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Sunday, November 20, 2011

The Jungle Book ( 1994 ) - 4 stars out of 5 stars

In this 1994 Disney version that runs 111 minutes of Kiplings classic set in Colonial India,the cast is whats noteworthy. Jason Scott Lee as Mowgli,One of my favorite actress's Lena Headey     as Katherine 'Kitty' Brydon,Sam Neill as Colonel Geofferey Brydon,John Cleese  as Dr. Julien Plumford ,Cary Elwes as Captain William Boone  as the main characters with good supporting actings as well.Might be the best version done to date.
Recommended,with the trailer URL below the pix and a IMDB summary below for the few of you who may be ignorant of the classic story.I had to take 1 star off because the exotic locations of the jungle isn't for everyone  ( like me)

An adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli the jungle boy who is raised by wolves after being lost when a tiger attacked an encampment and killed his father. Years later he finds himself re-united with his childhood love Kitty and back in the "civilization" of Colonial India which he finds far less civilized then his jungle haunts. The search for a lost treasure shows who the truly civilized members of society are. Written by Susan Southall <stobchatay@aol.com>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBAku3Cwsgk

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