8.2 /10 1 Votes
86% Rotten Tomatoes Directors Chuck Jones, Hal Ambro Story by Rudyard Kipling Cast June Foray | 7.7/10 IMDb Initial release 11 February 1976 Network CBS Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mowgli's Brothers is a 1976 television animated special directed by legendary animator Chuck Jones. It is based on the first chapter of Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. The special was narrated by Roddy McDowall, who also performs the voices of all the male characters in the film. June Foray was the voice of Raksha, the Mother Wolf. It originally aired on CBS on February 11, 1976. The special was released on VHS by Family Home Entertainment in 1985, and it was released on VHS again in 1999 and on DVD in 2002 by Lionsgate. Jones also directed adaptations of two other The Jungle Book stories, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "The White Seal", in 1975.
Plot
Though largely a faithful adaptation of the story, there are some notable changes in Jones's version. Differences include expanded roles for Baloo and Tabaqui, and that Shere Khan is a white tiger without a lame leg. The characters that don't appear in this adaptation are Kaa, Hathi, The Bander-log and Chil.