Phil harris, sebastian cabot, george sanders and louis prima. Bill murray to voice baloo in jungle book telegraph. Phil harris lightened up baloos boring character with an interesting voiceover. Phil harris was a great choice to play baloo, bringing his radio experience to. Behind the scenes on the jungle book voice cast recording. With phil harris, sebastian cabot, louis prima, bruce reitherman. Many of the jungle books characters became the stars of disneys tale spin cartoon and a sequel the jungle book 2 was released in 2003. Baloo, a sloth bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the seeonee wolf pack. Baloo, a bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the seeonee wolf pack. Phil harris, the voice of baloo, went on to voice two more disney characters. Many characters from the jungle book appear in the cartoon series, talespin, in which baloo is a pilot yes it happened. Disney was impressed with the bears new makeover and reworked the script to suit his new persona. Meet the voice of baloo disneys the jungle book in theatres. Most jungle book bigscreen adaptations have done very well at the box office the 1967 version, the last animated film walt disney personally supervised, was the.
In this biweekly column, im revisiting 1967 from a. Characters and voice actors the jungle book 1967 youtube. For the first time, the performances of these actors also greatly influenced the character designs, a choice. The jungle book features memorable voiceovers from harris and prima. He becomes a funloving character who has a scatting duel with an orangutan, rather than a serious law teacher like in the books adaptational dumbass. Embark on a thrilling, adventurefilled journey with the boy mowgli as he makes his way to the manvillage with bagheera, the wise panther. The jungle book 2016 took on a few of the 1967 animated films most iconic songs, but how did it measure up on october 18, 1967, rudyard kiplings the jungle book was turned into an. When phil harris did the voice of baloo, he gave it a bubble of life. Phil harris the jungle book thurl ravenscroft disney on parade. When the maneating tiger, shere khan, returns to the jungle, bagheera and baloo insist for his own safety it is time for mowgli to make his way to the world of humans. Baloo and bagheera, a panther, save mowgli from shere khan the tiger. There was also another tv spin off series called jungle cubs, in which the characters, baloo, bagheera, hathi, shere khan, kaa and louie are all children and friends.
Disneys animation studio had been responsible for developing many of the techniques and ways of working that became standard practices of traditional cel animation, pioneering the art of storyboarding and developing the use of the multiplane to create an. Ten years later, the child has grown into mowgli voice of bruce reitherman. The actor jim cummings can perfectly reproduce the voice of character actor sterling holloway, who voiced kaa in the 1967 jungle book film. The jungle book has become more than just a bare necessity for your familys video library. Phil harris is the voice of baloo in the jungle book 1967. It had a sequel in 2003, and disney also used the story again for a live action film in 1994. It is also the first of the disney animated features in which the major characters were based solidly on the personas of the voiceartists. Who was the voice of baloo in the original movie the. Phil harris baloo, sebastian cabot bagheera, louis prima king louie, george sanders shere khan, sterling holloway kaa, j. Baloo and bagheera, a panther, save mowgli from shere khan the tiger and endeavor to teach mowgli the law of the jungle in many of the.
Bagheera disney wiki fandom disney s the jungle book es to blu ray new york times baloo disney wiki fandom the jungle book 1967 a boy and his beasts utah statesman. The jungle book 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The jungle book film by reitherman 1967 britannica. Along the way, he meets unforgettable friends and foes including mad king louie of the apes, the hypnotic snake. A baby human is discovered in the jungle by the panther, bagheera, who brings him to a wolf family to raise as a cub. Mowgli is found and placed with the wolves by bagheera after his father burns shere kahn and gets killed. The jungle book hereafter jb was released in 1967 by walt disney productions. Pat omalley colonel hathi, bruce reitherman mowgli buy bluray on amazon. The jungle book 1967 film read the transcript trailer transcripts credits home media soundtrack production trivia gallery. Download or listen to sound clips of lines and sound fx sampled from the movie the jungle book. The baloo of talespin is, of course, a reimagining of this character, though from an inuniverse perspective they are two different characters. Baloo is a main fictional character featured in rudyard kiplings the jungle book from 1894 and the second jungle book from 1895. The jungle book 1967 voice actors and characters youtube. Now that youre in the mood, dont forget explore flipkarts collection of jungle book merchandise.
The jungle book was cute and had great voice actors, but was far from the novel. Thomas omalley in the aristocats and baloos brownfurred twin little john in robin hood. The jungle book is the best movie created by walt disney pictures, accompanying a description of the movie is the jungle book follows the ups and downs of the mancub mowgli as he makes his way back to the human village with wise panther bagheera to escape ruthless tiger shere khan. In the jungle book, when balloo realizes that they have to get back to the town before the tiger, he says we have to get to the town before sheer kahn. The jungle book is a 1967 american animated musical comedy film produced by walt disney productions. In the book, baloo is the wise, strict but fair, teacher, well respected by the wolves and bagheera for his vast knowledge of the laws, languages, and customs of the different jungle animals. Baloo voice baloo voiced by phil harrisand 4 others. He was a famous singer and band director before he got into voice overs for disney in his later years. The jungle book, american animated musical film, released in 1967, that was the. Experience the songfilled celebration of friendship, fun and adventure that was the last film to receive walt disneys personal touch. Bagheera the panther and baloo the bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to.
Bonnie and clyde, the graduate, in the heat of the night, guess whos coming to dinner, and doctor dolittle. The jungle book was released on october 18, 1967, with noted acclaim for its soundtrack that featured eight. It was created at the walt disney studios in california. Along with jazzy monkeys and an elephant brigade that takes a poke at great britains past military presence, mowglis wanderings are interwoven with lessons of friendship and responsibility. According to rudyard kiplings daughter, the first syllable of mowglis name rhymes with cow rather than show. The jungle book 1967 movie behind the voice actors. Its definitely not the most memorable disney films but it was enough to entertain the kids. The jungle book 7 facts about the 1967 animated classic. In the film, baloo became a fatherlike figure to mowgli. Along the way, mowgli encounters jungle creatures who dont exactly have his best interests at heart, including kaa voice of.
Incarnations view all 21 versions of baloo on btva. Harris, cabot and prima have never been bettered as a voice cast. The voice of the simple bare necessities of life, baloo is the. Baloo, loosely based on the rudyard kipling character, first appeared in 1967 in the jungle book. Photos of the the jungle book 1967 movie voice actors. The jungle book was unusual for an animated film of its time because it boasted a surprisingly starstudded cast of voice actors it was also the first disney film to list these voice actors with specific roles in the opening credits. The jungle book is the most well liked movie manufacured by walt disney pictures, with the help of a description of the movie is the jungle book follows the ups and downs of the mancub mowgli as he makes his way back to the human village with wise panther bagheera to escape ruthless tiger shere khan. Technology has advanced in animation since 1967, allowing for shading of characters, but you could watch the two films back to back and have great continuity. I love bruce reitherman, sebastian cabot, phil harris, john abbott, ben wright, george sanders, sterling holloway, j. Baloo voiced by phil harris in 1967 and bill murray in 2016. The voice actors cast and characters for walt disneys the jungle book 1967.
Phil harris baloo, sebastian cabot bagheera, louis prima king louie, george sanders. Along the way he meets jazzy king louie, the hypnotic snake kaa and the lovable, happygolucky bear baloo, who teaches. Inspired by rudyard kiplings book of the same name, it is the 19th disney animated feature film. Along the way, he meets unforgettable friends and foes including mad king louie of the apes.
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