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The Jungle Book - Il libro della giungla [DVD9 - Ac3 Ita Eng - Sub Ita Eng Hr Slo] [Nautilus-Bt]
Year/Anno: 1967
Directed by/Regista: Wolfgang Reitherman
Runtime/Durata: 75 minuti
Language/Lingue: Italiano, English
Subtitles/Sottotitoli: Italiano, English, Hrvatski, Slovenski
Plot
Mowgli, a young orphan boy, is found in a basket in the deep jungles of Madhya Pradesh, India. Bagheera, a black panther who discovers the baby, promptly takes him to a mother Indian Wolf who has just had cubs. She raises him along with her own cubs and Mowgli soon becomes well acquainted with jungle life. Mowgli is shown ten years later, playing with his wolf siblings.
One night, when the wolf tribe learns that Shere Khan, a man-eating Bengal tiger, has returned to the jungle, they realize that Mowgli must be taken to the "man village" for his own safety. Bagheera volunteers to escort him back.
They leave that very night, but Mowgli is determined to stay in the jungle. He and Bagheera rest in a tree for the night, when Kaa, a hungry Indian Python, appears and hypnotizes Mowgli into a deep and peaceful sleep, traps him tightly in his coils and tries to devour him, but fails when Bagheera intervenes. The next morning, Mowgli tries to join the elephant patrol led by Colonel Hathi and his wife Winifred. Bagheera finds Mowgli and they argue which results in Bagheera leaving Mowgli on his own. Mowgli soon meets up with the laid-back, fun-loving sloth bear Baloo, who shows Mowgli the fun of having a care-free life and promises to raise Mowgli himself and never take him back to the Man-Village.
Mowgli now wants to stay in the jungle more than ever. Shortly afterwards, Baloo is tricked and outsmarted by a gang of monkeys who kidnap Mowgli and take him to their leader, King Louie the orangutan, who makes a deal with Mowgli that if he tells him the secret of making fire like a human, then he will make it so he can stay in the jungle. However, since he was not raised by humans, Mowgli does not know how to make fire. Bagheera and Baloo arrive to rescue Mowgli and in the ensuing chaos, King Louie's palace is demolished to rubble. Bagheera speaks to Baloo that night and convinces him that the jungle will never be safe for Mowgli so long as Shere Khan is there. In the morning, Baloo reluctantly explains to Mowgli that the man village is best for the boy, but Mowgli accuses him of breaking his promise and runs away. As Baloo sets off on foot in search of Mowgli, Bagheera rallies the help of Hathi and his patrol to make a search party. However, Shere Khan himself, who was eavesdropping on Bagheera and Hathi's conversation, is now determined to hunt and kill Mowgli himself. Meanwhile, Mowgli has encountered Kaa once again in a different tree and the hungry python exacts his revenge by hypnotizing Mowgli again, and tries to eat him, but thanks to the unwitting intervention of the suspicious Shere Khan, Mowgli awakens again, tricks the snake again, and escapes.
As a storm gathers, a depressed Mowgli encounters a group of puckish but friendly vultures who closely resemble The Beatles, and they agree to be his friends as they too are outcasts, and feel that everyone has to have friends. Shere Khan appears shortly after, scaring off the Vultures and confronting Mowgli. Baloo rushes to the rescue and tries to keep Shere Khan away from Mowgli, but is injured. When lightning strikes a nearby tree and sets it ablaze, the vultures swoop in to distract Shere Khan while Mowgli gathers flaming branches and ties them to Shere Khan's tail. As fire is his only fear, the tiger panics and runs off.
Bagheera and Baloo take Mowgli to the edge of the Man-Village, but Mowgli is still hesitant to go there. His mind soon changes when he is smitten by a beautiful young girl from the village who is coming down by the riverside to fetch water. After noticing Mowgli, she "accidentally" drops her water pot, and Mowgli retrieves it for her and follows her into the man village. After Mowgli chooses to stay in the man village, Baloo and Bagheera decide to head home, content that Mowgli is safe and happy with his own kind
Trama
Un neonato è stato abbandonato su un fiume. A trovarlo è la pantera Bagheera che decide di portare il piccolo cucciolo d'uomo alla tana di mamma lupa, dove viene allevato insieme a tutti gli altri cuccioli.
Dopo qualche anno, Mowgli è ormai un bambino che vive nella giungla felice e spensierato, ma i lupi del branco vengono a sapere che la malvagia tigre Shere Khan è tornata e che dopo aver scoperto l'esistenza di Mowgli, presto lo ucciderà. Quindi tutto il branco si raduna e con il consenso di Akela, il capobranco, Bagheera propone di accompagnare il cucciolo d'uomo al villaggio degli uomini, dove è il suo posto.
Il viaggio però è lungo e pieno di insidie, infatti, durante il cammino Mowgli si imbatte in Kaa, un pitone lungo più di 2 metri, ma riesce a scamparla con l'aiuto di Bagheera. Il mattino successivo, invece, si unisce ad un addestramento di elefanti, ma ormai è ora di continuare il viaggio. Mowgli però non vuole andare in mezzo agli uomini e così si divide da Bagheera e incontra l'orso Baloo, con cui si diverte, giocando e cantando insieme a lui. Dopo un po di svago però, Mowgli viene rapito dalle scimmie e portato in un tempio dove incontra il re Luigi, ma Bagheera e Baloo hanno la meglio e riescono a liberare il cucciolo d'uomo.
Baloo, anche grazie a Bagheera, capisce che per Mowgli è molto pericoloso restare nella giungla e decide di portarlo al villaggio, ma Mowgli si rifiuta ancora una volta di andare in mezzo agli uomini e scappa via. Baloo e Bagheera lo cercano disperatamente e così la pantera chiede aiuto agli elefanti. Ma Sher Khan, sempre pronto ad origliare, scopre la verità sul cucciolo d'uomo ed è pronto a scovarlo.
Mowgli incontra nuovamente il serpente Kaa, che con i suoi occhi ipnotizzanti riesce a farlo addormentare. A quel punto arriva Shere Khan che chiede di un cucciolo d'uomo, ma Kaa tenta di dissuaderlo e alla fine riesce a mandarlo via. Mowgli continua la sua 'scampagnata' in giro per la giungla, ma stavolta non dura molto, infatti, durante la camminata incontra Shere Khan. Lui però non ha paura e prova a colpirlo con un bastone. A quel punto la famelica tigre gli salta sopra, ma puntualmente arriva Baloo e riesce a fermarlo. Alla fine Mowgli, grazie all'aiuto del suo papà orso e degli amici avvoltoi, riesce a far scappare Shere Khan attaccandole alla coda un ramo che stava andando a fuoco.
Dopodiché Mowgli, insieme ai suoi amici Bagheera e Baloo, va al villaggio degli uomini e rimane incantato da una bambina che stava prendendo dell'acqua sulla riva del fiume. Così, mentre la bambina decide di accogliere Mowgli con se nel villaggio, Baloo e Bagheera tornano nella giungla. |
