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The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was first released on October 18, 1967, and was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It is based, rather loosely, on the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The movie remains one of Disney's most popular, and contained a number of classic songs, including "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You". Most of the songs are by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The film was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, and Mowgli was voiced by his son, Bruce Reitherman.

It was remade in 1994 as Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, starring Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli (none of the animals talked in this version).

There are two villains, Kaa (voiced by Sterling Holloway, known largely for his voice work on Winnie the Pooh), a hypnotizing snake; and Shere Khan (voiced by George Sanders), a tiger. In the original stories by Kipling, Kaa was a hero.

The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written for, but not used in, Mary Poppins.

Part of The Bare Necessities was remixed for the theme song of its short-lived 1990s TV spinoff, Jungle Cubs. The characters of Baloo, Shere Khan and King Louie also featured heavily in the TV series TaleSpin.

Voice cast

Phil Harris
as Baloo
Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera
Bruce Reitherman
as Mowgli
Sterling Holloway
as Kaa
George Sanders as Shere Khan
Louis Prima
as King Louie
J. Pat O'Malley
as Colonel Hathi and Buzzie
Verna Felton
as Winifred
Clint Howard
as Junior
Chad Stuart as Flaps
Lord Tim Hudson as Dizzy
John Abbott as Akela
Ben Wright
as Rama
Darleen Carr as The Girl (Shanti)

Crew members

Directed by Wolfgang Reitherman
Produced by Walt Disney
Story by Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson and Vance Gerry (inspired by the Rudyard Kipling "Mowgli" stories)
Directing animators Milt Kahl
, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas and John Lounsbery
Character animation Hal King, Eric Cleworth, Eric Larson
, Fred Hellmich, Walt Stanchfield, John Ewing and Dick Lucas
Effects animation by Dan MacManus
Background styling by Al Dempster
Background by Bill Layne, Ralph Hulett, Art Riley, Thelma Witmer and Frank Armitage
Production manager Don Duckwall
Sound by Robert O'Cook
Film editors Tom Acosta and Norman Carlisle
Music editor Evelyn Kennedy
Music by George Bruns
Orchestration by Walter Sheets
Songs by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
"The Bare Necessities" by Terry Gilkyson; sung by Phil Harris

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