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| Directed by | Stephen Sommers |
| Produced by | Edward S. Feldman, Raju Patel Rajendra Kumar (executive producer) Yash Johar (associate producer) |
| Written by | Stephen Sommers Ronald Yanover Mark Geldman (screenplay) Based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling |
| Starring | Jason Scott Lee Cary Elwes Lena Headey Sam Neill |
| Music by | Basil Poledouris |
| Cinematography | Juan Ruiz Anchia Peter Robertson |
| Editing by | Bob Ducsay |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 23, 1994 |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $27,000,000 (estimated) |
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The Jungle Book (official title is "Disney's Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book") is a 1994 film, by Disney, loosely based on the Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. It could also be seen as a live action remake of their hit The Jungle Book (1967) or the earlier film The Jungle Book (1942). The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli and Cary Elwes as his main adversary, directed by Stephen Sommers. The original music score is composed by Basil Poledouris. Unlike the novel and earlier adaptations, none of the animal characters talk.
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Plot summary
In the Victorian period, Mowgli is the five-year-old-son of a wilderness guide who accompanies his father on a hunting trip in the jungles of their native India. Mowgli becomes close friends with a British girl named Katherine Anne "Kitty" Brydon, whose parents commissioned the hunt, but when a tiger attacks the camp and kills Mowgli's father, the boy is lost in the confusion, and he is left to fend for himself. Mowgli is befriended by the animals of the jungle — Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Grey Brother the wolf — and they develop an unspoken sense of communication as the growing boy learns to live in the wild. Years later, after growing to adulthood, Mowgli once again encounters Kitty, who is visiting India with her father, Colonel Geoffrey Brydon, a British officer stationed nearby, and her arrogant and deceitful fiancé Captain William Boone. Kitty and Mowgli recognize each other, and while his powers of speech are rusty, with the help of Dr. Julius Plumford, Kitty and her father are able to reintroduce Mowgli to civilization. However, after spending most of his life in the jungle, Mowgli does not feel at home among other people, and while he deeply loves Kitty, he concedes to his rival for her affections. However, Boone and several other men kidnap Mowgli when they learn that he has discovered a vast treasure in the jungle, and they try to force him to reveal his secrets while fending off the dangers of the jungle which Mowgli understands, but Boone and his men do not. Mowgli leads them through the perilous path to the treasure and Boone's men are killed one by one until only Boone and Mowgli are left. Finally they get to the treasure where Boone starts to pocket all the gold he can find. The large anaconda guarding the treasure strikes and Mowgli is left to fight it while Boone traps them in the room while fleeing. Mowgli kills the snake and runs after Boone who is then facing a large ferocious tiger. Boone is killed by the tiger and Mowgli and the tiger stare at each other a long time before the tiger is stared down and leaves in submission. Mowgli is reunited with Kitty and the two kiss underneath a waterfall at the end of the film.
Main cast
- Jason Scott Lee - Mowgli
- Cary Elwes - Captain William Boone
- Lena Headey - Katherine "Kitty" Brydon
- Sam Neill - Colonel Geoffrey Brydon
- John Cleese - Dr. Julius Plumford
- Jason Flemyng - Lt. John Wilkins
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A computer game based on film was made for the Windows operating system and Sega Saturn in 1996.
