THE JUNGLE BOOK

The Jungle Book
Walt Disney, 1967, Color, 78 minutes, ****
Released October, 1967
Based on Rudyard Kipling's Mowgli character, the "mancub" raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. As Mowgli grows into manhood he becomes curious about his origins and finds he is drawn to his own kind. His friend Baloo reluctantly agrees to guide him to the man village, and many adventures and encounters with jungle creatures occur along the way.

Producer: Walt Disney
Production Manager: Don Duckwall
Directed by: Wolfgang Reitherman
Story: Larry Clemmons, Ralph Wright, Ken Anderson, Vance Gerry
Inspired by the Rudyard Kipling "Mowgli" Stories
Directing Animators: Milt Kahl, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, John Loundsbery
Layout: Don Griffith, Basil Davidovich, Tom Codrick, Dale Barnhart, Sylvia Roemer
Background Styling: Al Dempster
Music: George Bruns
Orchestration: Walter Sheets
Songs: Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman
"The Bear Necessities" (by) Terry Gilkyson
Sung by: Phil Harris
Sound: Robert O. Cook
Color by Technicolor
Music Editor: Evelyn Kennedy
Film Editors: Tom Acosta, Norman Carlisle

Awards: Nominated for Best Song Academy Award ("The Bear Necessities")

Cast: (voices) Phil Harris ["Baloo" the Bear], Sebastian Cabot ["Bagheera" the Panther], Louis Prima ["King Louie" of the Apes], George Sanders ["Shere Khan" the Tiger], Sterling Holloway ["Kaa" the Snake], J. Pat O'Malley ["Colonel Hathi" the Elephant], Bruce Reitherman ["Mowgli" the Man Cub], Verna Felton, Clint Howard [Elephants], Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson [Vultures], John Abbott, Ben Wright [Wolves], Darleen Carr [The Girl]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra behind titles); [0:13] Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song) (sung by J. Pat O'Malley, Verna Felton and Clint Howard with the Disney Studio Chorus); [0:25] The Bare Necessities (sung by Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman); [0:32] I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) (sung by Louis Prima, Phil Harris and Bruce Reitherman); [0:44] The Bare Necessities (reprised by Bruce Reitherman); [0:48] Colonel Hathi's March (reprised by J. Pat O'Malley and the Disney Studio Chorus); [0:55] Trust in Me (The Python's Song) (sung by Sterling Holloway); [1:04] That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song) (sung by Chad Stuart, Lord Tim Hudson, Digby Wolfe, Thurl Ravenscroft and Bruce Reitherman); [1:13] My Own Home (The Jungle Book Theme) (sung by Darleen Carr); [1:17] The Bare Necessities (reprised by Phil Harris and Sebastian Cabot)