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FilmMovie ReviewsThe Jungle Book — 2016

The Jungle Book

2016

1h 46m

Adventure/Drama/Family

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Cast

Neel Sethi (Mowgli)Bill Murray (Baloo)Ben Kingsley (Bagheera)Idris Elba (Shere Khan)Lupita Nyong'o (Raksha)Scarlett Johansson (Kaa)Giancarlo Esposito (Akela)Christopher Walken (King Louie)Garry Shandling (Ikki)Brighton Rose Favreau (Gray)Emjay Anthony (Young Wolf)Max Favreau (Young Wolf)Chloe Hechter (Young Wolf)Asher Blinkoff (Young Wolf)Knox Gagnon (Young Wolf)Sasha Schreiber (Young Wolf)Kai Schreiber (Young Wolf)Jon Favreau (Pygmy Hog)

Director

Jon Favreau

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Synopsis

After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan forces him to flee the jungle, a man-cub named Mowgli embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of panther Bagheera and free-spirited bear Baloo.

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