The Jungle Book is a movie directed by Wolfgang Reitherman in 1967 and based on the book of the same name by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1894. The movie features Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, George Sanders, Sterling Holloway, John Abbott, Louis Prima, and others.
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Storyline
Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of India by Bagheera, a black panther who promptly takes him to Raksha, a mother wolf who has just had cubs. He and Bagheera rest in a tree for the night, where Kaa, a hungry Indian python, tries to devour Mowgli, but Bagheera intervenes.
Movie vs Book
Year
1967
Minutes
78
Movie Rate
7.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Jungle Book
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Country: USA
Year: 1967
Length: 1h18m
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Year
1894
Pages
277
Book Rate
7.84
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Book
The Jungle Book
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Country: UK
First published in: 1894
Length: 277 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The Jungle Book
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Stephen Sommers
Movie by Jon Favreau
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“Having your book turned into a movie is like seeing your oxen turned into bouillon cubes.”
JOHN LE CARRE (Writer)
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