Jungle Book Platinum Edition
Disney 2-DVD set comes out October 2nd
It's the bare necessities, Mother Nature's recipes as The Jungle Book gets the Platinum Edition treatment October 2nd. And check out the "tentative" cover art.
(Source: www.ultimatedisney.com)
Yep, following on the heels of the controversial Peter Pan Platinum Edition, the Walt Disney Company is now giving 1967's The Jungle Book the Platinum treatment as well. The MSRP will be $29.98. This is the sixth time The Jungle Book has come to home video.
According to Ultimate Disney.com, the DVD set will get "an all-new digital restoration, presented in the 1.75:1 widescreen aspect ratio and a 5.1 Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix.
"Bonus features will include deleted songs (including a never-before-heard rendition of "I Wan'na Be Like You"), the animal featurette "DisneyPedia: Junglemania 'Ed'venture", "Baloo's Virtual Swingin' Jungle Cruise" (a group of 4 set-top games), an all-new music video, and more to be announced. The FastPlay-equipped set will also serve up a restored original theatrical soundtrack and French and Spanish language tracks."
The Jungle Book was the last animated feature to be produced by Walt himself (he died mid-way through production). Although it took massive liberties with Rudyard Kipling's original book, it proved to be one of the company's more popular properties.
Several songs from the movie, including "Bare Necessities" (written by Terry Gilkyson) and "I Wanna Be Like You" (written by Robert and Richard Sherman) have become some of the more memorable tunes ever placed in Disney movies.
The Jungle Book Platinum Edition hits stores on October 2nd.
Fun Fact: The design of the four vultures (Buzzie, Ziggy, Dizzy and Flaps) were heavily based on The Beatles.
