A kid raised in the jungle travels to the man village

Rating: 10/10 (8 July 2006)

In this movie a boy who has been raised in the jungle and lived with the animals, must now leave to join his own "people." The story centers around a panther (Bahgeera) and a bear (Baloo) who agree to take the boy to the man-village, and an assortment of other creatures with their own agendas. The beach-bum bear and the up-tight panther's verbal sparring is classic. The social commentary (that went over my head when I was a kid) is funny too. The Jazzy orangatang (King Louis) "I've reached the top and had to stop" and the bored vultures "I dunno, whata' you wanna do?" are great. I saw this movie when I was a kid, and loved it. My sister and I got the LP and we played it all the time. Now, decades later, I find myself singing (or humming) the songs to this movie. Many kids now-a-days are unfamiliar with this movie (at least this version of the story) but they enjoy even my (amateur attempts) at singing these great songs. There is definitely something about this version. This movie is truly a classic!