The Jungle Book (1967 film)

In the jungles of India, Bagheera the black panther discovers an orphaned baby boy and brings him to a pack of wolves, who name him Mowgli. Ten years later, the pack learns that the murderous Bengal tiger Shere Khan has returned to their area of the jungle. Knowing that he hates humans and will stop at nothing to kill Mowgli, the wolves decide that the latter must leave; Bagheera agrees to escort Mowgli to a nearby "Man-Village", though Mowgli is reluctant to leave the only home he has ever known, as he does not fear the tiger, and believes he can last against him (not to mention that he has never met others of his own kind, thus everyone in the Man-Village will seem like strangers to him).

Bagheera and Mowgli rest in a tree where Kaa, an Indian python, attempts to devour Mowgli by hypnotising him, but is stopped by Bagheera. The next morning, Mowgli encounters Colonel Hathi and his elephant herd. Following an argument where Mowgli refuses to go to the Man-Village, he is abandoned by Bagheera. All alone, Mowgli meets and befriends Baloo, a laid-back and carefree sloth bear who promises Mowgli can stay in the jungle with him. Mowgli is soon kidnapped by monkeys who bring him to their leader, King Louie, an orangutan. King Louie tries to persuade Mowgli to teach him the ways of man, until Baloo and Bagheera arrive and rescue him, destroying King Louie's temple in the process.

Whilst Mowgli is sleeping that night, Bagheera tries to convince Baloo that Mowgli must be taken to the Man-Village. Baloo remains unconvinced until Bagheera reminds him that Shere Khan will try and kill Mowgli, as he is afraid of guns and fire. This persuades Baloo, who tells Mowgli the next morning that he must take him to the Man-Village. Feeling betrayed, Mowgli runs away. Bagheera later finds Colonel Hathi's herd and seeks their help in finding Mowgli. However, unbeknownst to any of them, Shere Khan has overheard this and now decides to hunt and kill Mowgli himself.

Whilst going through the jungle, Mowgli is ambushed by Kaa once more, who attempts to hypnotize and devour him again. However, before he can, Shere Khan arrives and tells Kaa that he is looking for a "man-cub"; Kaa manages to hide Mowgli. After escaping Kaa, Mowgli reaches the wastelands of the jungle where he meets and befriends a group of vultures. However, Shere Khan soon arrives and tries to kill Mowgli. He tries to fight, but soon begins to lose his nerve after realizing how terrifying the tiger truly is, before Baloo intervenes. Whilst Shere Khan attacks and nearly kills Baloo, Mowgli ties a burning branch to Shere Khan's tail, forcing him to run away in defeat. Mowgli now mourns the loss of Baloo; as Bagheera respectfully takes Mowgli away, Baloo reveals he is alive, much to everyone's happiness.

As they get closer to the Man-Village, Mowgli becomes smitten with a girl getting water from the river. He follows her into the Man-Village, having finally accepted the fact that he is a human. Content that Mowgli is where he belongs, Baloo and Bagheera return to the jungle.

{{Main|List of The Jungle Book characters{{!}}List of The Jungle Book characters}}

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• Phil Harris as Baloo, a lazy and carefree sloth bear who believes in the importance of letting go of worries and focusing on the simple things in life.{{cite news|last=Conrad|first=Tracy|date=November 17, 2019|title=Desert jazz cat Phil Harris was cool by every definition|url=https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/people/2019/11/17/desert-jazz-cat-phil-harris-cool-every-definition/4212685002/|work=The Desert Sun|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326144724/https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/people/2019/11/17/desert-jazz-cat-phil-harris-cool-every-definition/4212685002/|archive-date=March 26, 2023|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=75}}
• Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera, a wise and intelligent black panther who discovers Mowgli as a baby and later becomes his main protector. He also serves as the film's narrator.{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Dave|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/junglebook/junglebook.html|title="The Jungle Book" Movie History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331190905/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/movies/junglebook/junglebook.html|work=Disney Archives|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=dead}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=33}}
• Louis Prima as King Louie, the cool and smooth-talking orangutan leader of the monkeys from the ruins of an ancient palace who wants to learn how to make fire.{{cite web|url=https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/for-jungle-book-purists-you-just-cant-spell-primate-without-prima/article_0bf96fd4-8f8d-57ca-b59b-ce813d1c6f77.html|title=For 'Jungle Book' purists, you just can't spell primate without 'Prima'|last=Scott|first=Mike|date=April 15, 2016|website=NOLA.com|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626154924/https://www.nola.com/entertainment_life/movies_tv/for-jungle-book-purists-you-just-cant-spell-primate-without-prima/article_0bf96fd4-8f8d-57ca-b59b-ce813d1c6f77.html|archive-date=June 26, 2023|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=101}}
• George Sanders as Shere Khan, a confident and menacing Bengal tiger who is deeply feared by most of the animals of the jungle.{{cite web|last=Eastwood|first=Jennifer|url=https://d23.com/get-a-wickedly-wild-inside-look-at-disney-villains-delightfully-evil/|title=Get a Wickedly Wild Inside Look at Disney Villains: Delightfully Evil|website=D23|date=October 27, 2016|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012203358/https://d23.com/get-a-wickedly-wild-inside-look-at-disney-villains-delightfully-evil/|archive-date=October 12, 2023|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=129}}
• Bill Lee was Shere Khan's singing voice, and Jimmy MacDonald provided his roars.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=129}}{{cite AV media notes|author1=Richard M. Sherman|author2=Andreas Deja|author3=Bruce Reitherman|title=Audio commentary|location=The Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|year=2007|type=Bonus feature}}
• Sterling Holloway as Kaa, a sly and sinister Indian python who seeks Mowgli as prey, but fails each time he attempts to eat him.{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/unusual-suspects-kaa|last=Sigman Lowery|first=Paula|title=Unusual Suspects: Kaa|publisher=Walt Disney Family Museum|date=February 11, 2013|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201073621/https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/unusual-suspects-kaa|archive-date=December 1, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Dave|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/villains/kaa/kaa.html|title=Kaa Villains History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100331194811/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/villains/kaa/kaa.html|work=Disney Archives|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2010|url-status=dead}}
• J. Pat O'Malley as Colonel Hathi, a pompous Indian elephant who leads the Jungle Patrol.{{sfn|Beck|2005|page=133}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=59}}
• O'Malley also voiced Buzzie, the leader of the vulture quartet that Mowgli encounters during his journey.{{sfn|Smith|2012|page=12}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=145}}
• Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli, also referred to as Man-Cub, a naive and stubborn 10-year-old human boy who was raised by the Seeonee wolf pack and wants to stay in the jungle despite the threat of Shere Khan.{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/more-mowgli-outtakes-bruce-reitherman|last=Seastrom|first=Lucas|title=More from Mowgli: Outtakes with Bruce Reitherman|publisher=Walt Disney Family Museum|date=February 10, 2023|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324133459/https://www.waltdisney.org/blog/more-mowgli-outtakes-bruce-reitherman|archive-date=March 24, 2023|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=6}}{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Dave|url=http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/mowgli/mowgli.html|title=Mowgli Character History|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100401012613/http://disney.go.com/vault/archives/characters/mowgli/mowgli.html|work=Disney Archives|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-date=April 1, 2010|url-status=dead}}
• Verna Felton as Winifred, Colonel Hathi's snarky and outspoken wife and the matriarch of the Jungle Patrol.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=59}}{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/verna-felton-best-characters-ranked/|title=The 7 Best Characters Voiced by Verna Felton, Ranked|last=Searle|first=Tyler B.|date=October 1, 2023|website=Collider|access-date=December 5, 2023}}
• Clint Howard as Hathi Jr., also known as Baby Elephant, the son of Colonel Hathi and Winifred.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=59}}{{cite web|url=https://www.wideopencountry.com/clint-howard/|title=Clint Howard: Ron Howard's Prolific Character Actor Brother|last=Moore|first=Addie|date=February 22, 2021|website=Wide Open Country|publisher=Publishers Clearing House|access-date=December 7, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816152853/https://www.wideopencountry.com/clint-howard/|archive-date=August 16, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://d23.com/a-to-z/howard-clint/|title=Howard, Clint|website=D23|access-date=December 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331212614/https://d23.com/a-to-z/howard-clint/|archive-date=March 31, 2023|url-status=live}}
• Chad Stuart as Flaps, one of the members of the vulture quartet.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=145}}{{cite news|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=December 23, 2020|title=Chad Stuart Dies: Half Of Chad & Jeremy Hitmaking Duo, Father Of 'General Hospital' Actor James Patrick Stuart Was 79|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/chad-stuart-dead-obituary-chad-jeremy-summer-song-james-patrick-stuart-was-79-1234660984/|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205014251/https://deadline.com/2020/12/chad-stuart-dead-obituary-chad-jeremy-summer-song-james-patrick-stuart-was-79-1234660984/|archive-date=December 5, 2022}}
• Lord Tim Hudson as Dizzy, one of the members of the vulture quartet.{{sfn|Smith|2012|page=12}}{{cite news|date=February 2, 2020|title='Lord' Tim Hudson, DJ and pop and cricket impresario|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/02/lord-tim-hudson-dj-pop-cricket-impresario-obituary/|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=December 7, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217005808/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2020/02/02/lord-tim-hudson-dj-pop-cricket-impresario-obituary/|archive-date=February 17, 2020}}
• John Abbott as Akela, the leader of the Seeonee wolf pack who sends Mowgli to the Man-Village under Bagheera's guidance.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=33}}{{sfn|Beck|2005|page=133}}
• Ben Wright as Rama, Mowgli's adoptive wolf father.{{sfn|Smith|2012|pages=37-38}}
• Darleen Carr as the Girl who charms Mowgli into following her to the Man-Village at the film's ending.{{cite web|url=http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/makingofthejunglebook/index.html|title=The Making of "Jungle Book"|website=The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=June 4, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028031441/http://disney.go.com/disneyatoz/familymuseum/exhibits/articles/makingofthejunglebook/index.html|archive-date=October 28, 2008}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=159}}

Digby Wolfe voiced Ziggy, the fourth member of the vulture quartet.{{sfn|Smith|2012|page=12}}{{sfn|Norman|2013|page=67}} Leo De Lyon, Bill Skiles, Pete Henderson, and Hal Smith voiced King Louie's monkeys.{{sfn|Webb|2011|page=187}}

Walt Disney first considered making an animated version of Rudyard Kipling's 1894 collection of stories The Jungle Book in the late 1930s.{{cite AV media|title=The Jungle Book: The Making of a Musical Masterpiece|type=Documentary film|publisher=Walt Disney Home Video|location=The Jungle Book Fully Restored 30th Anniversary Limited Edition VHS|year=1997}} In the early 1960s, after completing his work on The Sword in the Stone, story artist Bill Peet proposed The Jungle Book as the studio's next animated feature, seeing it as a "great chance to develop some good animal characters".{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=15}}{{sfn|Peet|1989|pages=173}} Disney agreed and acquired the film rights to all thirteen Jungle Book stories from the estate of Alexander Korda (who had produced the 1942 film adaptation) by April 1962, after having spent the previous ten years in negotiations.{{sfn|Koenig|1997|page=133}}{{cite news|last=Hopper|first=Hedda|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65326405/clipped-from-the-los-angeles-times/|title='Jungle Book' Film Planned by Disney|work=Los Angeles Times|at=Part IV, p. 9|date=April 6, 1962|access-date=July 29, 2022|archive-date=July 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730020140/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/65326405/clipped-from-the-los-angeles-times/|via=Newspapers.com|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Fessier Jr.|first=Michael|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382448505|title=Legacy of a Last Tycoon|work=Los Angeles Times|pages=16–23|date=November 12, 1967|access-date=July 29, 2022|archive-date=July 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730020348/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/382448505/|via=Newspapers.com |url-access=subscription|url-status=live}} At that point, Peet had written an early story treatment and developed the initial character designs.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=15}} Disney originally intended to closely follow Kipling's work, planning to make a film that would be "both naturalistic and fantastic, suggestive of the compelling stag fight in Bambi".{{sfn|Koenig|1997|page=133}}

Peet created his treatment with little supervision, as he had done with One Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Sword in the Stone.{{cite magazine|last=Packer|first=Matt|date=April 11, 2016|title=How Walt Disney brought The Jungle Book to the big screen|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/the-jungle-book-walt-disney-flloyd-norman/|magazine=Little White Lies|access-date=December 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630163144/https://lwlies.com/articles/the-jungle-book-walt-disney-flloyd-norman/|archive-date=June 30, 2023|url-status=live}} He tried to make the story more linear, since the novel was very episodic, while preserving its ominous tone and adding more drama and suspense (in particular, Peet's story would start with wolves and Bagheera rescuing baby Mowgli from falling from a waterfall).{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=15}}{{cite AV media|title=Disney's Kipling: Walt's Magic Touch on a Literary Classic|type=Bonus feature|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|location=The Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD|year=2007}} He also decided on Mowgli's journey from the jungle back to the Man-Village as the film's central storyline. One of the few major departures from Kipling's works was the character of Baloo, whom Peet rewrote into a "big playful buffoon of a bear", with the role of Mowgli's serious-minded mentor given to Bagheera.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=33}}{{sfn|Peet|1989|page=174}} Peet created an original character for the film{{snd}}King Louie, the leader of the Bandar-log, who would kidnap Mowgli and try to get him to teach them how to make fire and rebuild the ancient city. Louie was also to show Mowgli the treasure under the ruins (a plot point borrowed from The Second Jungle Book), which would serve as a setup for the film's climax.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=101}} After Mowgli had arrived to the Man-Village, he would get into an argument with the local hunter Buldeo, which would cause Mowgli to return to the jungle with a torch and use it to scare those who attacked or mocked him through the journey and confront Shere Khan, before being dragged to the ancient city by Buldeo in search for the treasure.{{cite AV media|title=Alternate Ending: Mowgli and the Hunter|type=Bonus feature|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|location=The Jungle Book Diamond Edition Blu-ray|year=2014}} After taking some of the treasures, Buldeo would attempt to burn the jungle to avoid the threat of Shere Khan, only for the tiger to attack and kill him, before being killed by Mowgli with Buldeo's rifle.{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-original-jungle-books-alternate-ending-and-170441629.html|title=The Alternate Ending of the Original 'Jungle Book' and What It Could Mean for the New Version|last=Alter|first=Ethan|date=April 15, 2016|website=Yahoo!|access-date=December 5, 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429234652/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/the-original-jungle-books-alternate-ending-and-170441629.html|archive-date=April 29, 2023}} Because of his actions, Mowgli would be hailed as a hero in both the jungle and the village and declared the first human member of the wolves' council.

After the box-office underperformance of The Sword in the Stone, Walt Disney decided to get more involved in the story development of The Jungle Book than he had been with the past two films.{{sfn|Barrier|1999|page=568}}{{cite AV media|title=The Bare Necessities: The Making of "The Jungle Book"|type=Documentary film|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|location=The Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD|year=2007}} Upon reviewing the storyboards, Disney felt that Peet's approach was too dark and depressing, and held a meeting, insisting on making the story lighter and more aimed at the family demographic.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=15}}{{sfn|Williams|Denney|2004|page=286}} Peet, who had been working on his treatment for over a year by then, refused, resulting in a long argument between him and Disney.{{sfn|Norman|2013|page=63}}{{cite web|last=Lark|first=Max|url=https://d23.com/floyd-normans-9-wild-stories-from-the-making-of-the-jungle-book-1967/|title=Floyd Norman's 9 Wild Stories From the Making of The Jungle Book (1967)|website=D23|date=March 31, 2016|access-date=December 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626154740/https://d23.com/floyd-normans-9-wild-stories-from-the-making-of-the-jungle-book-1967/|archive-date=June 26, 2023|url-status=live}} On January 29, 1964, Peet left the studio after another fight with Disney over the preliminary recording for Bagheera's voice as well as Disney insulting him claiming that he should see Mary Poppins for "real entertainment".{{sfn|Barrier|2007|page=276}}{{sfn|Koenig|1997|page=134}}{{sfn|Peet|1989|pages=180}} Peet would later admit in his autobiography that he was glad he didn't insult back at Disney over the film and left the studio when he did knowing that Disney would die two years after he left.{{sfn|Peet|1989|pages=183}}

File:Walt disney portrait right.jpg supervised before his death in December 1966.]]

After Peet's departure, Disney assigned Larry Clemmons as his new writer and one of the four-story men for the film, giving Clemmons a copy of Kipling's book, and telling him: "The first thing I want you to do is not to read it".{{sfn|Thomas|1997|page=107}} Clemmons still looked at the novel and thought it was too disjointed and without continuity, needing adaptations to fit a film script. Clemmons wanted to start in medias res, with some flashbacks afterward, but then Disney said to focus on doing the storyline more straight: "Let's do the meat of the picture. Let's establish the characters. Let's have fun with it".

Although most of Peet's work was discarded, the personalities of the characters remained in the final film. This was because Disney felt that the story should be kept simple, and the characters should drive the story. Disney took an active role in the story meetings, acting out each role and helping to explore the emotions of the characters, helping create gags, and developing emotional sequences. The Sherman Brothers re-imagined Peet's darker and more sinister version of King Louie as a more comedic character based around jazz and swing music. As Richard M. Sherman recalled: "...our discussion at the time [was], 'He's an ape, what does an ape do? Swings in a tree. The jazz is swing music and a guy literally swings if he's an ape'". Clemmons also created the human girl with whom Mowgli falls in love, as the animators considered that falling in love would be the best excuse for Mowgli to leave the jungle. Clemmons would write a rough script with an outline for most sequences. The story artists then discussed how to fill the scenes, including the comedic gags to employ.{{cite book|title=Prepare To Board!: Creating Story and Characters for Animated Features and Shorts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V0Ub7xvnBkYC&pg=PA163|first=Nancy|last=Beiman|publisher=Focal Press|year=2007|isbn=978-0-240-80820-8|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106131841/https://books.google.com/books?id=V0Ub7xvnBkYC&pg=PA163|url-status=live}}{{cite book|title=Walt's People: Volume 9–Talking Disney with the Artists who Knew Him|editor=Ghez, Didier|author=Norman, Floyd|chapter=Three Disney Story Guys|page=175|publisher=Xlibris|year=2010|isbn=978-1-450-08746-9}} The script also tried to incorporate how the voice actors molded their characters and interacted with each other.{{cite book|title=Walt Disney's The Jungle Book|location=New York|publisher=Harmony Books|year=1980|isbn=978-0-517543-28-3|page=5}} The Jungle Book also marked the last animated film to have Disney's personal touches, before his death on December 15, 1966.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=253}}

Walt Disney wanted to bring in more well-known performers to voice the key characters of The Jungle Book (which was a rarity in his past works). All the celebrities cast in the film had inspired the animators in creating the characters and helped to shape their personalities.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|page=107}}{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=255}} The studio held many auditions for the role of Baloo, initially searching for an Ed Wynn-esque voice.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=75}}{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1981|page=406}} The animators also tried out exchange students from India to see if they could get a voice with an indigenous quality, but the idea did not work out.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1981|page=406}} Disney eventually suggested Phil Harris after meeting him at a benefit in Palm Springs, much to the surprise of the animation staff, who could not imagine Harris (who was a comedian) as Kipling's character.{{sfn|Thomas|1997|page=107}}{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1981|page=406}} Harris nearly turned down the role after doing a test recording, as he could not see himself as the character, but reconsidered after the filmmakers allowed him to perform the way that felt the most comfortable to him.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=75}}{{sfn|Johnson|2014|page=132}} Wolfgang Reitherman said when they "told [Harris] not to be a bear, but to be Phil Harris, he got in front of the microphone and tore that thing apart".{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=75}} The casting of Harris prompted the story artists to expand the role of Baloo from an episodic part to one of the film's main characters.{{sfn|Thomas|Johnston|1981|page=407}} Many of Baloo's lines were improvised by Harris.

Disney initially considered Louis Armstrong for the role of King Louie;{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=101}} according to Richard M. Sherman, the idea was discarded after one of the writers said that "'NAACP is going to jump all over it having a black man playing an ape{{snd}}it would be politically terrible'. That was the last thing on our minds, nothing we'd ever thought of, so we said 'okay, we'll think of someone else'".{{cite interview|last=Johnson|first=Quendrith|title=Richard Sherman on Hits for Walt Disney, THE BOYS & Ringo Starr|url=https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/richard_sherman_on_hits_for_walt_disney_the_boys_ringo_starr|website=FilmFestivals.com|date=November 13, 2010|access-date=June 5, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117025400/https://www.filmfestivals.com/blog/editor/richard_sherman_on_hits_for_walt_disney_the_boys_ringo_starr|archive-date=January 17, 2023|url-status=live}} After Phil Harris was cast as Baloo, Disneyland Records president Jimmy Johnson suggested Disney to get Louis Prima, whom he thought to be great as a foil for Harris' character.{{sfn|Hollis|Ehrbar|2011|pages=89-90}}

Disney had vultures bearing a physical and vocal resemblance to The Beatles, including the signature mop-top haircut. It was also planned to have the members of the band to both voice the characters and sing their song, "That's What Friends Are For". However, at the time, The Beatles' John Lennon refused to work on animated films which led to the idea being discarded.{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/18/the-jungle-book-the-making-of-disneys-most-troubled-film/ | title=The Jungle Book: the making of Disney's most troubled film | work=The Telegraph | date=July 30, 2013 | access-date=June 20, 2016 | last=McLean | first=Craig | archive-date=June 9, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609064126/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/2016/04/18/the-jungle-book-the-making-of-disneys-most-troubled-film/ | url-status=live}} The casting of the vultures still brought a British Invasion musician, Chad Stuart of the duo Chad & Jeremy. In earlier drafts of the scene the vultures had a near-sighted rhinoceros friend named Rocky, who was to be voiced by Frank Fontaine, but Disney decided to cut the character, feeling that the film already had enough action with the monkeys and vultures.{{cite video|title=Lost Character: Rocky the Rhino|location=The Jungle Book Platinum Edition Disc 1|publisher=Walt Disney Home Entertainment|year=2007}}

Child actor David Bailey was originally cast as Mowgli, but during the film's production he hit puberty, and his voice changed. As a result, Wolfgang Reitherman replaced him with his son Bruce, who had just voiced Christopher Robin in Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=45}} The animators also shot a live-action footage of Bruce Reitherman as a guide for the character's animation performance. Child actress Darlene Carr was going around singing in the studio when composers Sherman Brothers asked her to record a demo of "My Own Home". Carr's performance impressed Disney enough for him to cast her as the role of the human girl.{{cite book|last1=Sherman|first1=Robert|last2=Sherman|first2=Richard|title=Walt's Time: From Before to Beyond|page=84|publisher=Camphor Tree Publishers|year=1998|isbn=978-0-964605-93-0|title-link=Walt's Time}} Clint Howard was cast as Hathi Jr.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=59}}

Early in the film's development, Bill Peet suggested Howard Morris for the role of Bagheera, but Disney did not approve of the choice, with Wolfgang Reitherman and other animators preferring either Karl Swenson or Sebastian Cabot.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=33}}{{sfn|Peet|1989|pages=177-178}} Cabot was the final choice. Several of the studio's voice regulars were cast in the film, including Sterling Holloway as Kaa, J. Pat O'Malley as both Colonel Hathi and Buzzie the Vulture, and Verna Felton as Winifred.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=59}}{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=145}}

Animation on The Jungle Book commenced on June 1, 1965.{{cite magazine |magazine=Variety |title=Hollywood & British Production Pulse |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1966-12-21_245_5/page/20/mode/1up |page=20 |date=December 21, 1966 |access-date=November 18, 2022 |via=Internet Archive}} While many of the later Disney feature films had animators being responsible for single characters, in The Jungle Book the animators were in charge of whole sequences, since many have characters interacting with one another. The animation was done by xerography, with character design, led by Ken Anderson, employing rough, artistic edges in contrast to the round animals seen in productions such as Dumbo.

Anderson also decided to make Shere Khan resemble his voice actor, George Sanders. Backgrounds were hand-painted—with an exception of the waterfall, mostly consisting of footage of the Angel Falls—and sometimes scenery was used in both foreground and bottom to create a notion of depth. One of Reitherman's trademarks was repurposing animation from previous animated films, including his. For example, animation of the wolf cubs were redrawn from the dalmatian puppies in One Hundred and One Dalmatians. Animator Milt Kahl based Bagheera and Shere Khan's movements on live-action felines, which he saw in two Disney productions, A Tiger Walks and the True-Life Adventure film Jungle Cat.

Baloo was also based on footage of bears, even incorporating the animal's penchant for scratching. Since Kaa has no limbs, his design received big expressive eyes, and parts of Kaa's body did the action that normally would be done with hands.{{cite video|title=Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Discuss Character Animation |date=2007 |location=The Jungle Book, Platinum Edition, Disc 2}} The monkeys' dance during "I Wan'na Be Like You" was partially inspired by a performance Louis Prima did with his band on a Las Vegas soundstage that convinced Disney to cast him.

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The film's score was composed by George Bruns and orchestrated by Walter Sheets. Two of the cues were reused from previous Disney films: the scene where Mowgli wakes up after escaping King Louie used one of Bruns' themes for Sleeping Beauty (1959); and the scene where Bagheera gives a eulogy to Baloo when he mistakenly thinks the bear was killed by Shere Khan used Paul J. Smith's organ score from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937).

The score features six original songs: five by the Sherman Brothers and one by Terry Gilkyson. Longtime Disney collaborator Gilkyson was the first songwriter to bring several complete songs that followed the book closely but Walt Disney felt that his efforts were too dark. The only piece of Gilkyson's work which survived to the final film was his upbeat tune "The Bare Necessities", which was liked by the rest of the film crew. The Sherman Brothers were then brought in to do a complete rewrite. Disney asked the siblings if they had read Kipling's book and they replied that they had done so "a long, long time ago" and that they had also seen the 1942 version by Alexander Korda. Disney said the "nice, mysterious, heavy stuff" from both works was not what he aimed for, instead going for a "lightness, a Disney touch".{{cite video |people=Sherman, Robert B.; Sherman, Richard M. |year=1990 |title=Interview with the Sherman Brothers|type=audio track |publisher=Walt Disney Records |location=The Jungle Book soundtrack, 30th Anniversary Edition (1997)}} Disney frequently brought the composers to the storyline sessions. He asked them to "find scary places and write fun songs" for their compositions that fit in with the story and advanced the plot instead of being interruptive.

The Jungle Book premiered at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on October 18, 1967,{{cite web|last=Deitchman|first=Beth|url=https://d23.com/the-1967-premiere-of-the-jungle-book-was-a-swinging-star-studded-safari/|title=The 1967 Premiere of The Jungle Book was a Swinging, Star-Studded Safari|website=D23|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002224809/https://d23.com/the-1967-premiere-of-the-jungle-book-was-a-swinging-star-studded-safari/|archive-date=October 2, 2023|url-status=live}} ten months after Walt Disney's death.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=171}} The premiere served as a fundraiser for the Los Angeles Zoo, which had been founded the year before. By December 1967, The Jungle Book was released in theaters;{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/23700-THE-JUNGLEBOOK|title=The Jungle Book (1967)|publisher=American Film Institute|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|access-date=February 10, 2024}} some bookings were in a double feature format with a live-action film Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar (1967).{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/23/archives/disney-jungle-book-arrives-just-in-time.html|title=Disney 'Jungle Book' Arrives Just in Time|last=Thompson|first=Howard|date=December 23, 1967|access-date=September 8, 2011|newspaper=The New York Times|page=29|archive-date=April 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180406103321/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/12/23/archives/disney-jungle-book-arrives-just-in-time.html|url-status=live}}

Produced on a budget of $4 million, The Jungle Book was a massive box-office success, grossing domestic rentals of $11.5 million by 1968.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|title=Big Rental Films of 1968|date=January 8, 1969|page=15}} By 1970, the film had grossed $13 million in domestic rentals, becoming the second highest-grossing animated film in the United States and Canada. The Jungle Book also earned over $23.8 million worldwide, becoming the most successful animated film released during its initial run.{{cite news|title=Animals Portray Parts in Disney's "Robin Hood"|newspaper=Toledo Blade|page=7|date=October 18, 1970|access-date=July 4, 2016|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19701018&id=k8hOAAAAIBAJ&pg=2133,463153&hl=en|via=Google News Archive|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307070614/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1350&dat=19701018&id=k8hOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xQEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2133,463153&hl=en|url-status=live}}

The Jungle Book was re-released theatrically in North America in 1978, 1984, and 1990, and also in Europe throughout the 1970s and 1980s.{{cite book|title=Afterlife as Afterimage: Understanding Posthumous Fame|first1=Steve|last1=Jones|first2=Joli|last2=Jensen|publisher=Peter Lang|year=2005|isbn=978-0-820463-65-0|page=197|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CF7qxfN7A8kC&pg=PA197|via=Google Books|access-date=July 19, 2016|archive-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106123458/https://books.google.com/books?id=CF7qxfN7A8kC&pg=PA197|url-status=live}} As part of Disney's 100th anniversary the film was re-released in cinemas across the UK on September 15, 2023 for one week.{{Cite web |title=DISNEY100 'CELEBRATING TIMELESS STORIES' SCREENING PROGRAMME LAUNCHES IN THE UK TOMORROW, FRIDAY 4TH AUGUST, 2023 |url=https://press.disney.co.uk/news/disney100-celebrating-timeless-stories-screening-programme-launches-in-the-uk-tomorrow-friday-4th-august-2023 |access-date=2023-10-13 |website=UK Press |language=en-GB}} A re-issue in the United Kingdom in 1976 generated rentals of $1.8 million.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|date=January 5, 1977|title='Jaws', 'Cuckoo's', Disney's 'Jungle' Top British B.O.|page=11}} The 1978 re-release increased its North American rentals to $27.3 million, which surpassed Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs making it the highest grossing animated film in the United States and Canada{{cite news|work=Variety|title=All-Time Film Rental Champs |date=January 14, 1981|page=28}} until Snow White was re-released in 1983. The film's total lifetime gross in the U.S. and Canada is $141 million.{{ref|1|1}}{{cite web |title=The Jungle Book |website=Box Office Mojo |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=junglebook.htm |access-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905092625/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=junglebook.htm |url-status=live}} When adjusted for inflation, it is estimated to be equivalent to $671,224,000 in 2018,{{cite web |title=The Jungle Book (1967) - Domestic Total Adj. Gross (2018) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=junglebook.htm&adjust_yr=2018&p=.htm |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=22 June 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603102944/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2656929281/ |url-status=live}} which would make it the 32nd highest-grossing film in the United States and Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm |title=All Time Box Office Adjusted for Ticket Price Inflation |website=Box Office Mojo |access-date=June 8, 2011 |archive-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607105553/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/adjusted.htm |url-status=live}}

By 1981, The Jungle Book was Disney's best performer overseas, with rentals of $45 million, including $13 million from a 1980 reissue in Spain.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|page=23|date=January 28, 1981|last=Ginsberg|first=Steven|title=Archinal On Those Hits Lurking In Disney Library Of Successes|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1981-01-28_301_13/page/23/mode/1up?view=theater|access-date=May 6, 2024|via=Internet Archive}} It is Germany's biggest film in terms of admissions with 27.3 million tickets sold, nearly 10 million more than Titanic{{'}}s 18.8 million tickets sold. It has grossed an estimated $108 million in Germany, making it the third highest-grossing film in that country behind only Avatar ($137 million) and Titanic ($125 million).{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/german-box-office-star-wars-854444|title=German Box Office: 'Star Wars' Becomes Fourth Highest-Grossing Film of All Time|author=Scott Roxborough|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 11, 2016|access-date=January 11, 2016|archive-date=January 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114001245/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/german-box-office-star-wars-854444|url-status=live}} The film was the seventh most popular sound film of the twentieth century in the UK with admissions of 19.8 million.{{cite web|title=The Ultimate Chart: 1–100|date=28 November 2004|publisher=British Film Institute|url=http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005826/http://old.bfi.org.uk/features/ultimatefilm/chart/complete.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 August 2012|access-date=March 21, 2018}} The film is France's ninth biggest film in terms of admissions with 14.8 million tickets sold.{{cite web|url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/top100.php?view=2|title=Top250 Tous Les Temps En France (reprises incluses)|access-date=March 15, 2018|archive-date=March 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331112258/http://www.jpbox-office.com/top100.php?view=2|url-status=live}} The film's 1993 re-release set an overseas record for a re-issue, grossing {{US$|67.5 million|long=no}} overseas during that year.{{cite news |title=Outbreak' strikes European box office |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/05/08/Outbreak-strikes-European-box-office/7936799905600/ |access-date=22 June 2019 |work=United Press International |date=8 May 1995 |archive-date=June 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623052115/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/05/08/Outbreak-strikes-European-box-office/7936799905600/ |url-status=live}} It opened at number one in Germany with a gross of more than $4 million in its first six days and opened in second place at the UK box office before moving to number one for two weeks.{{cite magazine|magazine=Screen International|page=21|date=April 23, 1993|title=UK Top 15: April 16-18}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Screen International|page=19|date=April 9, 1993|title=Jungle fever}}

The Jungle Book was released in the United States on VHS on May 3, 1991 as part of the Walt Disney Classics video line and in the United Kingdom in October 1993. In the United States, the VHS release sold 7.4 million units and grossed {{US$|{{#expr:7400000*24.99}}|long=no}} in 1991, making it the year's third best-selling home video release, behind only Fantasia and Home Alone.{{cite journal |title=Top 20 Sell-Through Units Shipped |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |date=1991 |volume=320 |issue=18–34 |page=533 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5SUIAQAAMAAJ&q=jungle+book+7%2C400%2C000 |publisher=Wilkerson Daily Corporation |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603102944/https://books.google.com/books?id=5SUIAQAAMAAJ&q=jungle+book+7%2C400%2C000 |url-status=live}} By 1994, The Jungle Book sold 9.5 million units in the United States.{{cite news |last=McNary |first=Dave |title=Disney sees big sales for 'Snow White' video |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/04/28/Disney-sees-big-sales-for-Snow-White-video/8784767505600/ |work=United Press International |date=April 28, 1994 |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603102944/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/04/28/Disney-sees-big-sales-for-Snow-White-video/8784767505600/ |url-status=live}} Home video sales outside North America reached a record 14 million units and grossed {{US$|350 million|long=no}} by December 1993.{{cite magazine |title='Jungle' blooms, beats 'Beast' in o'seas video |url=https://variety.com/1993/digital/news/jungle-blooms-beats-beast-in-o-seas-video-116654/ |access-date=22 June 2019 |magazine=Variety |date=20 December 1993 |archive-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324061321/https://variety.com/1993/digital/news/jungle-blooms-beats-beast-in-o-seas-video-116654/ |url-status=live}} Overseas sales reached 14.8 million units by January 1994, becoming the bestselling international VHS release in overseas markets, including sales of 4.9 million units in the United Kingdom, 4.3 million in Germany, and 1.2 million in France.{{cite web|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1994/BB-1994-01-22.pdf |title=Billboard |date=January 22, 1994 |access-date=January 7, 2017}} By August 1994, it had sold 15 million units in international overseas markets,{{cite news|title=Home Video {{mdash}} VIDBITS 'Philadelphia'|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/08/04/x-x-x-Home-Video-VIDBITS-Philadelphia/8894775972800/|work=United Press International|date=August 4, 1994|access-date=May 30, 2018|archive-date=June 12, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141129/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/08/04/x-x-x-Home-Video-VIDBITS-Philadelphia/8894775972800/|url-status=live}} bringing worldwide sales to {{#expr:9.5+15}} million units by 1994. As of 2002, The Jungle Book held the record for the bestselling home video release in the United Kingdom, ahead of Titanic which sold 4.8 million units.{{cite magazine |title=New Line's Film Runs 'Rings' Around Video Competition |magazine=Billboard |date=August 31, 2002 |volume=114 |issue=35 |page=83 |issn=0006-2510 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83 |via=Google Books |access-date=June 11, 2018 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603103000/https://books.google.com/books?id=8AwEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA83 |url-status=live}}

It was reissued on video on October 14, 1997 as part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection for the film's 30th anniversary. That one was THX certified and featured an exclusive documentary.{{cite news |last=Price |first=Michael H. |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-jungle-book-rates-anoth/154476659/ |title='Jungle Book' rates another look

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241002211935/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-republican-jungle-book-rates-anoth/154476659/ |date=October 16, 1997 |access-date=October 2, 2024 |archive-date=October 2, 2024 |page=50 |publisher=The Republican |via=Newspapers.com |url-status=live}} {{Open access}} A Limited Issue DVD was released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment in 1999.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdizzy.com/junglebook.html|title=The Jungle Book DVD Review|publisher=Ultimate Disney|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-date=August 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831144310/http://www.dvdizzy.com/junglebook.html|url-status=live}} The film was released once again as a 2-disc Platinum Edition DVD on October 2, 2007, to commemorate its 40th anniversary.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/04/disney-cracks-open-the-jungle-book-again|title=Disney Cracks Open The Jungle Book Again|first=Cindy|last=White|date=October 4, 2007|website=IGN|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025183634/http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/10/04/disney-cracks-open-the-jungle-book-again|url-status=live}} Its release was accompanied by a limited 18-day run at Disney's own El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, with the opening night featuring a panel with composer Richard Sherman and voice actors Bruce Reitherman, Darlene Carr, and Chad Stuart.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329081719/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2384&p=.htm|archive-date=March 29, 2010|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2384&p=.htm|title='Jungle Book' Opens in Hollywood|first=Scott|last=Holleran|date=September 14, 2007|access-date=October 19, 2012}} The Platinum DVD was put on moratorium in 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/13/disney-vault-shuts|title=Disney Vault Shuts|first=David|last=McCutcheon|date=January 13, 2010|website=IGN|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-date=February 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220133051/http://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/13/disney-vault-shuts|url-status=live}} The film was released in a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy Combo pack on February 11, 2014, as part of Disney's Diamond Edition line.{{cite web | url=http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/02/review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-brings-home-much-more-than-bare-necessities-with-funny-heartfelt-features/ | title=Review: "The Jungle Book" Blu-ray brings home much more than bare necessities with funny, heartfelt features | work=InsideTheMagic | date=February 11, 2014 | access-date=February 21, 2014 | author=Brigante, Ricky | archive-date=February 26, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140226025332/http://www.insidethemagic.net/2014/02/review-the-jungle-book-blu-ray-brings-home-much-more-than-bare-necessities-with-funny-heartfelt-features/ | url-status=live}} The Diamond Edition release went back into the Disney Vault on January 31, 2017. In the United States, the DVD and Blu-ray releases sold 12 million units between 2007 and 2016, and have grossed {{US$|304 million|long=no}} as of August 2018.{{cite web |title=The Jungle Book (1967) - Financial Information |url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jungle-Book-The-(1967) |website=The Numbers |access-date=August 27, 2018 |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125074021/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Jungle-Book-The-(1967) |url-status=live}} A Limited Edition from Disney Movie Club was released on Blu-ray and DVD combo on March 26, 2019. The film was re-released on Blu-ray/DVD/Digital on February 22, 2022, in honor of the film's 55th anniversary.{{cite web|title=Jungle Book, The Feature|website=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Jungle-Book-Blu-ray/dp/B09NGTP524}}

The Jungle Book received positive reviews upon release, undoubtedly influenced by a nostalgic reaction to the death of Walt Disney.{{sfn|Maltin|1995|page=255}} Time magazine noted the film strayed far from the Kipling stories, but "[n]evertheless, the result is thoroughly delightful...it is the happiest possible way to remember Walt Disney".{{cite magazine|title=New Movies: The Jungle Book|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,841219,00.html|magazine=Time|page=90|date=January 19, 1968|access-date=January 2, 2019|archive-date=May 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502132657/http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,841219,00.html|url-status=live}} Howard Thompson of The New York Times praised the film as "simple, uncluttered, straight-forward fun, as put together by the director, Wolfgang Reitherman, four screen writers and the usual small army of technicians. Using some lovely exotic pastel backgrounds and a nice clutch of tunes, the picture unfolds like an intelligent comic-strip fairy tale". Richard Schickel, reviewing for Life magazine, referred to it as "the best thing of its kind since Dumbo, another short, bright, unscary and blessedly uncultivated cartoon".{{cite magazine|last=Schickel|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Schickel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11|title=Walt's Good – and Bad – Goodbye|page=11|magazine=Life|date=January 5, 1968|access-date=October 27, 2011|via=Google Books|archive-date=June 29, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140629000006/http://books.google.com/books?id=cUoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA11|url-status=live}} Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times wrote the film was "really, really good Disney indeed, and nobody needs to say a great deal more".{{cite news |last=Champlin |first=Charles |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84824358/charles-champlins-review-of-the/ |title=Disney Craft Flavor for 'Jungle Book' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906150958/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84824528/charles-champlins-review-of-the/ |date=October 18, 1967 |archive-date=September 6, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |at=Part V, pp. 1, [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/84824528/charles-champlins-review-of-the/ 13] |via=Newspapers.com |url-status=live}} {{Open access}} Arthur D. Murphy of Variety gave the film a favorable review while noting that "the story development is restrained" and that younger audiences "may squirm at times".{{cite magazine|last=Murphy|first=Arthur D.|url=https://variety.com/1966/film/reviews/the-jungle-book-1200421257/|title=Film Reviews: The Jungle Book|magazine=Variety|date=October 4, 1967|access-date=January 1, 2019|archive-date=March 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180315200013/http://variety.com/1966/film/reviews/the-jungle-book-1200421257/|url-status=live}} The song "The Bare Necessities" was nominated for Best Original Song at the 40th Academy Awards, losing to "Talk to the Animals" from Doctor Dolittle.{{cite web |url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |title=1968 Oscars Nominees |publisher=Oscars.org |date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819135057/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1968 |url-status=live}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president Gregory Peck lobbied extensively for the film to be nominated for Best Picture, but was unsuccessful.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/50-disney-films/ |title=Your Guide To Disney's 50 Animated Features |magazine=Empire |date=January 29, 2010 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305143747/http://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/50-disney-films/ |url-status=live}}

Retrospective reviews were also positive, with the film's animation, characters and music receiving much praise throughout the years. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film received an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The site's critical consensus reads: "With expressive animation, fun characters, and catchy songs, The Jungle Book endures as a crowd-pleasing Disney classic".{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1031385-jungle_book|title=The Jungle Book (1967)|website=Rotten Tomatoes|publisher=Fandango|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204155403/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1031385_jungle_book|archive-date=December 4, 2017|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}} In 1990, when the film had its last theatrical re-release, Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly considered that The Jungle Book "isn't a classic Walt Disney film on the order of, say, Cinderella or Pinocchio, but it's one of Disney's liveliest and funniest".{{cite news|last=Tucker|first=Ken|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1990/08/03/jungle-book|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|title=Movie Review: The Jungle Book|date=August 3, 1990|access-date=June 15, 2015|archive-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006211542/http://www.ew.com/article/1990/08/03/jungle-book|url-status=live}} Charles Solomon, reviewing for the Los Angeles Times, thought the film's animators was "near the height of their talents" and the resulting film "remains a high-spirited romp that will delight children—and parents weary of action films with body counts that exceed their box-office grosses".{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-07-13-ca-42-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|first=Charles|last=Solomon|title=MOVIE REVIEW: Kipling Reconditioned in Walt Disney's 'The Jungle Book'|date=July 13, 1990|access-date=November 16, 2011|archive-date=July 14, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120714201058/http://articles.latimes.com/1990-07-13/entertainment/ca-42_1_jungle-book|url-status=live}} In 2010, Empire described the film as one that "gets pretty much everything right", noting that the vibrant animation and catchy songs overcame the plot deficiencies.

Colin Greenland reviewed The Jungle Book for Imagine magazine, and stated that "the last film the old boy worked on himself and I reckon the last good animated feature in his traditional mode - not least because of some rather jolly jazz which, legend has it, Walt himself resisted, and was added after his death".{{cite journal |last=Greenland |first=Colin |authorlink=Colin Greenland |title=Film Review |journal=Imagine |issue=9 |page=45 |publisher=TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=December 1983}}

There has been criticism of the portrayal of King Louie, who some have viewed as a racist caricature of African Americans.{{cite web|last=Voytko|first=Lisette|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisettevoytko/2019/11/13/here-are-5-movies-disney-plus-put-cultural-warnings-on/|title=Here Are 5 Movies Disney Plus Put 'Cultural' Warnings On|website=Forbes|date=November 13, 2019|access-date=March 4, 2022}} However, this was not the filmmakers' intention as the character and mannerisms of King Louie were largely based on his voice actor, Louis Prima, a well-known Italian American jazz musician and performer, who would have been instantly recognizable to audiences during the late 1960s.{{sfn|Hollis|Ehrbar|2011|pages=89-90}} While Louis Armstrong was briefly considered for the part, the filmmakers quickly steered away from that direction upon realizing the racist implications.

In 2019, Disney added disclaimers warning of "outdated cultural depictions" at the start of the film on Disney+. In January 2021, Disney removed access to the film for child profiles in Disney+, and strengthened the warning message to read:

This program includes negative depictions and/or mistreatment of people or cultures. These stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now. Rather than remove this content, we want to acknowledge its harmful impact, learn from it and spark conversation to create a more inclusive future together.{{cite web|last=Stephen|first=Bijan|url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/27/22253052/disney-racist-films-movies-dumbo-peter-pan-aristocats-jungle-book|title=Disney pulls some movies from Disney Plus Kids profiles because they feature racist stereotypes|website=The Verge|date=January 27, 2021|access-date=March 4, 2022}}

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Since its original release in 1967, The Jungle Book has been widely acclaimed by the animation industry, with animators such as Brad Bird, Andreas Deja, Glen Keane, and Sergio Pablos citing the film to be their inspiration for entering the business;{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgvqCBGfvIs|title=The Lure of The Jungle Book|type=Documentary film|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|location=The Jungle Book Platinum Edition DVD|year=2007|via=YouTube}} Eric Goldberg also declared that the film "boasts possibly the best character animation a studio has ever done."{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=191}} The character design and art direction of The Jungle Book heavily influenced the animators of Aladdin (1992), The Lion King (1994), Tarzan (1999), and Lilo & Stitch (2002) in creating animal characters for each of these films. Elements of The Jungle Book were recycled in the later Disney feature film, Robin Hood (1973),{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |title=Why For? |url=https://jimhillmedia.com/blogs/jim_hill/archive/2005/03/17/562.aspx |work=Jim Hill Media |date=March 17, 2005 |access-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603102947/https://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/03/18/562.aspx |url-status=live}} such as Baloo being inspiration for Little John (who not only was a bear, but also voiced by Phil Harris); in particular, the dance sequence between Baloo and King Louie was rotoscoped for Little John and Lady Cluck's dance.{{cite web |last=Coffey |first=Kelly |title=Does Disney recycle animation drawings for multiple movies? |url=https://insidethemagic.net/2019/09/does-disney-recycle-animation-drawings-kc1/ |website=Inside the Magic |date=September 20, 2019 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807005921/https://insidethemagic.net/2019/09/does-disney-recycle-animation-drawings-kc1/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Foster |first=Tim |title=Ten Things You May Not Know About Baloo and Bagheera |url=https://celebrationspress.com/2018/06/04/ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-baloo-and-bagheera/ |website=Celebrations Press |date=June 4, 2018 |access-date=August 14, 2020 |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603102947/https://celebrationspress.com/2018/06/04/ten-things-you-may-not-know-about-baloo-and-bagheera/ |url-status=live}}

In 1968, Jimmy Johnson approached Larry Clemmons to write a sequel to The Jungle Book for a story-telling records;{{sfn|Hollis|Ehrbar|2011|page=116}} the album, titled More Jungle Book... Further Adventures Of Baloo And Mowgli, was released by Disneyland Records the following year, with Phil Harris and Louis Prima reprising their film roles.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=177}} In 2003, DisneyToon Studios released a theatrical sequel to the original film, The Jungle Book 2;{{cite news|last=Fisher|first=Lise|date=February 11, 2003|title='The Jungle Book 2' premieres on Friday|url=https://www.gainesville.com/story/news/2003/02/12/the-jungle-book-2-premieres-on-friday/31627831007/|work=The Gainesville Sun|access-date=February 11, 2024}} screenwriter Robert Reece also pitched the idea of a third film to Disney executives in 2005, but the project never materialized.{{cite web|url=http://animatedviews.com/2013/from-snow-queen-to-pinocchio-ii-robert-reeces-animated-adventures-in-screenwriting/|last=Armstrong|first=Josh|title=From Snow Queen to Pinocchio II: Robert Reece's animated adventures in screenwriting|work=Animated Views|access-date=April 24, 2013|date=April 22, 2013|archive-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416133218/http://animatedviews.com/2013/from-snow-queen-to-pinocchio-ii-robert-reeces-animated-adventures-in-screenwriting/|url-status=live}}

In 1978, a live-action sketch titled The Wonderful World of Ernie from Morecambe and Wise parodied "I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)" by doing a full reenactment of the scene with sets and costumes and lip-synching to the song's original recording (including the characters' spoken dialogue in the middle of the song). The sketch starred Danny Rolnick as Mowgli, Derek Griffiths as Bagheera, Eric Morecambe as Baloo and Ernie Wise as King Louie.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6nDKP4rEIU|title=Morecambe&Wise - The Jungle Book - I Wanna Be Like You - Disney spoof|website=YouTube|date=December 14, 2011|access-date=September 8, 2022}}

The characters from the film have also appeared on animated television series such as TaleSpin (1990-91){{cite magazine|title=TaleSpin|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=September 7, 1990|url=http://www.ew.com/article/1990/09/07/tale-spin/|access-date=October 19, 2010|archive-date=October 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006234421/http://www.ew.com/article/1990/09/07/tale-spin|url-status=live}} and Jungle Cubs (1996-98), which functioned as a prequel that told the stories of Baloo, Hahti, Bagheera, Louie, Kaa, and Shere Khan when they were children.{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-01-tv-39519-story.html | title=Reading, Writing and Reinventing Heroes | work=Los Angeles Times | date=September 1, 1996 | access-date=April 3, 2016 | first=Susan | last=King | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306164601/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-01/news/tv-39519_1_animated-series | url-status=live}} In 1994, Disney released a live-action adaptation which was more of a realistic action-adventure film with somewhat-more adult themes. The film differs more from the book than its animated counterpart, having been an independent film that Disney acquired distribution rights in exchange for them providing half of the film's budget and funding.{{cite news |last1=Frook |first1=John Evan |date=June 7, 1993 |title=Disney inks deal for new 'Jungle Book' |work=Variety |url=https://variety.com/1993/film/news/disney-inks-deal-for-new-jungle-book-107535/ |access-date=August 25, 2022 }} The film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success. While Disney was not involved in the film's prequel, they produced a direct to video film entitled The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story.{{cite news|title=Are Films Using Names in Vain?|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 26, 1997|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-26-ca-62611-story.html|access-date=November 22, 2010|first=Alexander|last=Nibley|archive-date=November 3, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103214325/http://articles.latimes.com/1997-05-26/entertainment/ca-62611_1_jungle-book|url-status=live}} A new live-action version of The Jungle Book was released by Disney in 2016, which even reused most of the songs of the animated film, with some lyrical reworking by original composer Richard M. Sherman.{{cite news|title=Jon Favreau brings 21st century technology to Rudyard Kipling's 1894 'The Jungle Book'|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 8, 2016|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-favreau-jungle-book-20160110-story.html|access-date=April 17, 2016|first=Rebecca|last=Keegan|archive-date=April 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417010402/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-ca-mn-sneaks-favreau-jungle-book-20160110-story.html|url-status=live}}

There are two video games based on the film: The Jungle Book was a platformer released in 1993 for Master System, Mega Drive, Game Gear, Super NES, Game Boy and PC. A version for the Game Boy Advance was later released in 2003.{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Sega-Genesis/dp/B000035XPD |title=Jungle Book – Sega Genesis: Video Games |website=Amazon |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=July 6, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130706112637/http://www.amazon.com/Jungle-Book-Sega-Genesis/dp/B000035XPD |url-status=live}} The Jungle Book Groove Party was a dance mat game released in 2000 for PlayStation and PlayStation 2.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/just-cause-3-adds-multiplayer-with-this-free-new-m/1100-6446714/ |title=Jungle Book Rhythm N'Groove Hands-On |website=GameSpot |last=Strohm |first=Axel |date=May 17, 2006 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 10, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110075610/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/just-cause-3-adds-multiplayer-with-this-free-new-m/1100-6446714/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubi-soft-to-release-two-jungle-book-games/1100-2910356/ |title=Ubi Soft to release two Jungle Book games |website=GameSpot |last=Varanini |first=Giancarlo |date=February 7, 2003 |access-date=January 7, 2017 |archive-date=August 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819154100/http://www.gamespot.com/articles/ubi-soft-to-release-two-jungle-book-games/1100-2910356/ |url-status=live}} Kaa and Shere Khan have also made cameo appearances in another Disney video game, QuackShot.{{cite web |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/23/quackshot-retro-review |title=QuackShot Retro Review |website=IGN |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=June 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613202401/http://www.ign.com/articles/2008/10/23/quackshot-retro-review |url-status=live}} A world based on the film was intended to appear more than once in the Square Enix-Disney Kingdom Hearts video game series, but was omitted both times, first in the first game because it featured a similar world based on Tarzan,{{cite web |url=http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/08/11/kingdom-hearts-ii-tetsuya-nomura-interview.htm |title=Kingdom Hearts II Tetsuya Nomura interview |date=August 11, 2006 |first=Ferry |last=Groenendijk |website=Video Game Blogger |access-date=July 21, 2007 |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204001430/http://www.videogamesblogger.com/2006/08/11/kingdom-hearts-ii-tetsuya-nomura-interview.htm |url-status=live}} and second in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, although areas of the world are accessible via hacking codes.{{cite web |url=http://whatculture.com/gaming/kingdom-hearts-iii-7-awesome-disney-worlds-it-must-include.php/5 |title=Kingdom Hearts III: 7 Awesome Disney Worlds It Must Include |first=Christopher |last=McGeorge |website=What Culture |date=September 26, 2013 |access-date=July 21, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140612011227/http://whatculture.com/gaming/kingdom-hearts-iii-7-awesome-disney-worlds-it-must-include.php/5 |archive-date=June 12, 2014}} Baloo and Mowgli appear as interactive characters in Adventureland on Kinect: Disneyland Adventures released in 2011 and re-released in 2017.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YES2P5HP1a4|title=Disneyland Adventures! - Gameplay Walkthrough - Mowgl - Part 22|website=YouTube|date=November 2, 2021|access-date=July 24, 2022}} Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo, Shere Khan and King Louie appear as playable characters in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ7X8p4Q688 |title=Update 12: The Lion King {{!}} Livestream|publisher=YouTube|date=June 26, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqDA-AYDO5g |title=Update 14: The Jungle Book {{!}} Trailer|publisher=YouTube|date=September 27, 2017}} Baloo appears as a playable character in Disney Mirrorverse released in 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS-kHSQvu-U|title=Baloo (Jungle Book) Gameplay In Disney's Mirrorverse Game ios|website=YouTube|date=June 27, 2022|access-date=July 24, 2022}} Baloo and Mowgli appear as a playable characters in the kart racing game Disney Speedstorm released in 2022.{{cite web|url=https://disneyspeedstorm.com/|title=Disney Speedstorm: The Ultimate Disney Racing Experience|website= Disney Speedstorm Official Website|access-date=July 24, 2022}} Since the film's release, many of the film's characters appeared in House of Mouse, The Lion King 1½, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, and Aladdin and the King of Thieves.{{cite news |url=http://www.indiewire.com/2013/03/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-who-framed-roger-rabbit-100740/ |title=5 Things You Might Not Know About 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' |work=IndieWire |last=Lyttelton |first=Oliver |date=March 14, 2013 |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-date=June 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614073916/http://www.indiewire.com/2013/03/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-who-framed-roger-rabbit-100740/ |url-status=live}} In December 2010, a piece of artwork by British artist Banksy featuring The Jungle Book characters which had been commissioned by Greenpeace to help raise awareness of deforestation went on sale for the sum of £80,000.{{cite news|url=http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Controversial-Banksy-art-bound-auction/story-11247344-detail/story.html|title=Controversial Jungle Book artwork by Banksy bound for auction|last=Marc Rath|first=Marc|date=December 17, 2010|work=Evening Post|publisher=Bristol Evening Post|page=1|access-date=December 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007173147/http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Controversial-Banksy-art-bound-auction/story-11247344-detail/story.html |archive-date=October 7, 2015}}

A behind-the-scenes exhibition titled Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece, guest-curated by Andreas Deja took place at The Walt Disney Family Museum from June 23, 2022, to January 8, 2023. The event celebrated the film's 55th anniversary by displaying over 600 pieces of rare artwork, manuscripts, photos, animation drawings and cels as well as ephemera. It also detailed the entire story of the film's production, its release and the worldwide recognition it has earned through the years.{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/jungle-book|title=Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece|website= The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=May 7, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HonZszwE8nE|title=Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece Preparation Sneak Peek|website= The Walt Disney Family Museum|date=June 15, 2022|access-date=June 16, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxpiZh7iDGk|title=Making of Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece|website= The Walt Disney Family Museum|date=October 6, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2022}} A Members Only Preview which included a special talk with Andreas Deja, Bruce Reitherman, Darleen Carr and Floyd Norman took place on June 22, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/education/special-events/members-only-preview-walt-disneys-jungle-book-making-masterpiece-member|title=Members Only Preview: Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece Member Preview Night|website=The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=June 23, 2022}} An extensive companion book, Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Making a Masterpiece also written by Deja was originally slated to be published by Weldon Owen on September 20, 2022,{{cite web|url=https://www.bookdepository.com/es/walt-disneys-jungle-book-andreas-deja/9781681888934|title=Walt Disney's The Jungle Book: Andreas Deja|website=Book Depository|access-date=May 7, 2022}} before it was changed to November 1.{{sfn|Deja|2022|page=192}}

Special screenings of the film took place at the museum's theater from July 2 to July 31, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.waltdisney.org/education/films/jungle-book-1967|title=The Jungle Book (1967)|website= The Walt Disney Family Museum|access-date=July 5, 2022}}

• 1967 in film
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• List of animated feature films of the 1960s
• List of highest-grossing films
• List of highest-grossing animated films
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• List of Walt Disney Pictures films
• List of Disney theatrical animated features

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1. {{note|1}} In 2003, Variety listed the worldwide gross for The Jungle Book at $378 million. It also listed the North American gross at $128 million, which is lower than the reported estimate at $141 million.

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