The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wild animals, and how he becomes king of the jungle.
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Released
- 1994
- Country
- United States, Netherlands
Details
Release year: 1994
Storyline
Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the orphaned jungle boy raised by wild animals, and how he becomes king of the jungle.
Top credits
Jason Scott Lee — Mowgli
Cary Elwes — Boone
Lena Headey — Kitty
Sam Neill — Brydon
Did you know
• This live action film required the use of over two hundred trained animals including fifty tigers and fourteen purebred wolves.
• During all the scenes involving Shere Khan the set was cleared of non-essential personnel.
• Unlike versions before or since, this is the only time where Shere Khan is not a villain but rather a neutral force of nature. Stephen Sommers stated it would be impossible for him to allow Shere Khan to be killed for his actions seeing how majestic tigers are.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $43,229,904
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $5,129,959 (1994-12-26)
User reviews
Darker and more intense version is visually impressive...
Underrated Old-Style Adventure
Boys young & old like adventure yarns and this is a good one!
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- Color
- Color
