The Jungle Book (1994)

Director:

Stephen Sommers

Writers (WGA):

Rudyard Kipling (characters from novel "The Jungle Book")
Ron Yanover (story) ...
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Release Date:

25 December 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Adventure | Romance

Tagline:

Born of man, raised by animals, destined for adventure.

Plot:

A faithful adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgoli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves...

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Tiger | Treasure | Remake | Jewelry

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jason Scott Lee	...	Mowgli
Cary Elwes	...	Captain William Boone
Lena Headey	...	Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon
Sam Neill	...	Colonel Geofferey Brydon
John Cleese	...	Dr. Julien Plumford
Jason Flemyng	...	Lt. John Wilkins
Stefan Kalipha	...	Buldeo
Ron Donachie	...	Sgt. Harley
Anirudh Agarwal	...	Tabaqui (as Anirudh Agrawal)
Faran Tahir	...	Nathoo
Sean Naegeli	...	Mowgli, age 5
Joanna Wolff	...	Kitty Brydon, age 5
Liza Walker	...	Alice
Rachel Robertson	...	Rose
Natalie Morse	...	Margaret
Gerry Crampton	...	Sergeant Major
Amrik Gill	...	Butler
Rick Glassey	...	Sgt. Claiborne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed Gale	...	Baby Baloo (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Sommers

Writing credits (WGA)
Rudyard Kipling		(characters from novel "The Jungle Book")
Ron Yanover		(story) (as Ronald Yanover) &
Mark Geldman		(story) (as Mark D. Geldman)
Stephen Sommers		(screenplay) and
Ronald Yanover		(screenplay) &
Mark Geldman		(screenplay) (as Mark D. Geldman)

Produced by
Eric Angelson	....	associate producer
Mark Damon	....	executive producer
Edward S. Feldman	....	producer
Yash Johar	....	associate producer
Michael J. Kagan	....	co-producer
Rajendra Kumar	....	co-executive producer
Rajendra Kumar	....	co-producer
Lawrence Mortorff	....	executive producer
Raju Patel	....	producer
Sharad Patel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Basil Poledouris

Cinematography by
Juan Ruiz Anchía		(director of photography) (as Juan Ruiz-Anchia)

Film Editing by
Bob Ducsay

Casting by
Celestia Fox

Production Design by
Allan Cameron

Costume Design by
John Mollo

Makeup Department
Wendy Bell	....	makeup artist: second unit
Stacey K. Black	....	additional assistant hair stylist
Tina Harrelson	....	additional makeup artist
Sandy Jo Johnston	....	makeup artist
Michael Tyler	....	key hair stylist
Noriko Watanabe	....	makeup artist
Cindy J. Williams	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Rajen Rajkhowa	....	unit production manager
Charles Salmon	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Adam Druxman	....	additional second assistant director
David R. Ellis	....	second unit director
Gabreal Franklin	....	assistant director
Greg Michael	....	second unit director
Artist W. Robinson	....	assistant director
Adam Somner	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Richard Blankenship	....	construction coordinator: USA
Michael R. Clark	....	scenic artist
Jeffrey DeBell	....	construction gang boss
James C. Feng	....	art director: US
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Lillian Heyward	....	painter (as Lillian Bryne)
Jay Koiwai	....	stand-by painter
Robert Loring Jr.	....	stand-by greens
James Passanante	....	paint supervisor: South Carolina
Wendy Richardson	....	art coordinator
Harveer Singh	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Kim B. Christensen	....	sound effects editor
David A. Cohen	....	adr editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor
Teresa Eckton	....	co-supervising sound editor
Jennifer Myers	....	foley artist
Margie O'Malley	....	foley artist
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
Philip Rogers	....	sound recordist
Jatin Sarma	....	sound assistant
Leslie Shatz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frederic Vautier	....	apprentice sound editor
Nancy Jencks	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Evan Campbell	....	sculptor
Janna Crawford	....	creature suit fabricator
Chris Evans	....	special effects
Eddie Surkin	....	special effects
Patrick Tantalo	....	special effects technician
David Watkins	....	special effects technician
Steve Wolf	....	special effects foreman: second unit
Steve Wolf	....	special effects technician: second unit
Michael J. Hudson	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Craig Barron	....	visual effects supervisor: Matte World
Michael Curtis	....	digital compositor
Denise Davis	....	visual effects coordinator: BVVE
Krystyna Demkowicz	....	executive in charge of production: Matte World
John V. Fante	....	plate photographer: India & USA
Caroleen Green	....	digital matte artist: Matte World
Bryan Hirota	....	cg artist: VIFX
Joel Hladecek	....	motion control camera
Dorne Huebler	....	digital supervisor
Lee Lanier	....	digital artist
Paul Lasaine	....	matte artist
Winston Quitasol	....	digital compositor
Paul Rivera	....	digital compositor
Joe Salazar	....	digital artist
Wally Schaab	....	digital artist
Juliette Yager	....	visual effects editor
Rich McKay	....	camera assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Allan Amin	....	stunts (as Amin Gani)
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Bob F. Brown)
Gerry Crampton	....	stunt coordinator: India
Gerry Crampton	....	stunts
John T. Cypert	....	stunts (as John Cypert)
Craig Davis	....	stunts
Tim A. Davison	....	stunt coordinator: US (as Tim Davison)
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Annie Ellis	....	stunt double
David R. Ellis	....	stunt coordinator: US (as David Ellis)
Richard M. Ellis	....	stunts (as Richard Ellis)
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunts (as Jon Epstein)
Raj Fernandez	....	stunts
Andy Goldfarb	....	stunts
Romo Gorrara	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	stunts
Rusty Hendrickson	....	stunts
Freddie Hice	....	stunts
Karim Khan	....	stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Rick Le Fevour	....	stunts (as Rick Lefevour)
Alvin William 'Dutch' Lunak	....	stunts (as Dutch Lunak)
Karim Mamu	....	stunts
Jimmy Nickerson	....	stunts
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts (as Tricia Peters)
Kaushal Raj	....	stunts
Hajib Razzak	....	stunts (as Haji Razak)
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Deep Roy	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Feroz Sheikh	....	stunts
Kadar Sheikh	....	stunts (as Kader Sheikh)
Siraj	....	stunts (as Siraj Khan)
Mark Southworth	....	stunts
Dick Ziker	....	stunts
Steve Wolf	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Logan R. Berkshire	....	grip
Jim Budd	....	camera maintenance engineer
Frank Connor	....	still photographer
Mulchand Dedhia	....	gaffer: India
Lynn Dodson	....	gaffer: second unit
David Emmerichs	....	Steadicam operator
Linda Gacsko	....	assistant camera
Mark Gutterud	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Graham Hall	....	assistant camera
Steven Hiller	....	assistant camera
W.D. Hill	....	best boy grip
Dan Jones	....	electrician
Eddie Knight	....	best boy
Jon Kranhouse	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
David L. Merrill	....	key grip: second unit
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	first assistant camera
John L. Oates	....	best boy
David 'D.R.' Rhineer	....	second assistant camera
Peter Robertson	....	director of photography: additional photography
Tony Rush	....	video assist operator: second unit
Brian Sullivan	....	assistant camera
Garlan Wilde	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Howard Meltzer	....	casting: New York

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Layne Brightwell	....	set costumer
Barbara Rutter	....	assistant costume designer
Thomas Stokes	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Dale E. Grahn	....	color timer
Kelly Matsumoto	....	first assistant editor
Martha Rubin	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lawrence Ashmore	....	additional orchestrator
John Bell	....	additional orchestrator
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Stephen Croes	....	song producer: "Two Different Worlds"
Marc Jordan	....	composer: theme song "Two Different Worlds"
George A. Martin	....	music editor
Greig McRitchie	....	music arranger: Johann Strauss excerpts
Greig McRitchie	....	orchestrator
Dean Parks	....	musician: guitars "Two Different Worlds"
Basil Poledouris	....	music producer
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Spencer Proffer	....	composer: theme song "Two Different Worlds"
David Snell	....	conductor
Tom Villano	....	music editor
Greig McRitchie	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Robert Gillis	....	driver
A. Welch Lambeth	....	transportation coordinator
Sonya Tomaro	....	driver
Charlie Wright	....	driver

Other crew
Alan Abrams	....	producer's legal counsel
Bhagavan Antle	....	animal trainer
Edward Bowen	....	location manager
Susan Bradley	....	title designer
Sylvie Chesneau	....	script supervisor
Marjorie Chodorov	....	assistant accountant
Frank J. Ellison	....	production accountant
Danielle Fox	....	assistant production coordinator
Michelle Fox	....	production coordinator
Charles W. Francis	....	assistant accountant
Paula Gregg	....	key craft services
Jack W. Haddox	....	controller: Baloo Productions
Jimmy Haslip	....	fretless bass "Two Different Worlds"
Thomas J. Healy IV	....	craft service coordinator
Joanne Martin Hinson	....	production assistant
Cindi Hobgood	....	assistant location manager
Rasmus Holm	....	production assistant
James R. Kelly Jr.	....	location assistant
Robert Labrecque	....	production accountant
Ian Madison	....	associate: Sam Neill
Lucas Moore	....	studio teacher
Brigitte Mueller	....	assistant production coordinator
G.D. Murthi	....	accountant
Anup Poddar	....	assistant accountant
Vicki Randle	....	skekere "Two Different Worlds"
Phil Smoot	....	budgeting: USA
Stephanie Stears	....	production assistant
Phil Stoole	....	production assistant
Kathryn Takis	....	production coordinator
Gerry Therrien	....	animal trainer
Brian Turi	....	animal trainer: wild animals
Michael Tyler	....	animal colorist
Sean Whitler	....	set production assistant
Arthur J. Miller Jr.	....	location scout: Tennessee (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (1994) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1997) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Buena Vista International (Sweden) (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Gaumont Buena Vista International (GBVI) (1995) (France) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Transmundo Films (Argentina)
• Transmundo Home Video (THV) (Argentina) (video)
• TriPictures (Spain)
• Walt Disney Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)

Special Effects

• Matte World Digital
• Wolf Stuntworks

Other Companies

• Law Offices of Alan Abrams  producer's legal counsel: USA
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Saul Zaentz Film Center  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

El libro de la selva (USA: Spanish title)
Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (USA) (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for action/violence and some mild language.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | South Korea:All | Peru:PT | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10/8 | Germany:6 (w) | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Beaufort, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Mowgli sees Kitty after his fight with Kaa in the monkey city, right after he jumps towards her, a part of his costume unbuttons then the camera flashes to Kitty. When it flashes back to Mowgli his costume is buttoned.

Quotes:

Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon: So can you speak with the animals?
Mowgli: Yes, but they speak not as men speak. With animals, every move, every look, every sound, has a meaning.
Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon: Ahh.
Mowgli: The jungle speaks to me. Because I've learned how to listen.
Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon: If you could have spoken to me the first time in the jungle, what would you have said? Did you, uh... did you feel anything?
Mowgli: Fire.
Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon: Fire?
Mowgli: Great fire.
Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon: Oh... It's late, we'd better go.
Mowgli: Please. Stay here. With me.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Jungle Book (1967)

Kipling would have liked it

It's a good take on Kipling's masterpiece, and I liked it more (!) than the cartoon version. David Sommers did a great job on it; I always wanted to see Mowgli grown up.

Mind you, he's a fast learner. First he sees Kitty, then he starts a riot, goes to prison, gets discovered, and learns how to talk. It happens to fast. But that's the movies for you, and you can't really fault that.

There are a lot of cool moments in the movie, like in the beginning, when Kitty gives Mowgli her bracelet; in his...re-entry into the "human race", when he sees all the animal heads in a room, and you can feel this weird...presence. It's kind of beautiful, kind of sad, and very, very, Kipling.

He would have liked it, I think.