The Jungle Book (1994 film)

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Disney's Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book
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Directed by	Stephen Sommers
Produced by	Edward S. Feldman, Raju Patel
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 film). The film stars Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli and Cary Elwes as his main advisary, 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.

Tagline: Born by man, raised by animals, destined for adventure.

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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 stuffy fiancé Captain William Boone. Kitty and Mowgli recognize each other, and while his powers of speech are rusty, with the help of Dr. Julien Plumford, Kitty and her father are able to return 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.