will be joined by a new character - a rhino Uncle Walt didn't like at the audition. It may be a gimmick but I'm a little bit intrigued. Aren't you?
A marvellous film for kids and adults alike - and what a Christmas present!
 A Swinging Time in the Jungle October 2, 2007
11 out of 29 found this review helpful
When Bagheera the panther (voiced by Sebastian Cabot) finds a man cub alone in the jungle, his first instinct is to leave it. But he can't stand to do that, so he makes sure the boy is adopted by a family of wolves. As a result, Mowgli (Bruce Reitherman) feels completely comfortable in the jungle. He loves his home.
Unfortunately, trouble is brewing. The tiger Shere Khan (George Sanders) has returned to the area and wants to kill Mowgli. For his own good, the wolf pack decides to have Mowgli return to the man village.
Mowgli doesn't want to go, however, and makes life very difficult on Bagheera, who has agreed to take him. In his efforts to stay in the jungle, he crosses paths with Baloo, a jungle bum of a bear (Phil Harris), King Louie the monkey (Louis Prima), a military pack of elephants, a boa constrictor with sinus problems (Sterling Holloway), and four vultures with perfect harmony. But will he leave the jungle? Is Shere Khan on his trail?
The part of me that is still a kid still loves this movie. It's got some great laughs and lots of fun songs. The main characters are a little underdeveloped, but they are still fun and lovable.
However, watching this as an adult, I do notice some flaws. The animation is simpler then it needs to be, although they have some amazing shots of water here. And the voices of some of the supporting characters seem a little flat, like they are reading a script and not really trying.
Yes, these are the complaints of an adult looking at the film now. As a kid, however, I loved it. And I'm sure today's kids will love it just as much as I did.
 Kinda dull July 22, 2007
3 out of 14 found this review helpful
I do not get why so many people consider this to be 'best Disney movie ever.' For me, it was never one of my favourites. It's not really bad, but I do not consider it to be that good either, especially when compared to Walt's earlier efforts such as Snow White. To be honest, I feel that some of Disney's so-called 'dark age' efforts such as The Rescuers are better than this.
The animation is alright-ish. The backgrounds are beautiful but seem rather scratchy and flat. There are a few zany sequences, but not really enough to keep me entertained. There is hardly any plot, and most of it doesn't even stay true to the book. It's a shame, because there were some wonderful characters that had real potential. The character development was the only real strong point here, unless you include the fact that for once, wolves are not portrayed as ferocious man eaters. But if I wanted to see that, I could just go and watch Balto, which is better. There are a few good songs, but most of them seem forced and out of place. There's none of the beautiful synchronisation like in Bambi and other such films. Here, I think that they were used just for the sake of having a song, just for the sake of lightening up what is a very dull affair.
As I said before, The Jungle Book isn't the worst movie ever, but it certainly isn't the best. This is something that could have been so much more.
And now, to watch grimly as 0 out 120 people found this review helpful.
"I wanna be like you, talk like you, ooo.. ooo" May 8, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Firstly, i'm basing this review upon the film itself on VHS - not the DVD. As i'm sure you are all aware, the prices for Disney DVD's are astronmical, due to the limited supply Disney provide (a small batch every few years). For the person who wants the best quality picture, this may be a sound investment. However, even the VHS version of The Jungle Book which I picked up today at a nice spring fair (under a pound I might add) will satisfy the family, especially since it was like new...
However, what about the film itself? The Jungle Book falls into the catergory of being about the peak of Disneys quality. It was made in 1967, and the animation at times still leaves me to wonder how hard working those painters must have been. If I had the choice, I'd still go back to painted animations, purely based on knowing that the film was special - not just made on a computer in a few days with some little Japanese men.
By now, the typical 'Disney Plot' is firmly established. The introduction of characters, the chases, the 'turn around' in mood, and then the 'alls well ends well'. Mowgli is our little character in this film who has the hardest job of all the jungle creatures.. fitting in! As a human (or referred to as man-cub by animals) he is lost without his family, or any other of his kind, yet he's grown up to live in the jungle life, and cool-bear Balloo treats him as his own cub. But Mowgli can't stay in the jungle forever, as 'Sheer Cahn', the big boss of all jungle creatures, wants the boy dead, for he knows humans hunt his own kind.. Tigers!
What made me love this film so much is the layed back and fun sprit in it. The 2 songs that steal the movie, "Bear Nessccesties" (apologies for grammar - thats a difficult word!) and "I wanna' be like you" will have you swinging away in the living room if your not too careful, as the fantastic lyrics blend effortlessly with the actions on film, and the oh so memorable rhythms. The memorable moment lays within the urangutang scene, where they all sing "I wana be like you", probably one of the best Disney songs to date.
The animation is beautiful as ever, and so hard labouring I can imagine, including a short scene where Sheer Cahn is sneaking in a field of grass, and one layer of painting actually has individual blades of grass, so he can be seen in between them. Sadly, its no wonder Disney ceased painting films with this kind of labour and costs.
If ever their was a moment of the film to remember for the wrong reasons, its the vultures! I shake my head now and wonder.. 'why oh why?' as they immitate the ever popular band at the time.. The Beatles! The accents are pretty tough going, one sounding scottish, but give the yanks credit for trying!
So overall, this is one of the most relaxed Disney adventures your likely to see, and perfect for the summer. Thinking of paying in excess of 30? I'm sure we still can cope with videos. DVD's were only 7 years ago afterall... :)
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