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The Jungle Book 2
Directed by Steve Trenbirth
Produced by Christopher Chase
Mary Thorne
Written by Karl Geurs
Narrated by
Starring
Voices John Goodman
Haley Joel Osment
Mae Whitman
Connor Funk
Bob Joles
Tony Jay
John Rhys-Davies
Jim Cummings
Phil Collins
Music Lorraine Feather
Terry Gilkyson
Paul Grabowsky
Patrick Griffin
Joel McNeely
Richard M. Sherman
Robert B. Sherman
Cinematography
Editing Christopher K. Gee
Peter Lonsdale
Distributor Walt Disney Pictures
Icon Film Distribution
Igor Entertainment
Beacon Pictures (Australia)
Release date(s) February 14, 2003
Running time 72 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $20 million[1]
MPAA Rating
Preceded by The Jungle Book (1967)
Followed by
IMDb profile


The Jungle Book 2 is a 2003 animated feature film produced by the DisneyToon studio in Sydney, Australia and released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution. The theatrical version of the film was released in France on February 5, 2003, and released in the United States on February 14, 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 was originally produced as a direct-to-video film, but was released theatrically first, similar to the Peter Pan sequel, Return to Never Land. It is the third Disney sequel to have a theatrical release rather than going direct-to-video after The Rescuers Down Under in 1990 and Return to Neverland in 2002. 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. When released, it was criticised mainly for its cut-rate animation and a lazy, samey plotline to the original film. Disney released the VHS and DVD versions on June 10, 2003. On June 17, 2008 a Special Edition DVD was released.

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[edit] Plot

Mowgli is in the Man Village, living with his adoptive parents and new little brother, Ranjan. He makes friends with Shanti, 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 sneaks into the Man Village - unnoticed by the villagers - to visit Mowgli. Also, Mowgli's old arch enemy, Shere Khan, returns for his revenge. 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. the evil hungry jackal hyena Tabaqui spots Mowgli and Baloo talking, and attempts to eat him. But, fortunately, he fails.
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Kaa hypnotizes Shanti.
Later, Kaa the evil snake of Shere Khan's henchmen spots Shanti alone, and tries to eat her. He manages to subdue her with his hypnotic stare, until Ranjan comes forward and pulls Shanti away in time, releasing her from Kaa's trance. Ranjan starts beating Kaa with a stick, and Kaa ends up accidentally swallowing a large rock. The weight of the rock makes his coils fall on top of him. While Ranjan keeps hitting Kaa, Shanti grabs him to get away from the snake. Ranjan soon scares Kaa from behind, and causes Kaa to fall off a nearby cliff and into a coconut tree, and Shanti and Ranjan soon leave. 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, figures out that Mowgli had 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 angry at him, and then Mowgli gets angry 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 begins to tease Shere Khan. They soon return to the Man Village and are greeted by their families but Mowgli, Shanti and Ranjan return to the jungle the next day to spend some time with their new jungle family.

[edit] Production

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[edit] Characters

[edit] Returning from the first film

[edit] New in this film

[edit] Not returning from the first film

[edit] Animals Featured

[edit] Hidden Appearances

  • During one of attempts at the classic musical number The Bear Necessities from the first film, two prickly pears land on and stick to Kaa's head, making him look like Mickey Mouse. This is an example of a Hidden Mickey.
  • During W-I-L-D, Timon and Pumbaa can briefly be seen dancing until Baloo bounces them off with his backside.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Trivia

  • This is the second Disney sequel to take place right after the ending of the first film since The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, which took place right after the ending of the original.
  • Kaa is the second character to originally be played by Sterling Holloway and then taken over by Jim Cummings, the first being Winnie-the-Pooh.

[edit] Reception

[edit] Criticism

Many people thought that The Jungle Book 2 was a rehash of the original 1967 classic and should have gone direct-to-video as it was originally intended. On Rotten Tomatoes, the general consensus is "This inferior rehash of The Jungle Book should have gone straight to video." Based on 86 reviews, the film a "rotten" approval rating of 19%, with an average score of 4.4.[3]. In the "cream of the crop" division, the film has a 17% approval rating with an average score of 4.1. [4] In the RT Community, it has a 30% approval rating, with an average score of 3.7.[5]

[edit] Box office

The film has made a total domestic gross of $47,901,582. [6]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=junglebook2.htm
  2. ↑ Tracy, Joe. A Look at The Jungle Book 2. Digital Media FX. Retrieved on 2008-09-11.
  3. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jungle_book_2/
  4. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jungle_book_2/?critic=creamcrop
  5. ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/jungle_book_2/reviews_users.php
  6. ↑ http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=junglebook2.htm

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Disney theatrical animated features
Official canon (Walt Disney Animated Classics)
Produced by Walt Disney

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) • Pinocchio (1940) • Fantasia (1940) • Dumbo (1941) • Bambi (1942) • Saludos Amigos (1942) • The Three Caballeros (1944) • Make Mine Music (1946) • Fun and Fancy Free (1947) • Melody Time (1948) • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949) • Cinderella (1950) • Alice in Wonderland (1951) • Peter Pan (1953) • Lady and the Tramp (1955) • Sleeping Beauty (1959) • One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) • The Sword in the Stone (1963) • The Jungle Book (1967) 

Not Produced by Walt Disney

The Aristocats (1970) • Robin Hood (1973) • The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977) • The Rescuers (1977) • The Fox and the Hound (1981) • The Black Cauldron (1985) • The Great Mouse Detective (1986) • Oliver & Company (1988) • The Little Mermaid (1989) • The Rescuers Down Under (1990) • Beauty and the Beast (1991) • Aladdin (1992) • The Lion King (1994) • Pocahontas (1995) • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) • Hercules (1997) • Mulan (1998) • Tarzan (1999) • Fantasia 2000 (1999) • Dinosaur (2000) • The Emperor's New Groove (2000) • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001) • Lilo & Stitch (2002) • Treasure Planet (2002) • Brother Bear (2003) • Home on the Range (2004) • Chicken Little (2005) • Meet the Robinsons (2007) • Bolt (2008) • The Princess and the Frog (2009) 
Upcoming: Rapunzel (2010) •King of the Elves (2012) 

DisneyToons Studio animated features

The Reluctant Dragon (1941) • DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) • A Goofy Movie (1995) • Doug's 1st Movie (1999) • The Tigger Movie (2000) • Recess: School's Out (2001) • Peter Pan II: Return to Never Land (2002) • The Jungle Book 2 (2003) • Piglet's Big Movie (2003) • Teacher's Pet (2004) • The Lion King 1½ (2004) • Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005) • Bambi II (2006)

Pixar

Toy Story (1995) • A Bug’s Life (1998) • Toy Story 2 (1999) • Monsters, Inc. (2001) • Finding Nemo (2003) • The Incredibles (2004) • Cars (2006) • Ratatouille (2007) • WALL-E (2008) • Up (2009)
Upcoming:  Toy Story 3 (2010) • Newt (Summer 2011) •Cars 2 (Holiday 2011)• The Bear and the Bow (2012) 

Other theatrical animated features

Victory Through Air Power (1943) • Song of the South (1946) • So Dear to My Heart (1949) • Mary Poppins (1964) • Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) • Pete's Dragon (1977) • The Brave Little Toaster (1987) • Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) • James and the Giant Peach (1996) • Enchanted (2007)

Other animated projects

Prep & Landing (2009 Christmas TV special) 

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