Bill murray has joined the cast of disneys the jungle book as the voice of baloo the bear. Initially released in 1967 the film received an oscar nomination for the song the bare necessities. But what really brought the house down was baloos scat duet with king louie the. Previously announced cast include christopher walken as king louie, giancarlo esposito as a. Kaa, the python, and irrfan will lend his voice to the friendly bear baloo. Its definitely not the most memorable disney films but it was enough to entertain the kids. Baloos secret life before the jungle book robot chicken. Images of the baloo voice actors from the jungle book franchise. The memory of baloos sacrifice and bravery will forever. With an excellent voice cast, the jungle book presents a colorful array of memorable characters. The jungle book was cute and had great voice actors, but was far from the novel.
Enjoy some of your favourite shows, including rick and morty, robot chicken, mr pickles, black jesus, venture bros. Baloo voiced by phil harris in 1967 and bill murray in 2016. For disneys reboot of the jungle book, khan stepped in to voice baloo the bear in the hindidubbed version of the film released in india alongside the original english where bill murray played. Bill murrays baloos voice in disneys the jungle book. The jungle book 2016 took on a few of the 1967 animated films most iconic songs, but how did it measure up on october 18, 1967, rudyard kiplings the jungle book was turned into an. Jungle book baloo is a sleepy brown bear who plays a part in salvaging mowgli from shere khans clutches and educating him on the law of the jungle. Incarnations view all 19 versions of baloo on btva. The movie isnt simply visually sumptuous which it is, by the way. Mowglis reckless behavior triggers a discussion about the. Bill murray is the voice of baloo in the jungle book 2016. Listen to all the actors who have voiced baloo and vote for your favorite.
Meet the voice of baloo disneys the jungle book in. The jungle book really hit the casting of baloo out of the park. Lets sum up disneys new liveaction take on the jungle book in one word. Wonga philip harris june 24, 1904 august 11, 1995 was an american comedian, actor, singer, and jazz musician.
When phil harris did the voice of baloo, he gave it a bubble of life. It may not have followed rudyard kiplings book exactlyin fact, walt disney preferred that scriptwriters not read the bookbut the jungle book was a toetapping box office success. Was a principal of long standing among the comedian jack bennys radio retinue, parlaying his popularity into his own radio series, in which his wife, alice faye, costarred. Although bagheeras approach seems harsh while baloos appears idyllic, what do you think the results of each method would be. Baloo is one of the three characters from the jungle book. This is the list of voice actors for disneys jungle book bruce reitherman provided the voice of mowgli, who is the main character of the film. The memory of baloos sacrifice and bravery will forever be engraved on our saddened hearts. The jungle book is a 1977 animated feature film, released on october 18, 1977. He gives the best advice a mancub could ask for, has a groovy singing voice, and is cooler than we could ever hope to be. In the original book by rudyard kipling, baloo was very different from his disney incarnation. Meet the voice of baloo disneys the jungle book in theatres. Baloo is by far the most laidback bear in the jungle.
Despite the unevenness in its story, netflixs mowgli is a much more accurate adaptation of kiplings jungle book novels than any other mainstream movie adaptation in the past, which primarily means disneys animated jungle book movie from 1967 and favreaus liveaction jungle book movie from 2016. Baloo, a bear, is the strict teacher of the cubs of the seeonee wolf pack. Baloo comparison of the voice actors who have been the voice of baloo with sound clips and images. It was inspired by the stories about the feral child mowgli from the book of the same name by rudyard kipling. The famous voices another layer of their personalities, from the protective ben kingsley as bagheera, merry bill murray as baloo to idris elba as fierce shere khan. Bill murray will provide the voice for baloo in the upcoming remake of the jungle book. All of your favorite characters are coming to life as never before with the help of stunning special effects and talented voice actorsincluding two of mowglis greatest protectors, bagheera and baloo. Priyanka chopra, irrfan khan to lend voice for jungle book hindi. The voice of the simple bare necessities of life, baloo is the. Bill murray to voice baloo in jungle book us actor is latest star to join cast of disneys new version of the jungle book, set for release in late 2015. See how baloos hair ripples under the waters surface. A plan for the jungle book 3 involved baloo and shere khan being captured, and sold off to a circus in russia. Christopher walken voiced king louie in the 2016 liveactioncgi the jungle book film.
The jungle book is swinging into theaters april 15. Initially, the filmmakers considered louis armstrong for the role, but to avoid the likely controversy that would result from casting a black person to voice an ape, they instead chose prima, a white singer. Idris elba as shere kahn is chillingly formidable with his guttural threats. How netflixs mowgli compares to disneys jungle book movie. It features the voice talents of bill murray, ben kingsley, idris elba, lupita. Against baloos wishes, mowgli decides to live in the jungle and builds himself a makeshift hut.
Disney originally tried to get phil harris to portray baloos voice again for the tv series, but by then harriss voice had changed too much with age, making him unsuitable for the part. The jungle book 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Baloo is a main fictional character featured in rudyard kiplings the jungle book from 1894 and the second jungle book from 1895. In certain adaptations, he is a laidback sloth bear who lives by the bare necessities philosophy and. Balas in a panic because cheel the kite has flown off with lali. King louie is a minor character in disneys 1967 animated feature film the jungle book. Well always remember bagheera as the funsucker who was there to balance out baloos wild ways, but we loved him anyway for keeping the mancub. Their fur, their eyes, their beahaviour and movements everything is impeccable. King louie was voiced by louis prima in the original 1967 film. Mowgli dives into the water and is snapped up by jacala. If you have ever smelt the night air and felt a sudden urge to race out into the darkness and howl at the moon and dance wild in the shadows, then the jungle book is the book for you.
He was voiced by the late phil harris in the jungle book, who also voiced thomas omalley in the aristocats and little john in robin hood. Previously announced cast include christopher walken as king louie, giancarlo esposito as. All the jungle inhabitants look as if they are real wild creatures. A bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and tv actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former confederate states of america. Priyanka chopra, irrfan khan to lend voice for jungle book hindi version. The jungle book disneys parents guide bagheera and baloo love mowgli, yet each has a different idea about what would be best for his future. They live in the indian jungle where many dangers lurk, such as the mighty bengal tiger shere khan. Reitherman was the son of jungle book director wolfie reitherman, who took over as production lagged on and brought in his own son after the original mowglis voice changed.
This cd contains for the first time the entire original soundtrack plus an interview with academyaward winning songwriters robert and richard sherman. Bill murray to voice baloo in jungle book telegraph. Bill murray to be voice of baloo in disneys jungle book remake bill murray will provide the voice for baloo in the upcoming remake of the jungle book. He is a funloving, easygoing, and goodnatured sloth bear who becomes the best friend of a mancub named mowgli. This spot where baloo fell will always be a hallowed place in the jungle, for there lies one of natures noblest creatures. The adventures of mowgli, a human foundling raised by akelas wolf pack, and his best friends, fatherly bear baloo and playful panther bagheera. Ben kingsley brings nobility and wisdom in the sleek jungle cat bagheera. Having grown tired of his simian lifestyle, louie hopes to learn the secret of mans red flower to fulfill his dream of.
Baloo first appears when kaa is about to devour mowgli and rescues him from the python before she can eat him. As a voice actor, he played baloo in the jungle book 1967, thomas omalley in the aristocats 1970, and little john in. After a threat from the tiger shere khan forces him to flee the jungle, a mancub named mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help. He is the obstreperous ruler of the ancient ruins with an affinity for swing music. A himalayan brown bear who encounters and befriends mowgli. The bare necessities of disneys jungle book spinoffs. For other people named phil harris, see phil harris disambiguation. Phil harris is the voice of baloo in the jungle book 1967. So mowgli, shanti, ranjan, and bagheera would have to save them, and shere khan would have changed his ways because of his capture. Baloo is the deuteragonist of the 1967 film the jungle book and the tritagonist in its sequel, the jungle book 2. Baloo is the only character who was never absent from an episode.
A bandleader of the 1940s and a radio, film, and tv actor who always seemed to imply allegiance to the former confederate states of. In the jungle book animals do speak and they look really convincing. The films plot saw mowgli miss his jungle friends, and head back in search of them, despite the danger hes in from shere khan. The jungle book was the last animated feature personally produced by walt disney. The jungle book 2016 in the 2016 disney liveaction film version of the jungle book, baloo is voiced by bill murray. Reading the jungle book is like listening to a familiar story recounted in an unfamiliar, but pleasing, accent. Most jungle book bigscreen adaptations have done very well at the box office the 1967 version, the last animated film walt disney personally supervised, was the. The jungle book 2 2003 saw the release of the jungle book 2, an animated theatrical sequel to the original movie. Disneys 20 stage adaptation of the jungle book, directed by mary zimmerman, features kevin carolan as baloo. Bill murray is providing baloos voice as the brown jungle bear who educates mowgli about the law of the jungle and the less. Irrfan khan on why the jungle book has resonated in.
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