Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
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Release DateFebruary 11, 1976
StatusReleased
Running Time25m
Content RatingNR
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Furniss, Michael (2005). Chuck Jones Conversations. Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America: University Press of Mississippi. p. 213. ISBN ISBN 1-57806-728-6 ISBN 1-57806-729-4. {{cite book}}: Check |isbn= value: invalid character (help)
Mowgli's Brothers is a 1976 television animated special directed by American 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, Betamax, and Laserdisc by Family Home Entertainment in 1985, and was released on VHS again in 1999 and on DVD in 2002 and 2007 by Lionsgate. Jones also directed adaptations of two other The Jungle Book stories, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi" and "The White Seal", in 1975.