After avoiding the human world for years and spending most of his childhood being awesome in the jungle, mowgli stumbles upon a village and is instantly smitten with some doeeyed floozy. The result is a jungle book with a giant hole in the place its heart and soul should be, and that puts a very low ceiling on how much it can be beyond a topnotch demo reel. The jungle book was a reminder that simpler can be better, and achieved such with some quite infectious music arguably one of the greatest disney soundtracks to date, relatable characters and soft artwork. Out of the books fourteen chapters, ten take place in the jungle, but the others dont. The two leads were the work of milt kahl, who had also led the work on bambi and thumper in the earlier film, and would later turn his hand to shere khan the tiger in the jungle book, causing me to propose that, despite the high. The concept of xerography, thought up by tech wizard ub iwerks, essentially made the animation process easier on a shotbyshot basis, but it also allowed disneys animators to take. The jungle book is one of my favs though, after buying the new release on dvd, i realized that i love this movie now more than ever. The film follows mowgli, a baby who winds up in the jungle and is befriended by talking predators. Dec 03, 2019 insane alternate endings to famous films.
Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. With phil harris, sebastian cabot, louis prima, bruce reitherman. This article contains spoilers for the ending of disneys new version. Unlike the 1967 animated version of the jungle book also made by disney the trailer indicates that the focus is on action and adventure, with little comedy or music included. He was to be animated by milt kahl before the character was ultimately dropped from the story. Baloo sings bare nessecites with a lost scene never released. Both in the cartoon and in the new movie, kaa is a dangerous character. In honor of the jungle book which is now playing in theaters i will show you all an original ending to the animated movie that was cut and replaced with the. Far more damningly, the recycling is even of animation from within the jungle book itself.
Please note that this story is devoid of vore and nudity and focuses on the hypnosis and. The alternate ending of the original jungle book and what it could mean for the new version view photos vintage fantasound ad via animationproclamationstumblr. Anyway, the story is basically taken wholesale from disneys 1967 animated feature the studios 1994 liveaction version has been dropped so far down. Insane alternate endings to famous films page 4 of 30. Mowgli netflix ending darker than disney jungle book refinery29.
While developing their version of the jungle book, favreau and screenwriter justin marks almost certainly had access to story treatments for the cartoon, and elements from this alternate ending do. Dec 28, 2017 this article contains spoilers for jumanji. Still, we think its appropriate here because the whole book is dedicated to jurgiss transformation from childlike, naive peasant to mature, productive socialist. The jungle books lush, watercolortoned palette looks suitably saturated, while the casual, sketchy art style shows no signs of excessive noise, compromised black levels, ghosting or most other digital issues. Jungle book wedgie alternate corrected by fanfictionmaster. Rocky the rhino is a visuallychallenged indian rhinoceros who was dropped from the 1967 film the jungle book. More broadly, the animation of the dogs throughout the film is of quite high caliber, speaking to a degree of study and observation that had not been seen since bambi. Kaa and mowgli 2nd encounter alternate ending jungle. Apr 17, 2016 disneys latest bigscreen version of the jungle book is a photorealistic feast for the eyes that combines the wisdom of rudyard kiplings tales with the charm of their 1967 animated adaptation.
Bagheera the panther and baloo the bear have a difficult time trying to convince a boy to leave the jungle for human civilization. As a standalone sequel to joe johnstons 1995 actioncomedy jumanji, which itself is based on chris van allsburgs novel of the same name, jake kasdans jumanji 2 brought the series into the modern day by transforming the classic. Jun 09, 2008 alternate ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. Nov, 2015 nov, 2015 kaa and mowgli 2nd encounter alternate ending stay safe and healthy. The following oneshot is based on a funny alternate ending to the jungle book 1967 a friend and i had in mind back in elementary school. The jungle book 1894 is a collection of stories by the english author rudyard kipling. One of the bonus features on the jungle book diamond edition is a newly discovered alternate ending titled mowgli and the hunter.
Sometime very soon after the end of the 1967 the jungle book the timeline is left purposefully vague, but it surely cant be more than a month or so, the human boy mowgli haley joel osment, raised by wolves and delivered to a manvillage by a black panther and a sloth bear, is finding it hard to fit in. Jungle book wedgie alternate corrected by fanfictionmaster on. Disneys latest bigscreen version of the jungle book is a photorealistic feast for the eyes that combines the wisdom of rudyard kiplings tales with the charm of their 1967 animated adaptation. The afternoon sun pouring its rays over the jungle canopy, the billions of leaves shielding the jungle carpet below, the dry crumbling dirt of the jungle soils vibrated slightly as two differently sized figures ran through, racing towards a large humped stone that extended out the. There is a famous story told about how walt disney, having picked the story for his studios 19th animated feature in his customary jolly. Amazon did this also with rudyard kiplings just so stories many books amazon sells.
Hes hooked, said baloo as he watched mowgli disappear upon entering the man village. The jungle book didnt just have a new ending, but an entirely. This edited picture is a gift for my watchers and readers, who find the jungle book wedgie scene funny and hilarious. An expose of the american meatpacking industry and the horrors endured by immigrant workers generated public outrage resulting in passage of federal legislation that improved food quality and working conditions. Nov 12, 2009 more broadly, the animation of the dogs throughout the film is of quite high caliber, speaking to a degree of study and observation that had not been seen since bambi. Our goal is to save you time and money by sharing our thoughts and recommendations on which movies to race to theaters for, which to watch at home and those to actively avoid. Alternate ending to kaa and mowglis 1st encounter by. Pure food and drug act was passed in 1906, and conditions in american slaughterhouses were improved. When upton sinclair looked back on his efforts to finish the jungle later in his life, he remembered that he went crazy at the end of that book and tried to put in every thing he knew about the socialist movement source. Kotick the seal would be pretty out of place in the jungle, and his adventures take place in the bering sea. Kaa and mowgli 2nd encounter alternate ending jungle book. The jungle book and racism in disneys animated features. Director jon favreau explains the big change hes made to the.
Dec 23, 2017 all good things come to an end, and for jumanji. Walt had refrained from doing so before the jungle book. He was eventually used in the 2016 live action adaptation of the jungle book. Nov 17, 2009 there is a famous story told about how walt disney, having picked the story for his studios 19th animated feature in his customary jolly autocratic style, handed copies of rudyard kiplings the jungle book and its sequel to four of his story men larry clemmons, ralph wright, ken anderson, and vance gerry and gave them only one piece of instruction. In honor of the jungle book which is now playing in theaters i will show you all an original ending to the animated movie that was cut and. While developing their version of the jungle book, favreau and screenwriter justin marks almost certainly had access to story treatments for the cartoon, and.
Status inprogress summary an alternate ending to a disney classic. The jungle book is the high point of the xerographic era at walt disney animation studios, extending all the way from one hundred and one dalmatians to the fox and the hound. Difficult to fight against anger is an alternate ending to the sixth season of buffy the vampire slayer, where tara isnt shot, but rather raped by warren mears, and willows ensuing rampage is fueled not by grief, but by rage in the video game injustice 2, you either get a downer ending where superman defeats batman and restores the regimes power while brainwashing his former friend or a. Dec 22, 2012 the swift icy breath of the tumbling breeze swirled through and over the tall mossy trees of the indian jungles. Directed by wolfgang reitherman, james algar, jack kinney. Alternate ending to kaa and mowglis 2nd encounter by. The alternate ending of the original jungle book and. An alternate ending to kaa and mowglis second encounter from the jungle book. Apr 15, 2016 a still from the blurays storyboarded alternate ending.
Embark on an adventure with mowgli as he makes his way to the manvillage with bagheera, the panther. As evident by walt nixing the alternate ending, walt wanted to make the scariest scenes in the jungle book novel fun and playful and that. Welcome to the jungle almost had a different ending by oliver gettell december 26, 2017 at 05. It may be a stretch to call the jungle a comingofage novel because those usually star child protagonists. And the final two chapters take place in a military camp near rawalpindi, in what is now pakistan. The jungle book end credits the film ends with the jungle book storybook closing shut, in a parallel to the jungle book starting with this book opening. In the original serial form of the jungle, jurgis is arrested on election night. Walt disney pictures has released a new imax trailer for their upcoming liveaction adaptation of the jungle book, and makes a strong case for seeing the film in. The third and newest film produced by the walt disney company to bear the title the jungle book significantly lacks the greatest strength of maleficent and cinderella, disneys other recent attempts to remake its animated features as realistic popcorn movies. Apr 20, 2015 enjoy my sexy voice heres the link of the story. Apr 12, 2012 an alternate ending to kaa and mowglis second encounter from the jungle book. He was to appear in the vulture sequence and would have been voiced by frank fontaine.
In an alternate ending, rogen and franco sit on a couple of barrels and smoke. The jungle book cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, cast in credits order verified as complete opening and ending sequences. Welcome to the jungle almost ended differently according to the movies cast. Feb 03, 2014 baloo sings bare nessecites with a lost scene never released. Im certain that 90% of us can trace our interests to this movie and this particular scene so to write this was particularly fun. Surprisingly, nearly 50 years later, disney was still able to bring us new jungle book footage in an alternate ending called mowgli and the hunger. When it comes out to mention this movie, the tugofwar scene is one of the main scenes of the whole story, which cannot be left from mentioning. A little something i found on the jungle book blu ray diamond edition. Wanting to know more about this alternate ending, i have been searching everywhere for videos or typed explanations of it, but i cant seem to find anything about it. Out of the book s fourteen chapters, ten take place in the jungle, but the others dont. From a simple entertainment point of view, it is one of the most enduring cartoons the company has made. Funny jungle book ending, a jungle book fanfic fanfiction. Mowgli stealing the torch from the man village, for. Feb 23, 20 thank god, i finally get to stop using cumbersome sentence constructions involving the phrase walt disney television animation, because unless i am terribly mistaken, the jungle book 2 was the first production made by the newly rechristened disneytoon studios, a rebranding of the burbank, sydney, and tokyo animation facilities meant, i imagine, to lay a patina of respectability over direct.
Along the way he meets friends including the lovable bear baloo who teaches mowgli the bare necessities of life and the meaning of friendship. Most of the characters are animals such as shere khan the tiger and baloo the bear, though a principal character is the boy or mancub mowgli, who is raised in the jungle by wolves. Wanting to know more about this alternate ending, i have been searching everywhere for videos or typed explanations of. The original ending to the jungle book was its own insane movie. The alternate ending of the original jungle book and what it could. Disney in the process, though, the boy winds up intimidating his former jungle pals, taunting, come forward and face the. When you really think about it the story of rudyard kiplings the jungle book is quite terrifying.
His normally free and nimble bare feet had been weighed down with tight leather sandals which hed be forced to wear, his skin was wrapped up in seemingly. As the animals celebrate truce during a time of drought to drink water around the peace rock together, the cruel tiger shere khan sees mowgli and promises to kill him. The jungle is a novel by upton sinclair, published serially in 1905 and as a book in 1906. The expressive painted backgrounds, which help to emphasize the films loose vibe, look especially nice. The orphaned boy mowgli saved and delivered as a babe by the panther bagheera is raised in the jungle by the female wolf raksha, along with her cubs, in the pack led by akela. First, theres the alternate ending, dubbed mowgli and the hunter, in which the man cub returns to the village, lives with his biological parents for a few months, and then is lured back into the jungle to take down shere khan and face off with a hunter who thinks hes some kind of shaman. Alternate ending was formed when three friends realized they all shared a passion for movies. The reason that i think this movie is so wonderful is because of the characters, they just brought so much life to the story and really made this. The jungle, novel by upton sinclair, published serially in 1905 and as a singlevolume book in 1906. Director jon favreau explains the big change hes made to. The third and newest film produced by the walt disney company to bear the title the jungle book significantly lacks the greatest strength of. Welcome to the jungle, the comedic action movie actually had a few different endings in sight. Oct 02, 2014 one of the bonus features on the jungle book diamond edition is a newly discovered alternate ending titled mowgli and the hunter.
The jungle book is a key disney film for several reasons. As a standalone sequel to joe johnstons 1995 actioncomedy jumanji, which itself is based on chris van allsburgs novel of the same name, jake kasdans jumanji 2 brought the series into the modern day by transforming the classic board game. The reason that i think this movie is so wonderful is because of the characters, they just brought so much life to the story and really made this into a wonderful disney classic. There is a famous story told about how walt disney, having picked the story for his studios 19th animated feature in his customary jolly autocratic style, handed copies of rudyard kiplings the jungle book and its sequel to four of his story men larry clemmons, ralph wright, ken anderson, and vance gerry and gave them only one piece of instruction. Growing up in the jungle how made mowgli naturally adept at move quickly and quietly but here in the man village it was much harder. Walt disney studios while developing their version of the jungle book, favreau and screenwriter justin marks almost certainly had access to story treatments for the cartoon, and elements from this alternate ending do turn up in the new feature.
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