Source The Jungle Book is a 1967 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released to theaters on October 18, 1967. The 19th animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, the film is noted for being along with The Aristocats ( 1970) the last film project to be approved by Walt Disney himself, who died during its production. (However, Walt did work on a few projects before his death as well, most notably the majority of Disney's animated films that came out in the 1970s.) This is also the first animated feature released after Walt Disney's death. The film was inspired by the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling. Longtime Disney collaborator Terry Gilkyson was brought in to write the songs for the film. Gilkyson delivered several complete songs, but Walt Disney felt that his efforts were too dark. The Sherman Brothers were brought in to do a complete rewrite, on the condition that they did not read Rudyard Kipling's book. The only piece of Gilkyson's work which survived to the final film was his upbeat tune "The Bare Necessities", which was liked by the rest of the film crew. Kaa is a massive python who uses her voice and hypnotic gaze to entrance Mowgli. The man-cub can't resist her captivating embrace. "Kaa seduces and entraps Mowgli with her storytelling," says Scarlett Johansson. "She's the mirror into Mowgli's past. The way she moves is very alluring, almost coquettish." of

On Classic Disney: 60 Years of Musical Magic, this includes "Colonel Hathi's March" on the red disc, " The Bare Necessities" on the blue disc, "I Wan'na Be Like You" and "Trust in Me" on the green disc, "That's What Friends Are For" on the purple disc, and "My Own Home" on the orange disc.Jungle Cubs: " Take Your Sweet, Sweet Time" • " Jungle Cub Love" • " Everything's Gonna Be Right with the World" The next morning, Mowgli tries to join the Indian elephant patrol led by Colonel Hathi ( J. Pat O'Malley). Bagheera finds Mowgli and they argue; Mowgli runs away from Bagheera. The boy soon meets up with the fun-loving bear Baloo ( Phil Harris), who shows Mowgli the fun of having a care-free life and promises not to take him to the man village (as Baloo believes that the villagers there will "ruin" the boy and "make a man out of him").

The song "Trust in Me" is based on a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written by the Sherman Brothers for, but not used in, Mary Poppins. Part of "Bare Necessities" was remixed for the theme song of its short-lived 1990s TV spin-off, Jungle Cubs. In the scene where Bagheera, the vultures, and Mowgli believe that Baloo is dead as well as Bagheera funerals Baloo, Paul J. Smith's organ score from Walt Disney's first film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is heard from the scene where the seven Dwarfs mourn Snow White on her bed before she is put into the glass coffin. The Jungle Book also marks the last animated film from the company to have Disney's personal touches, before his death on December 15, 1966.Now for the first time ever on Blu-ray™ with glorious digital high definition, Disney’s Jumpin' Jungle Classic has never looked so lush or sounded so good! Beloved characters, swinging music and new behind-the-scenes bonus features make this Diamond Edition Blu-ray™ a must-have for every family's classic collection! In the book, Hathi has three children, but no spouse (she is not mentioned, it is possible that he had a wife, but was not important for the book). In the film, he has only one child, Junior, a wife, Winifred, and an equal amount of male and female herd members. Original: " Colonel Hathi's March" • " The Bare Necessities" • " I Wan'na Be Like You" • " Trust in Me" • " That's What Friends are For" • " My Own Home" In the book, Hathi is a wise ruler of the jungle, while in the movie he is a pompous war elephant who often forgets things. In the book Shere Khan is lame from birth (meaning crippled/unable to walk), which is why he only killed cattle. In the film, there is no mention of him being lame at all.

In the film, the monkeys are ruled by a king, King Louie, while in the book it is repeatedly stated that they have no form of leadership whatsoever.

This film was rated G by the Motion Picture Association of America. In fact, it was the last Disney animated film to include the 1945 MPAA logo, as well as the last animated Disney film to be released during the Hays Office Code before its elimination in 1968. The Jungle Book Groove Party: " The Jungle's No Place for a Boy" • " Join the Ranks" • " Go Bananas in the Coconut Tree" • " A Mood for Food" • " We Are the Vultures" • " Run" • " A Brand New Day"

King Louie is a formidable ape who desperately wants the secret of Man's deadly "red flower”–fire. He's convinced Mowgli has the information he seeks. "King Louie is huge–12 feet tall," says Christopher Walken, who voices the character. "But he's as charming as he is intimidating when he wants to be.” of A digitally restored version of the film is the crowning glory of this 40th Anniversary Edition DVD. And in our humble opinion, the sumptuous, handcrafted animation easily surpasses state-of-the-art CGI for that cosy, old-fashioned storybook feel. Season One: " A Night in the Wasteland" • " How the Panther Lost His Roar/ The Humans Must Be Crazy" • " Hathi Meets His Match/ Buffaloed" • " Mondo Mungo/ Bare Necessities" • " Who Wants to Be a Baboon?" • " Red Dogs" • " The Great Kaadini" • " Hulla Baloo/ Shere Bliss" • " Treasure of the Middle Jungle" • " Feather Brains/ Benny & Clyde" • " Splendor in the Mud" • " Trouble in the Jungle/ Fool Me Once..." • " The Coming of the Wolves"

In the film, Kaa hypnotizes with his eyes. In the book, however, Kaa hypnotizes through a dance that affects everyone but Mowgli. Toy Story (1995) • A Bug's Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) · Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009) • Toy Story 3 (2010) • Cars 2 (2011) • Brave (2012) • Monsters University (2013) • Inside Out (2015) • The Good Dinosaur (2015) • Finding Dory (2016) • Cars 3 (2017) • Coco (2017) • Incredibles 2 (2018) • Toy Story 4 (2019) • Onward (2020) • Soul (2020) • Luca (2021) • Turning Red (2022) • Lightyear (2022) • Elemental (2023) Disney later made a live-action remake of the movie, which was more of a realistic action-adventure film with somewhat more adult themes. The film, released in 1994, differs even more from the book than its animated counterpart but was still a box-office success. A second theatrical live-action remake was later produced by Disney in 2016, which in contrast, combines elements of both its animated counterpart and the original books, and follows much more closely to the tone of the original Rudyard Kipling books that the previous two Jungle Book theatrical films.