Official Release Date: October 18, 1967
Copyright: Walt Disney Productions © 1967
Distributed by: Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc.
MPAA Rating: G (General Audiences ~ All Ages Admitted) [retroactive in 1978]
Length: 78 Minutes

[table caption=”Cast and Characters” colalign=”center|right|left|center|left”] [attr sort=”false”]|Cast|Character/Performance|[attr sort=”false”]|Notes[attr sort=”false”]

|John Abbott|Akela||credited as ‘Wolves‘
|Sebastian Cabot|Bagheera||
|Darleen Carr|Shanti||credited as ‘The Girl‘
|Disney Studio Chorus|“Colonel Hathi’s March (Reprise)||
|Disney Studio Chorus|“Colonel Hathi’s March (The Elephant Song)||
|Verna Felton|Winifred||credited as ‘Elephants‘
|Phil Harris|Baloo||
|Sterling Holloway|Kaa||
|Clint Howard|Baby Elephant||credited as ‘Elephants‘
|Lord Tim Hudson|Dizzy||credited as ‘Vultures‘
|J. Pat O’Malley|Buzzie||
|J. Pat O’Malley|Colonel Hathi||
|Louis Prima|King Louie||
|Thurl Ravenscroft|Shere Khan||singing
|Bruce Reitherman|Mowgli||
|George Sanders|Shere Khan||speaking
|Chad Stuart|Flaps||credited as ‘Vultures‘
|Digby Wolfe|Ziggy||
|Ben Wright|Rama||

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Music
Music by George Bruns
Songs by Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman

[table caption=”Songs”] Song|Composer/ Lyricist|Performers|Notes

The Bare Necessities|Terry Gilkyson|Phil Harris as Baloo & Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli|
The Bare Necessities (Reprise)||Sebastian Cabot as Bagheera & Phil Harris as Baloo|
Colonel Hathi’s March (Reprise)|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Disney Studio Chorus & J. Pat O’Malley as Colonel Hathi|
Colonel Hathi’s March (The Elephant Song)|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Disney Studio Chorus & J. Pat O’Malley as Colonel Hathi|
I Wan’na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Phil Harris as Baloo, Louis Prima as King Louie, & Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli|
My Own Home|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Darleen Carr as Shanti|
That’s What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Lord Tim Hudson as Dizzy, J. Pat O’Malley as Buzzie, Thurl Ravenscroft as Shere Khan, Bruce Reitherman as Mowgli, Chad Stuart as Flaps, & Digby Wolfe as Ziggy|
Trust In Me (The Python Song)|Robert M. Sherman & Richard M. Sherman|Sterling Holloway as Kaa|

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[table caption=”Awards”] Award|Year|Winner/ Nominee|Category|Recipient|Notes

Academy Awards|1967 (40th)|Nominee|Music (Song)|Terry Gilkyson|’The Bare Necessities’
Grammy Awards|1967 (10th)|Nominee|Best Recording for Children||The Jungle Book

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