The Jungle Book (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition)
- The Jungle Book 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition
- The Jungle Book
One of the most well loved Disney films ever, THE JUNGLE BOOK is a song-filled celebration of friendship, fun, and adventure set in a lush and colorful world. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s “Mowgli” tales, Disney’s 19th animated masterpiece was the last animated feature that had Walt Disney’s personal touch. The jubilant adventure starts when Mowgli, a small boy raised by wolves, is urged by his friend Bagheera, a wise ancient panther, to seek safety in the man village. Feeling very much at home in the jungle, Mowgli resists and runs off. Much to Bagheera’s dismay, Mowgli meets a new friend with a pleased-go-lucky philosophy of life — Baloo the Bear, a lovable “jungle bum.” Collectively, the three buddies find the journey back to people anything but civilized! They encounter a crazy orangutan, the hypnotic and sly snake Kaa, and the menacing Shere Khan! Fully restored for this 30th anniversary edition, this enduring classic swings with jazzy toe-tapping music, including the Academy Award(R)-nominated “The Bare Necessities,” and the freewheeling “I Wan’na Be Like You”! A thrilling tale for all ages, THE JUNGLE BOOK is an absolute essential for your video collection.Disney’s 1967 animated feature seems even more entertaining now than it did upon first release, with a hall-of-fame vocal performance by Phil Harris as Baloo, the genial bear friend of feral child Mowgli. Based on fiction by Rudyard Kipling, the film goes its own way as Disney vigor will, but the strong characters and smart casting (George Sanders as the villainous tiger, Shere Khan) make it one of the studio’s stronger feature-length cartoons. Songs include “The Bare Necessities” and “Trust in Me.” –Tom KeoghA classic 1967 Disney animated film that’s loosely based on Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name, Jungle Book tells the tale of a young boy Mowgli who was raised by animals in the jungle. When tiger Shere Khan threatens to return to their part of the jungle, the other animals choose that Mowgli must return to the man village in order to ensure his safety. Panther Bagheera has difficulty convincing Mowgli to follow him to the man village and recruits the help of a huge lovable bear Baloo. Mowgli’s journey is one of wit, song, and many surprises. A timeless film populated by strong characters bursting with personality, fantastic music like “Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You,” and inspiring vigor by Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, and other master animators, Jungle Book captivates audiences of all ages.
This Platinum Edition includes everything from the standard bonus features like interactive games, music videos, and deleted songs to exciting and sometimes rare commentaries by everyone from present day animators to Walt Disney himself, multiple featurettes about specific aspects of the film and its production, and a lengthy deleted scene featuring lost character Rocky the Rhino. Especially fascinating for adults and Disney fans are “The Bare Necessities: The making of The Jungle Book” featurette, which explores Walt Disney’s commitment to developing strong characters and his insistence that writers, animators, and song writers make a light version of Jungle Book that followed his own personal interpretation of the tale, and the “The Lure of The Jungle Book” featurette, which discusses Frank Thomas’ and Ollie Johnston’s incredible contribution to the film as prolific animators and the inspiration and shape that their work provided for future animators including Brad Bird (The Incredibles), Andreas Deja (Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King), Sergio Pablos (Tarzan), Will Finn (Home on the Array), and Eric Goldberg (Fantasia 2000). The full length commentary by Bruce Reitherman (voice of Mowgli), animator Andreas Deja, and composer Richard Sherman with its interspersed archival commentary of Disney greats from the original creative team (Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston, Woolie Reitherman, and others) is also very fascinating and insightful. –Tami Horiuchi
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