Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

UPC: 786936162790

Studio: Walt Disney Video

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Excellent For Children]

Summary: Twenty-seven years after turning one of Rudyard Kipling's best known works into a successful animated musical, Disney returned to the same source material for this live-action adventure, which hews slightly closer to the original source material. Mowgli (Sean Naeleli) is the five-year-old son of a wilderness guide who accompanies his father on a hunting expedition in the jungles of their native India. Mowgli becomes close friends with a British girl named Kitty (Joanna Wolff), whose parents commissioned the hunt, but when a tiger attacks their camp and kills Mowgli's father, the boy is lost in the confusion, and he's 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 wilds. Years later, after growing to adulthood, Mowgli (now played by Jason Scott Lee) once again encounters Kitty (now played by Lena Headey), who is visiting India with her father, Col. Brydon (Sam Neill), a British officer stationed nearby, and her stuffy fianc?e Capt. William Boone (Cary Elwes). Kitty and Mowgli recognize each other, and while his powers of speech are rusty, with the help of Dr. Plumford (John Cleese), 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 of his men kidnap Mowgli when they learn that he has discovered a vast treasure in the jungle, and they try to force him to reveal its secrets while fending off the dangers of the jungle which Mowgli understands, but Boone and his men do not. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Children's/Family

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 01/15/2002

Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Cinemascope

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 111 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,Spanish

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Chapter Selection
1. Opening Titles [2:20]
2. An Enchanting Story [3:37]
3. Mowgli and Kitty [2:48]
4. Shere Khan Attacks [5:18]
5. New Friends [4:09]
6. King Louie [7:59]
7. The Bridge Between [6:57]
8. An Intruder [3:33]
9. A Scientific Experiment [8:23]
10. Man and Animal [10:56]
11. Dr. Plumford's Party [7:12]
12. Treason [7:26]
13. Monkey City [3:32]
14. "I Got What I Came For" [4:19]
15. Jungle Law [14:07]
16. End Credits [10:12]

Cast and Crew: Natalie Morse  Actor 
Rachel Robertson  Actor 
Liza Walker  Actor 
Gerry Crampton  Actor 
Ed Feldman  Producer 
Mark Damon  Executive Producer 
Lawrence Mortorff  Executive Producer 
Raju Patel  Producer 
Sharad Patel  Executive Producer 
Basil Poledouris  Composer (Music Score) 
Stephen Sommers  Director 
Stephen Sommers  Screenwriter 
Mark D. Geldman  Screenwriter 
Rajendra Kumar  Producer 
Greg Michael  Director 
Ronald Yanover  Screenwriter 
Jason Scott Lee  Actor 
Cary Elwes  Actor 
Lena Headey  Actor 
Sam Neill  Actor 
John Cleese  Actor 
Jason Flemyng  Actor 
Stefan Kalipha  Actor 
Ron Donachie  Actor 

Country: USA