The Jungle Book: Platinum Edition Press Release, Discussion

[steven132]

Animated-news has some pictures from the el capitan showing

http://www.animated-news.com/2007/jungle-book-report/

[brotherbear]

Words cannot be put in my mouth as to how much I want one of those KING LOUIS plushes! Does anyone know if they're in the Disney Store? (or the Kaa plushes, for that matter?) or how much they are? AND does anyone know if they will still be available in the Spring? (I live a ways away from the Disney Store, and I might be able to go when a new store opens closer to me in Spring 2008). If not, I can always wait to go to either the Chicago store (assuming there is one in Chicago, but I'm pretty sure there is) or the NYC Superstore.

Oh, and as of tommorow, only THREE WEEKS until the Jungle Book Platinum Edition comes out!!!! and I'm SO EXCITED!

-BB

[slave2moonlight]

Here's an Ebay auction for what seems to be the same Kaa that I bought at Disney World several years ago.

http://cgi.ebay.com/4-FT-PLUSH-KAA-SNAK ... dZViewItem

This seems to be a newer one. I wonder if it's a currently available one, and I wonder how long it is.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KAA-PLUSH-Walt-Disn ... dZViewItem

[slave2moonlight]

I think this is the Louie I have. I've seen only one version that I like slightly better.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Jungle-Book-HUGE-PL ... dZViewItem

I think this is the one I liked slightly better, from Jungle Book 2's release (though he wasn't in the movie).

http://cgi.ebay.com/Large-Plush-King-Lo ... dZViewItem

There are a ton of Baloo plushes out there. I liked the one I had the best, but the latest one might be a big improvement. Couldn't find pictures of mine though, or of my Bagheera.

[slave2moonlight]

This COULD be the Shere Khan I have. They look the same, but mine is pretty big and this one looks like a small one, but it may not be.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Shere-Khan-Stuffed- ... dZViewItem

I searched on the online Disney Store but couldn't find any toys, just that awesome lamp and a few other things of that nature, and shirts. If anyone sees a plush Mowgli or Shanti, let me know, though I wouldn't want Shanti without Mowgli.

[ichabod]

Disc 2 has been passed by the BBFC. I've bolded the "real" bonus features.

JUNGLE BOOK - SE - DISC 2 - BONUS COMPILATION Video Feature
Classified 11 September, 2007 . Run Time 107m 39s

00:14:59:20 DISNEY'S KIPLING - WALT'S MAGIC TOUCH ON A LITERARY CLASSIC
00:09:26:10 THE LURE OF THE JUNGLE BOOK
00:05:08:07 MOWGLI RETURNS TO THE WILD
00:03:44:15 FRANK THOMAS AND OLLIE JOHNSTON DISCUSS CHARACTER ANIMATION
00:02:56:17 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 1)
00:01:07:12 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 2)
00:02:17:17 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 3)
00:01:19:17 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 4)
00:00:47:07 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 5)
00:00:57:05 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 6)
00:00:55:16 (RIDE TRANSITIONAL ELEMENT - SECTION 7)
00:00:33:14 (SHERE KAHN LOOP#1)
00:00:33:12 (SHERE KAHN LOOP#2)
00:00:33:14 (SHERE KAHN LOOP#3)
00:00:33:12 (SHERE KAHN LOOP#4)
00:00:30:22 ELEPHANT(POP UP GAME LOOPS)
00:00:30:22 MONKEY (POP UPS 1 MONKEY QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:22 TIGER (POP UPS 1 TIGER QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:24 WOLF (POP UPS 1 WOLF QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:07 MONKEY (POP UPS 2 MONKEY QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:31:07 WOLF (POP UPS 2 WOLF QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:31:09 SNAKE (POP UPS 2 SNAKE QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:31:07 OWL (POP UPS 2 OWL QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:31:07 TIGER (POP UPS 2 TIGER QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:07 SNAKE (POP UPS 3 SNAKE QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:07 MOUSE (POP UPS 3 MOUSE QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:07 PANTHER (POP UPS 3 PANTHER QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:09 BIRD (POP UPS 3 BIRD QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:10 FROG (POP UPS 3 FROG QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:30:05 BEAR (POP UP 1 BEAR QUESTION LOOP)
00:00:09:06 (BONUS TIFFS)
00:00:33:15 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF1
2 & 3 - OPEN SCREEN AND CLIP)
00:00:31:12 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - PRESENTATION SCREEN)
00:00:21:10 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - DEMO)
00:00:10:07 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - VULTURE QUESTION)
00:00:08:10 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - VULTURE ANSWER)
00:00:12:07 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - FISH QUESTION)
00:00:08:12 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - FISH ANSWER)
00:00:12:02 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - HIPPO QUESTION)
00:00:08:14 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - HIPPO ANSWER)
00:00:11:17 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1
2 & 3 - ELEPHANT HAPPY CLIP)
00:00:31:09 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - PRESENTATION SCREEN)
00:00:21:07 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - DEMO)
00:00:11:04 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - PELICAN QUESTION)
00:00:08:10 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - PELICAN ANSWER)
00:00:12:22 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - APE QUESTION)
00:00:08:19 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - APE ANSWER)
00:00:12:12 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - LEOPARD QUESTION)
00:00:08:12 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 2 - LEOPARD ANSWER)
00:00:31:17 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - PRESENTATION SCREEN)
00:00:21:05 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF3 - DEMO)
00:00:15:10 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - DEER QUESTION)
00:00:08:15 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - DEER ANSWER)
00:00:15:09 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - RHINO QUESTION)
00:00:08:16 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - RHINO ANSWER)
00:00:15:07 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - BEAR QUESTION)
00:00:08:15 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 3 - BEAR ANSWER)
00:00:05:08 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF INCORRECT 1)
00:00:05:12 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF INCORRECT 2)
00:00:04:20 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF INCORRECT 3)
00:00:05:09 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF INCORRECT 4)
00:00:30:05 (ELEPHANT NEVER FORGETS GAME - ENF 1 - ALL ANIMAL QUESTION LOOP)
00:46:25:12 BARE NECESSITIES: THE MAKING OF "THE JUNGLE BOOK"

[blackcauldron85]

00:46:25:12 BARE NECESSITIES: THE MAKING OF "THE JUNGLE BOOK"

Yippee!!! Yippee!!! I love longish documentaries about Disney!

Thanks for posting, ichabod!

[yamiiguy]

Here are the toys:

Baloo Medium

Junior medium

King Louis Medium

Kaa Medium

Baloo Large

King Louis Large

Bagheera Small

Baloo Small

Junior Small

Kaa Small

King Louis Small

Shere Khan Small

Baloo Giant

Junior Giant (Lol)

Images:



There from the UK site, not sure if they're on the US

[slave2moonlight]

Wow, no Mowgli among the UK toys. The only plush Mowgli I know of was a beanie from the UK from a while back. Nope, I checked the U.S. site yesterday and found no plush toys yet. I need to make it out to the Disney Outlet Store as soon as I can though, as they usually have better stuff than our regular Disney Store, and more variety.

[Aladdin from Agrabah]

I think the Kaa toys are just awesome!!

[Escapay]

00:14:59:20 DISNEY'S KIPLING - WALT'S MAGIC TOUCH ON A LITERARY CLASSIC
00:09:26:10 THE LURE OF THE JUNGLE BOOK
00:05:08:07 MOWGLI RETURNS TO THE WILD
00:03:44:15 FRANK THOMAS AND OLLIE JOHNSTON DISCUSS CHARACTER ANIMATION
00:46:25:12 BARE NECESSITIES: THE MAKING OF "THE JUNGLE BOOK"

Yay, it's nice to see the brief Frank & Ollie featurette from the laserdisc is making its way over to the DVD! And I'm guessing the 15 minutes from the laserdisc doc has been re-edited into the new 46-minute doc. Why oh why couldn't they do the same for Peter Pan???

I was hoping the Bruce Reitherman interview would be longer than 5 minutes, though. Still, altogether we're getting about 1 hour and 51 minutes of material on the second disc alone (the 4 featurettes and doc mentioned here, along with the Rocky the Rhino featurette and the 28 minutes of deleted songs). Not to mention the commentary, which brings it to a grand total of 3 hours and 9 minutes of production-related material!!! And we haven't even included the trailer yet!

Disc One: 1 hour, 18 minutes
--Audio Commentary (78 minutes)

Disc Two: 1 hour, 51 minutes, 16 seconds
-The Bare Necessities: The Making of The Jungle Book (46:25)
-Disney's Kipling: Walt's Magic Touch on a Literary Classic (14:59)
-The Lure of The Jungle Book (9:26)
-Mowgli Returns to the Wild (5:08, formerly titled "Mowgli's Return to the Jungle")
-Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston Discuss Character Animation (3:44)
-The Lost Character: Rocky The Rhino (6:34)
-Deleted Songs (28:00)

-Original Theatrical Trailer - 1967 (runtime???)

Scaps

[Disneykid]

Why oh why couldn't they do the same for Peter Pan???

I second that question. As happy as I am for the Jungle Book fans, I'm still disappointed that Peter Pan is now officially the weakest Platinum ever (only time will tell what happens with Pinocchio; Sleeping Beauty and Fantasia should mimic their previous excellent editions). I guess there's always the Blu-Ray version in seven years...

Oh, and I'm still scratching my head as how how this film gets a commentary when Cinderella and Alice didn't (and Lady and the Tramp, but that wasn't as much of a concern to me).

[brotherbear]

Sequel- Is there any proof yet that we're actually getting the original trailer? But I am thrilled at the amount of attention Jungle Book is getting and the amount of bonus features!!! Hooray!

Secondly, only 20 DAYS until TJB:PE is released!! I'm excited!

-BB

[PeterPanfan]

October is in 19 days??? ALREADY! IT'S ALMOST HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]]]]

Back on topic-I don't want to sound greedy...but I want more bonus features! =p But I'm happy they're choosing those ones. To be honest,after I saw Peter Pan: Platinum Edition,I didn't think The Jungle Book would be that great...because they messed up PP:PE and I thought TJB:PE would follow in it's footsteps...I'm glad they proved me wrong!

[blackcauldron85]

I got the newest issue of "VB" (Video Business) in the mail today, and they had the TJB:PE review.

Here's the online version:

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6477128.html

The Jungle Book Platinum Edition
By Ed Grant -- Video Business, 9/10/2007
DISNEY
Street: Oct. 2
Prebook: now
> A bare necessity for kids, parents and animation buffs.

The last Disney animated feature that was overseen by Walt himself is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and it’s being released in a two-disc Platinum Edition. The film itself has been gorgeously restored, and the second disc contains games for younger viewers. But it is the making-of documentaries that will attract the attention of older viewers and animation buffs. Among the topics covered in the docs are the missing Jungle Book character Rocky the Rhino (created and later scrapped by Walt); the mop-top buzzards performing a (truly terrible) Beatle-esque version of “That’s What Friends Are For;” portraits of the animators, including the men behind the memorable Mowgli-Baloo scenes, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston; and info about the wonderful voice talents in the film, including Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot and Louis Prima.

Shelf Talk: The Disney classics sell themselves, but this particular title has added appeal for boomers and nostalgia aficionados. Parents will be glad to show little ones the source for many beloved aspects of Disney’s The Lion King and Tarzan.

Animation, color, G (nothing offensive), 78 min., DVD $29.99
Extras: documentary, featurettes, “The Lost Character: Rocky the Rhino,” “Disney’s Kipling,” audio commentary by contemporary animators, interactive games
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
First Run: W, June 1967, NA

[Jules]

Thanks for the eaarly review Amy!

It says that film has been "gorgeously restored", so that's good news - but Luke and Aaron's review is gonna leave this one in the dust.

Nobody beats UD's reviews in content, length, detail, and just darn pure style!

[MadonnasManOne]

BoxOfficeMojo.com has posted an article about the showings at the El Capitan.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/features/?id=2384&p=.htm

Burbank, California—With the upcoming 40th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD of The Jungle Book around the bend—it's scheduled for an Oct. 2 release—Disney is wrapping up an 18-day engagement at its El Capitan movie palace in Hollywood. The 1967 animated feature, the last personally supervised by Walt Disney, remains a treat for all ages.

Based on Rudyard Kipling's adventure stories, Disney's version is the tale of a gangly boy named Mowgli (voice of Bruce Reitherman, Jungle Book director Wolfgang's son) abandoned in the jungle and the pair of loving parental figures—a panther and a bear—that guide him toward becoming a man. All this while a man-hating tiger (voiced by George Sanders of All About Eve) hunts Mowgli for kill.

Bagheera the kindly panther (Sebastian Cabot of Family Affair, narrator of Disney's The Sword in the Stone) and, reluctantly, Baloo the nonchalant bear (show-stealer Phil Harris, who went on to do O'Malley's voice in Disney's The Aristocats) set out to safely deposit Mowgli in a village. Their leisurely escapades include encounters with a hypnotizing snake, barbershop vultures and a nutty ape named King Louie. During El Cap's screening, composer Terry Gilkyson's song, "Bare Necessities," was one of many scenes to cause boys and girls to erupt in spontaneous laughter. As the tag line says, "this jungle is jumpin'!"

The opening night panel, hosted by Beauty and the Beast producer Don Hahn, featured a Jungle Book reunion of original voices: Reitherman, Darleen Carr (Shanti) and Chad Stuart (Flaps the vulture). They were joined by Disney animator Andreas Deja and songwriter Richard Sherman, who performed a medley of his many Disney hits.

Disney's resourceful Howard Green (co-author of Remembering Walt: Favorite Memories of Walt Disney) managed to find footage of loose-limbed Phil Harris practically in character from an outstanding TV performance of the Oscar®-nominated "Bare Necessities." The audience loved the clip, which is not included on the DVD—another reason why El Cap's opening night classic animation panels are not to be missed.

Every Jungle Book showing features an appearance by Baloo, who leads the audience in a sing-along of "Bare Necessities" and Mr. Sherman's "I Wanna Be Like You." The picture is shown daily at 10:00 am, 12:15 pm, 2:30 pm, 4:45 pm, 7:00 pm, and 9:15 pm.

[ichabod]

Damn! Now UK people will have to decide whether to get the deluxe giftset with book or the HMV exclusive with this:

HMV Exclusive Version – Contains An Individually Numbered Film Cell And Collectors Card One of the most popular Disney films ever, The Jungle Book is a song-filled celebration of friendship, fun, and adventure set in a lush and colourful world. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's "Mowgli" stories, Disney's 19th animated masterpiece was the last animated feature that had Walt Disney's personal touch.

Check here for details: http://www.hmv.co.uk/hmvweb/displayProd ... sku=711767

[Billy Moon]

Damn! Now UK people will have to decide whether to get the deluxe giftset with book or the HMV exclusive with this:

I'm quite confident the book will keep me entertained longer than a single film frame

[Jules]

Is that a real film frame? A really for real piece of filmstock?