Wow...I can't believe it's now been half a century since that moment occurred! There's even a featurette in my digital copy of The Jungle Book in my Disney Movies app on my iPhone and iPad about that impact called, "The Making of the Jungle Book: Walt's Lasting Impression."
Alan Tudyk (voice of King Candy, Duke of Weselton, and Alistair Krei) will soon beat Phil Harris for most voices done in a row for Disney when he was cast for a role in Disney's upcoming Zootopia. Hell, if we're counting TV roles too he also voices Ludo in Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
The first time I remembered watching Robin Hood was when I was 3 years old, but back then, we we were watching a movie at night, I would eventually fall asleep. Then when I was 10 years old on my birthday, I got the Robin Hood movie on video cassette and by then I already started to pay attention to what I was watching on TV. I didn't ask for the movie, but I didn't reject it either and accepted the gift and watched the movie more than once.
Fun fact Eeyore is actually voiced by the same voice actor who does Optimus Prime from Transformers and yes that Optimus Prime. I was so shocked to find that out.
I know other facts on the films in case you're doing AL Disney+. 1. Aristocats character Thomas O'Malley's name was changed to Romeo in the Italian version. His birthplace was changed from Ireland to Italy. 2. Robin Hood had an alternative ending where Robin gets wounded from jumping off the castle's roof and is nursed back to health. King Richard returns from the crusade and saves Robin and Maid Marian's lives from Prince John.
I love Robin Hood and I'm glad you mention that it was a success in its day because it is probably one of the most underrated Disney films(along with the Great Mouse Detective). I remember it used to come on the Disney Channel ALOT in the 90s and I always watched it and even taped it from there at one point. :)
Walt Disney, may you rest in piece. You have been a wonderful film master and a great storyteller in your years until the day you died. You truly are the greatest thing to ever happen to the film industry with your first ever animated film, "Snow Whit and the Seven Dwarfs". If only you didn't die so soon, then you would be able to see your upcoming projects come to life and what the future has to hold for you as well as us fans. (:'(
I will always love Walt Disney hes always with us in spirit to keep our dreams high i think hes the man that made all of our wishes and hopes slowly come true with the power of imagination you are missed
3:29 Walt Disney World in Florida opened just before Roy O. Disney's death in 1971, as I recall from watching a PBS-American Experience documentary about Walt. 4:34 Thurl Ravenscroft was a key singer & voice actor in various Disney projects. He sang "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch" & was the narrator on that Haunted Mansion record I listened to as a kid. And in the song "Cruella de Vil" he sang the line "But after time has worn away the shock."
R.I.P Walt Disney, may your influence still continue to charm children and adults everywhere. Also I found it very fitting when you used music from kingdom hearts II in the segment about Walt's death.
And did you know that there was a deleted song in the Aristocats called 'She Never Felt Alone'? It first was a song that Madame recorded and it was called 'Pourquoi?' about how much she loved her cats, and then Duchess sung a reprise of the song and made it about how they're important to Madame. (I'm sorry for all these facts. I'm a Animated Disney film nut (my favorite is Aladdin). I can play Scene It! Disney on a 10-second timer and answer the question when the timer hasn't passed one second!)
You forgot to say that originally Louis Armstrong was going to play King Louie but they gave the part to Louie Prima instead to avoid the controversy of a black man playing an ape.
R.I.P. Walt Disney. Your cartoons, films, theme parks, etc. have all generated my childhood. Even the films you have influenced like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, etc. Have fun in Heaven. ps I love Winnie the Pooh! :)
Walt dying from Smoking is now my proudest reason for never getting addicted to smoking. God bless that man, 65 years of him is better than none at all.
The Jungle Book. I think it would have been cool to have a Beatles like song. Poor Walt, sometimes I wonder what it would be like if he was still alive today. The Aristocats. It always the butler isn't it? Robin Hood. Now that's my older brothers all time favorite Disney movie. Winnie The Pooh. I remember that I had the vhs tapes of them when I was little.
@ChronoKnuckles I hear that mate. I'm definitely going to cover it in my own ongoing documentary of Disney once i reach Robin Hood. Believe me, all that recycled animation can't go unnoticed.
You forgot to mention that Bill Peet argued with Walt during the Jungle Book. Bill and Walt were pals and Bill was the top story man since Pinocchio, so during the Jungle Book, Bill was in charge of the story at first, he making the dark version of the Jungle Book and Walt didn't like it. They fought and Peet left the studio and never return. The saddest thing to me is they never reconciled before Walt's death. But Bill did write wonderful and kind things about Walt in his autobiography.
bill thompson actually played more consecutive supporting roles than phil harris. although he played balu, thomas o'malley and little john, thompson played the white rabbit, mr smee, jacque, and king hubert from sleeping beauty. bam!
Of course the jungle book would be a success! My dad saw it six times with his brother they were kids. He ended up taking a nap 5 out of the 6 times he saw it!
@ChronoKnuckles Exactly- because people enjoyed it because the story didn't matter seeing as it was only made in the end to keep the animation studio alive, we got most of dreamworks dross. People complain about that but they paid for it all the way from 1973 :V
In the Aristocats in the scene when the old lady was discussing her will with Gorges some of the cats just have black dots instead of their eyes... When I found that out I can't look at anything else...
2 things I hate. robin hood 1973 has a 52% on rotten tomatoes . and that the robin hood movie men in tights has a 48%. WHY WHY WHY IT'S GOOD OLD AND IT'S MEL BROOKS.
It's true that Disney changed the original stories from the books (I remember a rant from one of my litterature teachers about this). He adapted the books the way he wanted. I can understand why one would want a faithful adaptation of his/her favorite or very own (I sure would want to be involved if my work was adapted on the screen for example) book... but if the adaptation is good in itself, I think I can accept changes. And I'm okay with Disney's movies in general.
They thought The Jungle Book was going to be Disney's last movie, but when it was released, became a blockbuster, so they continued to make more animated movies, even though they weren't as wonderful as The Jungle Book.
I am a huge Beatlemaniac and I never knew this fact at all until I saw this! I looked at the vultures to see which vulture is the right Beatle. Here is what I got so far: George Harrison is suppose to be the skinny vulture with the mop-top covering his face, and John Lennon would be the vulture that mentions "going to the east side of the jungle." (said so in script of film) If I figure out the other vultures' I will let you know Animatt! PS do an animation lookback for Pixar!
If i do remember correctly, after Walt's death, many thought that the jungle book was gonna be the end of Disney studios I may not be correct; trying to remember the making of the movie and did a biography project of him in the fourth grade.(that was forever ago for me) Also, Walt never did see the end of the jungle book and hear "My Own Home"(Again may be wrong)
You should probably go back and update this entire series with new information that has come to light about many of these films since 2009 (maybe just do some edits to the actual videos and re-upload them instead of redoing the whole project). Or you could do a full review that also discusses project development and legacies of each film, though to do all of the films justice, each one would be a 30+ minute video. And as of August of 2018, there’s currently 56 Walt Disney Animated (theatrical) films released, not including Pixar Animation or Walt Disney Animation’s upcoming “Wreck it Ralph 2: Ralph Breaks the Internet”. But an update to the series would be welcome since much information regarding many films has come to light since this series concluded.
well u forgot that he made Marry poppins before he did the jungel book and according to all his closest friends and the shermans brother that he visited the studio all the time, he also asked them to play his favorit song "Feed the birds" offen. they even played it at his memory time. but according to many the movie he was most engaged with was Marry poppins. Walt disney asked P.L Travers the writer of Marry Poppins 1938 but she didnt believe a film wood do justice of her book. but she aproved
Hey dude you're complaining about one person voicing a bunch of supporting characters in different films? . You do realize that Cinderella's Godmother, one of the Aurora's "aunts"/faires and the Female elephant in The Jungle Book who is suppose to be the male's elephant's wife (and another female elephant in Dumbo) were all VOICED by the same person
Ringo Starr as we all know is from the Beatles, as he was brought on board as the narrator of the first two seasons of Thomas & Friends in both the UK and the US (When it was on Shining Time Station). Speaking of Thomas & Friends, I left you a comment about Alec Baldwin in part 1. He was indeed the US narrator of Thomas & Friends only in seasons 5 and 6. But I'm going off topic here.
I like his version of The Jungle Book because it was funny and had a lot of heart. But I also like Chuck Jones version in the 1970's because he stayed original to the book.
What I don't understand is why did they keep animating their films backwards? What I mean by that is why back in the 1930s they used updated animation and then in the future they used hand sketched picture animation? Instead of making the films hand sketched in the begining and then later on in the future use updated animation? By the way Gary Gilkison was a baby!
I read a review of The Little Mermaid a while back and someone had legitemately said "Disney films are all terrible after The Jungle Book for some reason!" (or words to that effect) Yeah, well...you see, Walt kinda died, nothing major -_-
Am I the only one who wants to cry, trhinking of when they were small and had tapes of these, and now you can't play them, because they don't make players for them anymore? I mean, they last ALOT longer than DVDS
