![]() ![]() ![]() But even Disney spokesmen admit that the film bears little resemblance to Kipling's classic. ![]() The movie is great fun for kids who enjoy action-packed thrillers. In their search for a fabulous treasure, the soldiers fall off cliffs, drown in quicksand, and confront what must be the scariest snake in Hollywood history. When dastardly British soldiers kidnap Kitty, Mowgli takes off after them on an Indiana Jones-style chase through the jungle. He falls in love with a young English girl named Kitty. Kipling gave us a story about an East Indian man-child named Mowgli, who is taught by animal mentors how to survive in a dangerous jungle.ĭisney gives us an adult Mowgli who re-enters civilization at a British Army post. But Kipling himself wouldn't recognize this politically correct rendering of his jungle tale. ![]() These days, some would urge the Disney Studios to tack a sign on their door reading: "Classics ruined while you wait."ĭisney recently came out with a film entitled Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book. The Jungle Book A hundred years ago, the great author Rudyard Kipling amused his friends by tacking a sign to the door of his London home reading: "To Publishers: Classics written while you wait." ![]()
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