The Jungle Book
Year: | 1967 |
Studio: | Disney |
Director: | Wolfgang Reitherman |
Writer: | Rudyard Kipling |
It's the iconic story of a boy bought up in the jungle by the animals and when he comes of age, his surrogate parents Baloo the bear and Bageera the panther have a hard time convincing him he has to go back to human civilisation.
Kipling was 30 years in his grave by then – I wonder if he turned in it the way plenty of other authors and directors from James Whale to Philip K Dick must have through history seeing their heart, soul and integrity repackaged by a big corporation to move lunch boxes and video games?