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The Jungle Book (40th Anniversary Platinum Edition)


Directed by
   Wolfgang Reitherman




U.S. Region 1
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Genre: Drama

Plot Outline:
     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 animation 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 Keogh      A classic 1967 Disney animated film that's loosely based on Rudyard Kipling's book of the same name, Jungle Book tells the story 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 decide 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 big lovable bear Baloo. Mowgli's journey is one of wit, song, and many surprises. A timeless film populated by strong characters bursting with personality, great music like "Bare Necessities" and "I Wanna Be Like You," and inspiring animation 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 modern 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 interesting 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 create a light version of Jungle Book that followed his own personal interpretation of the story, and the "The Lure of The Jungle Book" featurette, which discusses Frank Thomas' and Ollie Johnston's amazing contribution to the film as prolific animators and the inspiration and influence 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 Range), 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 interesting and insightful. --Tami Horiuchi      The lush and lively jungle comes alive in this exciting 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition of THE JUNGLE BOOK brilliantly restored with enhanced picture and sound. Experience the song-filled celebration of friendship fun and adventure that was the last film to receive Walt Disney's personal touch. Embark on a thrilling adventure-filled journey with the boy Mowgli as he makes his way to the man-village with Bagheera the wise panther. Along the way he meets jazzy King Louie the hypnotic snake Kaa and the lovable happy-go-lucky bear Baloo who teaches Mowgli "The Bare Necessities" of life and the true meaning of friendship. Swing into a jungle of fun in this 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD with all-new bonus features. Meet the long-lost character Rocky the Rhino and experience never-before-heard deleted songs all-new games and much more!
  

Rating: G (General Audience)

Cast Summary:
  Phil Harris (voice)
  Sebastian Cabot (voice)
  Louis Prima (voice)
  George Sanders (voice)
  Sterling Holloway (voice)
  J. Pat O'Malley / (voice)
  Bruce Reitherman (voice)
  Verna Felton (voice)
  Clint Howard (voice)
  Chad Stuart (voice)
  Lord Tim Hudson (voice)
  John Abbott (voice)
  Ben Wright (voice)
  Darleen Carr (voice)

Studio: Walt Disney Video

DVD Release Date: 2007-10-02

Runtime: 78

Country: USA

Language: English  French  Spanish 

Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada)

Format: AC-3  Animated  Closed-captioned  Color  Dolby  Dubbed  DVD-Video  Restored  Special Edition  Widescreen  NTSC 

Number of discs: 2

Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1

Comment:
    Better than I remember. The DVD quality is great and my son loves the movie.Man....King Louie's music bit is the best. This movie is superb. Ahead of it's time.Having called a month-long time out on princess stuff, I ordered this hoping but not really believing it would replace Little Mermaid or Cinderella in my daughter's mind. But she loves it. She doesn't get to watch the whole thing often but I occasionally just cue up the songs and let her watch, sing along and dance to those. Definitely a solid choice for any home dvd collection.This was a treasured movie of my mom's...it was always one of her favorite Disney movies, along with Pinocchio. She passed her love of this movie along to me as a child and I loved it too. When I saw that it was restored, I couldn't pass it up(especially because I have a child of my own now to pass it along too). what a wonderful movie...better than I remembered. No Pixar movie can come close to the warm feeling you get when you watch these cartoons that are actually drawn & painstakingly developed by hand. I highly recommend this to anyoneI would do busy with this seller again. I recieved my order very quickly and in great condition. Thanks.