| Jungle Book | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Zoltan Korda |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
| Written by | Rudyard Kipling Laurence Stallings |
| Starring | Sabu Dastagir |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Lee Garmes W. Howard Greene |
| Distributed by | Alexander Korda Films for United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1942 |
| Running time | 108 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Jungle Book is an American color 1942 action/adventure film based on the Rudyard Kipling novel, The Jungle Book. The film was directed by Zoltán Korda based on a screeplay adaptation by Laurence Stallings. The cinematography was by Lee Garmes and W. Howard Greene and music by Miklós Rózsa. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards including Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Color for the director's brother, Vincent Korda and creative partner Julia Heron. In 1943 the film's score was re-recorded with narration by Sabu Dastagir and became the first commercial recording of a U.S. film score to be released. [1]
Primary cast
- Sabu Dastagir : Mowgli
- Joseph Calleia : Buldeo
- John Qualen : The barber
- Frank Puglia : The pundit
Trivia
Father Wolf is replaced by Akela. Shere Khan has two servants instead of one:Tabaqui and a Hyena in the movie while it is only Tabaqui in the novel. There is a un-named Crocodile in the movie. Tabaqui is eaten by Kaa instead of killed by Grey Brother. Buldeo has a daughter. The story is narrated by Buldeo
External links
- Jungle Book at the Internet Movie Database
- Free public domain download of Jungle Book at Internet Archive
