The Jungle Book (Collins Classics)

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Its release was accompanied by a limited 18-day run at Disney's own El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, with the opening night featuring a panel with composer Richard Sherman and voice actors Bruce Reitherman, Darlene Carr, and Chad Stuart. Although most of Peet's work was discarded, the personalities of the characters remained in the final film.

Elements of The Jungle Book were recycled in the later Disney feature film Robin Hood, [89] such as Baloo being inspiration for Little John (who not only was a bear, but also voiced by Phil Harris). During the time Mowgli was with the wolf pack, he is abducted by the Bandar-log monkeys to the ruined city. We understand and appreciate his point-of-view, even though carrying it out would mean the death of Mowgli". In regards to Louie's changes, Favreau stated, "We created this looming figure that was trying to extract the secret of fire from Mowgli. Idris Elba as Shere Khan, a fearsome, scarred Bengal tiger with a blinded left eye who wishes to kill Mowgli.

The animated film encyclopedia: a complete guide to American shorts, features and sequences 1900-1979. It was also planned to have the members of the band to both voice the characters and sing their song, " That's What Friends Are For". On Kaa's role in the film, Favreau said that "Mowgli is exploring different regions of the jungle—mistier, darker, more mysterious parts of the jungle.

Shortly afterward, a group of monkeys kidnap Mowgli and take him to their leader, King Louie the orangutan, who offers to help Mowgli stay in the jungle in exchange for teaching him how to make fire. Furious that Baloo and Bagheera neglected to tell him about Akela's death, Mowgli goes to confront Shere Khan.

Based on Rudyard Kipling's eponymous collective works, this film is a live-action/ CGI remake of Walt Disney's 1967 animated feature film of the same title.