The Jungle Book (1967 movie)
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The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated movie. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions. It was released on October 18, 1967. It is the 19th animated movie in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was inspired by the stories about Mowgli from the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. It was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman. It was the last to be produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The Jungle Book was the final Disney animated movie to be released under the Hays Code.
The Jungle Book | |
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Directed by | Wolfgang Reitherman |
Screenplay by | Larry Clemmons Ralph Wright Ken Anderson Vance Gerry Floyd Norman (uncredited)[1] Bill Peet (uncredited)[2] |
Based on | The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling |
Produced by | Walt Disney |
Starring | Bruce Reitherman Phil Harris Sebastian Cabot Louis Prima George Sanders Sterling Holloway |
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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Running time | 78 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $205,843,612[3] |
The early versions of both the screenplay and the soundtrack followed Kipling's work more closely. There was a dramatic, dark, and sinister tone which Disney did not want in his family movie. The first writer Bill Peet and composer Terry Gilkyson were replaced. The movie made over $73 million in the United States in its first release. After inflation, it’s the sixth highest grossing animated movie in the world.
This movie has a sequel called The Jungle Book 2.