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The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo

  • 19971997
  • PGPG
  • 1h 28m
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4.5/10
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Jamie Williams in The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
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The story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus sco... Read allThe story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.The story of Mowgli, a young boy abandoned in the wilds of India. Raised by a panther, an elephant and a bear, Mowgli must learn civilization's ways when his long-lost uncle and a circus scout from Barnum and Bailey come looking for him.
IMDb RATING
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    • Dee McLachlan
    • Matthew Horton
    • Bayard Johnson
    • Rudyard Kipling(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jamie Williams
    • Billy Campbell
    • Roddy McDowall
    • Dee McLachlan
    • Matthew Horton
    • Bayard Johnson
    • Rudyard Kipling(novel)
  • Stars
    • Jamie Williams
    • Billy Campbell
    • Roddy McDowall
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    • 8User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Jamie Williams in The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
    Jamie Williams in The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997)
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    Jamie Williams
    Jamie Williams
    • Mowgli
    Billy Campbell
    Billy Campbell
    • Harrison
    • (as Bill Campbell)
    Roddy McDowall
    Roddy McDowall
    • King Murphy
    David Paul Francis
    David Paul Francis
    • Chuchundra
    Gulshan Grover
    Gulshan Grover
    • Buldeo
    Dyrk Ashton
    Dyrk Ashton
    • Karait
    Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy
    Cornelia Hayes O'Herlihy
    • Emily Reece
    B.J. Hogg
    • Col. Reece
    Amy Robbins
    • Molly Ward
    Hal Fowler
    Hal Fowler
    • Capt. Ward
    Albert Moses
    Albert Moses
    • Conductor
    Wijerathna Warakagoda
    • Engineer
    • (as Wijeratne Warakagoda)
    Simon Barker
    • Train Official
    E.A. Piyasena
    • Porter
    Raja Summanapala
    • Buldeo's Servant
    • (as Raja Sumanapala)
    Sunil Hettiarachchi
    • Rickshaw Man
      • Dee McLachlan
      • Matthew Horton
      • Bayard Johnson
      • Rudyard Kipling(novel)
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    • Trivia
      Ironically, The Jungle Book (1994) was adapted from Rudyard Kipling's 'The Second Jungle Book' and The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo (1997) was adapted from Kipling's 'The Jungle Book' (in particular, its story "Kaa's Hunting") but took its title from 'The Second Jungle Book', to distinguish itself from the movie The Jungle Book (1994).
    • Goofs
      Chimps do not live in Asia, where the movie takes place.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Night Falls on Manhattan/Rudyard Kipling's the Second Jungle Book/Love! Valour! Compassion!/Sprung/A Chef in Love (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      The Blue Danube
      (An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314)

      Written by Johann Strauss

      Arranged by John Scott

      Performed by The Seattle Symphony Orchestra

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    10/10
    Good movies for anyone who love the family movies
    Jamie Williams, only 10 years old when the movie was made, stars as the man-cub Mowgli in this movie adaptation of the classic story by Rudyard Kipling. He is supported by an outstanding cast of animals, such as Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther, and Sher Khan the tiger.

    The story is too well know to bear repeating. But playing against Williams are characters representing the Yankee "collector" for P. T, Barnum's circus (Bill Campbell), a couple of eccentric British army officers and their wives, an Indian hurdy-gurdy player complete with trained monkey, an Indian prince who is really Mowgli's uncle, and a positively weird tracker with his trained python.

    There is also an appearance by Roddy McDowall, who was himself a very famous child star (How Green Was My Valley, Kidnapped (1948)) with over 158 movie appearances in his career.

    The boy-cub, his wolf brothers, and all the animals out shine and out star the adults in this movie. The animal trainers are the invisible stars, directing the animals in major roles, not just quick appearances.

    Williams is exceptional in his role as Mowgli, even more exceptional considering that no stunt doubles were used in the filming. All Mowgli's stunt scenes were made by Jamie himself at age 10 and half! Including the chase at running train's roof, climbing the walls in the ruined city and few scenes, where he was 4-6 feets from the adult tiger, who was on thin lead only.

    And he's cute, to boot! Tanned, smooth skinned, and lithe. With a grin to light up a city. It's a joy to watch him run though the jungle swinging from tree to tree. A young Tarzan comes to mind. Maybe in a few more years when his body has filled out, Williams could replace Johnny Weismuller? Watch this movie as an antidote to the dreadful cartoon version of the novel, with the singing bear. It is an extremely realistic portrayal of a feral boy, his jungle friends, the jungle itself, and those adults who would wish him ill. It belongs in that category of serious movies that star children, but are not just children's stories.
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      • May 16, 1997 (United States)
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      • Sri Lanka
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      • MDP Worldwide
      • TriStar Pictures
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