Premiere Date:
October 18, 1967

Running Time:
78 Minutes

Rated: G

A human boy, Mowgli, is raised in the jungle by wolves until it is deemed unsafe for him to stay because of the tiger, Shere Khan, vowed to kill the man cub. Bagheera, the panther, is selected to accompany Mowgli to the Man Village. Meeting Baloo the bear, Mowgli wants to stay in the jungle forever. But after an encounter with King Louise of the Apes, who wants to discover the secrets of Man's Red Fire, is pressed to return to the Man Village by Baloo and Bagheera, Mowgli runs away deep into the jungle. Alone, he meets Shere Khan, but only after the last-minute intervention of his friends does he manage to defeat the tiger. Soon after, Mowgli meets a young girl from the Man Village and willingly returns to civilization.

CHARACTER

VOICE TALENT

Mowgli 

Bruce Reitherman

Baloo

Phil Harris

Bagheera

Sebastian Cabot

 King Louie

Louis Prima

Kaa

Sterling Holloway

 Col. Hathi

J. Pat O'Malley

Shere Khan

George Sanders

 Elephants

Verna Felton
Clint Howard

Vultures

Chad Stuart
Lord Tim Hudson

Wolves

John Abbott
Ben Wright

The Girl

Darleen Carr

Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan, King Louie, Kaa,  
Col. Hathi and Elephants, Vultures, Wolves, The Girl

"The Bare Necessities", "I Wanne Be Like You", "Trust In Me", "My Own Home", "That's What Friends Are For",
"Colonel Hathi's March"

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"The Jungle Book 2:
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Theater Sequel
Released: February 14, 2003
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"Colonel Hathi's Pizza Outpost":
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"Jungle Book, The: A Lesson in Accepting Change":
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 "Jungle Book Reunion, The":
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"Tale Spin":
an animated television series; premiered on May 5, 1990, on The Disney Channel and syndicated beginning September 10, 1990 and ending September 2, 1994.

"The Jungle Book" was the last film Walt Disney personal supervised.

 The film became one of Disney's all-time box office winners.

 The film was re-released in theaters in 1978, 1984, and 1990. Released on video in 1991, 1997, and 1999; DVD in 1999.

Nominated for an Academy Award for best song,
"The Bare Necessities".