The Jungle Book 2

The Jungle Book 2
Official Movie Poster
Directed by	Steve Trenbirth
Written by	Karl Geurs
Produced by	Christopher Chase Mary Thorne
Starring	John Goodman Haley Joel Osment Mae Whitman Connor Funk Bob Joles Tony Jay John Rhys-Davies Jim Cummings Phil Collins
Edited by	Christopher K. Gee Peter Lonsdale
Music by	Lorraine Feather Terry Gilkyson Paul Grabowsky Patrick Griffin Joel McNeely Richard M. Sherman Robert B. Sherman
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release dates	February 9, 2003
Running time	72 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Jungle Book 2 is an animated feature produced by the DisneyToons studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The theatrical version of the movie was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February 9, 2003. The film is a sequel to Walt Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book, and stars Haley Joel Osment as the voice of Mowgli and John Goodman as the voice of Baloo.

The film is not based on The Second Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling, first published in 1895. However, they do have several characters in common. Disney released the VHS and DVD versions on June 10, 2003. A special edition will be released sometime in 2008

Plot

Mowgli (Haley Joel Osment) is in the Man Village, living with his adoptive parents and new little brother, Ranjan (Connor Funk). He makes friends with Shanti (Mae Whitman), the girl who lured Mowgli into the Man Village. After Mowgli gets in trouble, he blames Shanti and won't talk to her, then Mowgli starts to miss the jungle.

After an escape from a stampede of elephants, Baloo (John Goodman) sneaks into the man village (unnoticed by the villagers) to visit Mowgli. Also, Mowgli's old arch enemy, Shere Khan (Tony Jay), returns for his revenge on Mowgli. Meanwhile, Shanti tries to apologize to Mowgli, but she sees Baloo with Mowgli, and shrieks for help. Shere Khan sneaks into the village and everyone thinks he's the wild animal. After Baloo and Mowgli escape into the jungle. Shanti, believing her friend was kidnapped, follows them.

Also, Mowgli's other enemy, the evil hungry snake, Kaa (Jim Cummings), returns and finds Shanti. Kaa finds her first, hypnotizes her, and tries to eat her, until Ranjan comes forward and pulls her away in time, releasing her from Kaa's trance and sending Kaa away. Ranjan ends up going with her.

Mowgli seems to enjoy the jungle as he used to and tells Baloo about his life in the Man Village and Shanti. Soon, Mowgli's old panther guardian, Bagheera (Bob Joles), figures out Mowgli escaped the Man Village with Baloo, and he tries to find him.

Shanti and Ranjan are still looking for Mowgli, then get lost in the jungle. They soon find Mowgli hanging from the vines, because Mowgli was hiding from them and accidentally tripped. Baloo finds them and scares Shanti. Shanti figures out that Mowgli got Baloo to scare her, and she gets mad at him, then Mowgli gets mad at Baloo for scaring Shanti.

Mowgli runs away. He finds an ancient temple and enters it. Shere Khan finds Mowgli at the temple and chases him. Mowgli soon runs into a crater and he and Shanti jump across and land on a tiger head statue. Shere Khan jumps onto the tiger head which starts to crack. Shere Khan falls and lands on a rock and the tiger head lands down trapping him inside. Mowgli and Shanti fall too but are saved by Baloo. Meanwhile Lucky, a new member of the vultures, comes down and starts teasing Shere Khan.

They soon return to the Man Village and they lived happily ever after.

Production

• John Goodman recorded his voice work in New Orleans while Haley Joel Osment recorded his in California.
• Due to a legal dispute, the character of King Louie from the original Jungle Book could not be included in this film.

Hidden Appearances

• During the reprise of The Bare Necessities, two prickly pears land on and stick to Kaa's head, making him look like Mickey Mouse.
• During W-I-L-D, Timon and Pumbaa can briefly be seen dancing until Baloo bounces them off with his backside.
• When Hathi and Bagheera are on the wooden log and fall into the water, Flounder from The Little Mermaid can be spotted for a brief moment.

Soundtrack

The band Smash Mouth recorded a cover of the Sherman Brothers song, "I Wanna Be Like You" (originally from the 1967 musical film), which is featured on this film's soundtrack.

Box Office

The film has made $135,703,599 worldwide.

External links

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• The Jungle Book 2 at IMDb
• The Jungle Book 2 at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition DVD Official Website