Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book (1994)

Runtime: 111 minutes
Color: Color
Budget: $27,000,000
Awards: 1 Nomination
USA Title: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book

Genres: Adventure, Romance

Directors: Stephen Sommers
Writers: Rudyard Kipling, Ron Yanover
Cast: Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, Jason Flemyng, Stefan Kalipha, Ron Donachie, Anirudh Agarwal, Faran Tahir, Sean Naegeli, Joanna Wolff, Liza Walker, Rachel Robertson, Natalie Morse

Born of men. Raised by animals. Destined for adventure.

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.

Fun Fact: The film was originally intended to be an independent production. Then Disney became involved and provided additional financing, increasing its budget from $18 million to nearly $30 million in the process.

---