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The Jungle Book is the last movie that Walt Disney worked on and now 36 years later the sequel, The Jungle Book 2 bring back together Mowgli and his Jungle and new friends in this new adventure.

If you are not Familiar with the Jungle Book I would suggest to you to go right away in the Bonus Feature there is a condense resume of the first movie that you can view before watching the movie.

Mowgli now lives in the Men's village but he does miss a lot the Jungle and his animals friend and at the same time his bear friend Baloo feels the same way so Baloo comes to bring Mowgli back to the jungle and that is where the adventure will start not only for Mowgli but for his new friends as well where at the end he will learn to blend the 2 world together in order to be happy.

The Jungle Book came out in 1967 one year after Walt Disney passed away now 36 years later you will be able to see how the technology has involved.

First thing you will notice is how bright and colorful the entire movie is. Each character have enhanced colors specially Kaa and Baloo. Kaa was kind of brown now he is brightly green and Baloo has a beautiful blue.

The combination of eye and body movement makes the characters so much more alive specially with Mowgli and Baloo. Sound affect are much more present now like you can actually hear the wild roaring of the Wild Cats and the Elephants with Dolby Surround sound. They also added the 3D aspect where you can actually have an aerial view of the some events.

Here is the List of the Bonus Features;

- The Legacy of the Jungle Book will start with Roy Edward Disney, vice-chairman of the Walt Disney Company then you will meet all the cast of the movie.

- A set-top game called Mowgli's Jungle Ruins Maze.

- 10 Disney's Song Selection where you can have on-screen Lyrics as well.

- Deleted Scenes I Got You Beat and Braver with Introductions by Sharon Morrill and Matt Walker.

- Music Video of W-I-L-D

- Music Video of Jungle Rhythm

- I Wanna Be Like You performed by Smash mouth.

If you had a chance the see the original movie back then and you have children now not only you will be able to educate your child about the progress of technology plus you can actually all enjoy the sequel together.

Cast

Mowgli
Haley Joel Osment

Baloo
John Goodman

Bagheera
Bob Joles

Shere Khan
Tony Jay

Kaa- Colonel Hathi- M.C. Monkey
Jim Cummings[ Winnie the Pooh]

Shanti
Mae Whitman

Rajan
Connor Funk

Rajan's Father
John Rhys-Davies

Lucky
Phil Collins

Crew

Director
Steven Trenbirth

Art Director
Micheal Peraza

Producer
Mary Thorne

Consulting Producer
Chris Chase

Production Color Stylist
Wes Champion

Background Supervisor
Beverly McNamara

CG Animator
Ian Richards

Animation Character Lead: Mowgli
Kelly Baigent

Animation Character Lead: Lucky
Ian Harrowell

Animation Character Lead: Shanti
Kevin Peaty

Notes
B+

Distributor
Buena Vista Home Entertainment

Street Date
June 10, 2003

Official Site
Disney

Category
Family - Animation

Rated
"G" General Audiences

Running Time
Approximately 72 minutes

Sound
5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound
DTS 5.1 Digital Surround Sound

DVD Aspect Ratio
Widescreen 1.66:1
Enhanced for 16x9 TV screens

Languages
English and French

Bonus Feature
- The Legacy of the Jungle Book, behind the scenes Featurette
- Synopsis of Walt's original movie The Jungle Book
- Mowgli's Jungle Ruins Maze, set-top game
- Deleted musical sequences with filmmaker introductions, I Got you Beat and Braver
- Smash Mouth music video, I Wanna Be Like You
- W-I-L-D Music Video
- Jungle Rhythm Music Video

Suggested Retail Price
$36.99 for DVD
$26.99 for VHS

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