The Jungle Book (1967 movie)The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. It was first released on October 18, 1967, and was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. It is based, rather loosely, on the stories about the feral child Mowgli from the book The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. The movie remains one of Disney's most popular, and contained a number of classic songs, including "The Bare Necessities" and "I Wan'na Be Like You". Most of the songs are by Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman. The film was directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, and Mowgli was voiced by his son, Bruce Reitherman. Its characters include:
There are two villains, Kaa (voiced by Sterling Holloway), a hypnotizing snake; and Shere Khan (voiced by George Sanders), a tiger. In the original stories by Kipling, Kaa was a hero. The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written for, but not used in, Mary Poppins. This page about The Jungle Book includes information from a Wikipedia article. Additional articles about The Jungle Book News stories about The Jungle Book External links for The Jungle Book Videos for The Jungle Book Wikis about The Jungle Book Discussion Groups about The Jungle Book Blogs about The Jungle Book Images of The Jungle Book |
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The song "Trust in Me" is based upon a song entitled "Land of Sand" which had been written for, but not used in, Mary Poppins. Also several video game adaptations of Shrek have been published on various game console platforms. In the original stories by Kipling, Kaa was a hero. ISBN 0-374-46623-8. There are two villains, Kaa (voiced by Sterling Holloway), a hypnotizing snake; and Shere Khan (voiced by George Sanders), a tiger. Shrek, Sunburst Paperback. Its characters include:. Original story on which the film is based: Steig, Wiliam (1990). The film was directed by
Wolfgang Reitherman, and Mowgli was voiced by his son, Bruce Reitherman. All Star - Smash Mouth It was first released on October 18, 1967, and was the last animated feature produced by Walt Disney, who died during its production. The story tells how the ogre Shrek is forced by Lord Farquaad to rescue Princess Fiona from a dragon for Farquaad to marry. Along the way, Shrek befriends a talking Donkey, and falls in love with Fiona. The Jungle Book is the nineteenth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon. The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Walt Disney Pictures in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation. Furthermore, Shrek was made the mascot for the company's animation productions. Four vultures (with characterizations inspired by The Beatles and other British invasion-era bands). It made notable use of pop music—the soundtrack includes music by Smash Mouth, The Proclaimers, Jason Wade, The Baha Men, and Rufus Wainwright. King Louie (orang-utan) (voiced by Louis Prima). It was critically acclaimed as an animated film worthy of adult interest, with many adult-oriented jokes and themes but a simple enough plot and humor to appeal to children. Baloo (bear) (voiced by Phil Harris). After Myers had completed providing the voice for the character and the movie was well into production, he asked to be allowed to re-record all of his lines in a "Scottish accent" similar to the one his mother used when she told him bedtime stories. Pat O'Malley). After his death, Mike Myers was brought on to replace him. Hathi (elephant) (voiced by J. The voice of Shrek was originally recorded by Chris Farley. Mowgli (human being). The film features the voices of Mike Myers as a large green troublesome ogre named Shrek, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, Eddie Murphy as a talkative donkey, and John Lithgow as the vain Lord Farquaad. Several wolves. The name Shrek is taken from the Yiddish word שרעק (pronounced Shreck) meaning fear/terror. Bagheera (panther) (voiced by Sebastian Cabot). It was released on DVD on November 2, 2001. It was the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, a category introduced in 2002. It was released by DreamWorks SKG in May 2001. Shrek is a computer-animated movie adaptation of William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture-book of the same name. There is a reason he came to be there, but there is another chapter to the story before that.". Shrek 5, or a prequel to the first Shrek, is unannounced, but suspected from Katzenberg's statement, "Shrek 3 and 4 are going to reveal other unanswered questions and, finally, in the last chapter, we will understand how Shrek came to be in that swamp, when we meet him in the first movie. Shrek 4 was announced on August 19, 2004 and is planned to bring back all the cast and be released in 2010. Seaman and Jon Zack, and the three lead voices from the previous movies: Mike Myers as Shrek, Eddie Murphy as Donkey, Cameron Diaz as Princess Fiona, and Justin Timberlake as King Arthur. According to the studio, it was originally planned for release in the winter of 2006, (since delayed to 2007), and members of the crew are to include the writing team of Jeffrey Price, Peter S. A sequel with that title was announced on June 2, 2004. Shrek 3. Shrek 2 was released on May 19, 2004 and quickly overtook Disney's Finding Nemo as the highest grossing opening weekend for an animated feature. |