The Jungle Book Script 35114s

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The Jungle Book Bagheera: Many strange legends are told of these jungles of India. But none so strange as the story of a small boy named Mowgli. It all began when the silence of the jungle was broken by an unfamiliar sound. [Bagheera hears baby crying, stops and turns to look] It was a sound like one never heard before in this part of the jungle. [Bagheera looks into the basket with baby Mowgli] It was a man-cub. Intro {Mowgli riding on Bagheera's back in the night} Mowgli: Bagheera, I'm getting a little sleepy. Shouldn't we start back home? Bagheera: Mowgli, this time we're not going back. I'm taking you to a man-village. Mowgli: But why? Bagheera: Because Shere Khan has returned to this part of the jungle and he has sworn to kill you. Mowgli: Kill me? But why would he wanna do that? Bagheera: He hates men. And Shere Khan is not going to allow you to grow up to become a man - just another hunter with a gun. Mowgli: Uhh, we'll just explain him that I'd never do a thing like that. Bagheera: Nonsense! No one explains anything to Shere Khan! Mowgli: Well, maybe so. But I'm not afraid. And besides I-Bagheera: Now that's enough. We'll spend a night here. Things will look better in the morning. Man-cub? Man-cub! Mowgli: Uh, I don't want to go back to the man-village. Bagheera: Now, get some sleep. We've got a long journey ahead of us tomorrow. Mowgli: Uh, I wanna stay in the jungle. Bagheera chuckles: Huh? heh, you wouldn't last one day. [he yawns and lies down to sleep] Mowgli: I am not afraid. I can look after myself. Bagheera: So you can look out for yourself, can you? So you want to stay in the jungle, do you? Mowgli: Yes, I want to stay in the jungle. Bagheera: D'oh! Now for the last time, go to sleep! Man-cub, huh.. man-cub, ahh.. [finally they both sleep] {Fade to morning} [They run through the forest] Mowgli: Bagheera, where are we going? Bagheera: You're going back to the man-village right now. Mowgli: I am not going. Bagheera: Oh, yes you are. Mowgli: I am staying right here. Bagheera: You're going if I have to drag you every step away

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[Mowgli holds at a small tree while Bagheera tries to get him off it and drag away] Bagheera (muffled): Let go, you-Mowgli: You, let go of me! [Bagheera lets go, falls into water and while getting up, hits his head against a log] Bagheera: Oh, that does it! I've had it, man-cub. From now on, you're on your own. Alone! Mowgli: Don't worry about me. [Bagheera leaves and Mowgli walks aimlessly for a while] Bagheera (still walking away): Ah. Foolish man-cub. [Mowgli sits down near some rock with his head low untill he hears sounds from nearby bushes. Baloo comes in] Baloo (singing): Doo-bee doo-bee doo-bee dee-doo Well, it's a doo-bah-dee-do Yes, it's a doo-bah-dee-do I mean a doo-be doo-bee doo-be Doo-be doo-bee doo And with-[he sees Mowgli] Well now, ha-ha! What have we here? [he sniffs Mowgli] Hmm.. Hey, what a funny little bit of a-[Mowgli slaps him] Ow! Mowgli: Go away! Baloo: Oh boy, I've seen everything in these woods, what have I run on? What a pretty thing this is! Mowgli: Leave me alone. Baloo: Well now, that's pretty big talk, little britches Mowgli: I'm big enough [He starts hitting Baloo in the tummy repeatedly but Baloo doesn't almost notice that] Baloo: Ha-ha.. tsk-tsk-tsk. Pitiful. Hey, kid, you need help. And old Baloo is gonna learn you to fight like a bear. Now come on, I'm gonna show you. Grrr. [He starts to dance around and Mowgli too, mimicking Baloo's moves] Ha-ha. Yeah! All right now kid, loosen up, get real loosen, then start to weave, weave a little, now move, that's it. Now give me a big bear growl, scare me! [Mowgli makes a barely audible growl] Baloo: Tsk-tsk-tsk. Oh boy. I'm talking about like a big bear! [Baloo makes a growl which rocks the jungle to the bottom and even Bagheera who was walking away all this time hears it.] Bagheera: He's in trouble. I shouldn't have left him alone! [Bagheera runs back to Mowgli]

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Mowgli: Grrr. Baloo: GRRR! Mowgli: Grrr. Baloo: A big one, right from your toes. Mowgli: How's that? [Bagheera arrives] Mowgli: Grrr. Baloo: Ha-ha-ha, ya, you're getting it, kid. Bagheera: Oh no! It's Baloo! That shiftless stupid jungle bum. [Baloo and Mowgli dance around again] Baloo: Weave about, now look for an opening. Keep movin', keep [Mowgli takes some swings at Baloo's nose but misses] Ha-ha! Ya, you're getting it kid, ha-ha. Come on, that's it. Ha-ha-ha! He's a dandy! [Baloo playfully slaps Mowgli which sends him rolling around and leaves knocked out on the ground] Bagheera: Heh-heh. Fine teacher you are, old Iron Paws. Baloo: Oh thanks, Bagheera. Bagheera: Yeah, tell me, tell me after you know your pupil senseless, how do you expect him to the lesson? [Mowgli at this time already came to and sits on the ground, shaking head] Baloo: Well, I, I didn't mean to lay it on him so hard. [Mowgli walks to Baloo, though kinda unsteadily] Mowgli: I'm not hurt. I'm all right. I'm a lot tougher than some people think. Baloo: You better believe it! Now let's go once more. Now you keep ciclin' or I'm gonna knock your roof in again, you better keep movin' -[Mowgli hits Baloo into lower jaw] Ooph! [Baloo playfully falls down] Hey! Right on the button! [Mowgli climbs on him, occasionally tickling him with his feet] Ah, ha-ha, no, no-no, now you're tickling. ha-ha-ha [Mowgli starts tickling him deliberately] No, no, we don't do that here, no cheating, no, you're tickling, I can't stand tickling, heh-heh-heh. Help, Bagheera! Bagheera: Now that's all he needs. More confidence. Mowgli: Give up, Baloo? Baloo: I give up, I told ya. Oh, I give-[Mowgli stops] Hey, ha-ha. You know something? You're all right, kid. What do they call you? Bagheera: Mowgli. And he's going back to the man-village right now. Baloo: Man-village? They'll ruin 'im! They'll make a man out of 'im. Mowgli: Oh, Baloo, I want to stay here with you! Baloo: Certainly you do. Bagheera: Oh? And just how do you think you will survive?

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"How do you think you will" - What do you mean "How do you think you will"? He's with me, any, And I'll learn him all I know Bagheera: Well, heh, that shouldn't take too long. [Baloo glares at Bagheera and then turns to Mowgli] Baloo: Look, now it's like this, little britches. All you've got to do is... (singing): Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare nevessities, Are Mother Nature's recipies That bring the bare necessities of life Wherever I wander Wherever I roam I couldn't be fonder Of my big home The bees are buzzing in the tree To make some honey just for me When you look under the rocks and plants And take a glance at the fancy ants Then maybe try a few... Mowgli: You eat ants? Baloo: Ha-ha, you better believe it! And you're gonna love the way they tickle. [Rock almost falls on Mowgli] Bagheera: Mowgli, look out! Baloo: The bare necessities of life will come to you Mowgli (trying to catch an ant): When? Baloo: They'll come to you Look for the bare necessities The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife I mean the bare necessities That's why a bear can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life Now when you pick a paw-paw Or a prickly pear Mowgli (pricking finger): Ow! Baloo: And you prick a raw paw Well, next time beware Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw When you pick a pear try to use the claw But you don't need to use the claw When you pick a pair of the big paw-paw Have I given you a clue? Mowgli: Golly, thanks, Baloo! Bagheera: Paw-paw, ha! Of all the silly gibberish Baloo (pulling Bagheera by the tail): Come on, Baggy, get with the beat!

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The bare necessities of life will come to you They'll come to me! They'll come to you

Mowgli: Baloo: Mowgli: You're lots of fun, Baloo! Baloo: Mowgli, how 'bout you singing? Baloo and Mowgli: Look for the bare necessities, The simple bare necessities Forget about your worries and your strife Mowgli: Yeah, man! Baloo and Mowgli: I mean the bare necessities, That's why a bear can rest at ease With just the bare necessities of life Baloo: Yeah! Baloo and Mowgli: With just the bare necessities of life Mowgli: Yeah, man! Baloo: Ha-ha-ha. Beautiful. That's real jungle harmony. Mowgli: I like being a bear. Baloo: That's my boy. You're gonna make one swell bear. Why, you even sing like one. {Fade out, change of sides on the disk, fade into night, Mowgli asleep, Baloo and Bagheera talking} Bagheera: ...and furthermore, Mowgli seems to have man's ability to get into trouble, and your influence hasn't been exactly-Baloo: Shhh! Keep it down, you're gonna wake little buddy. Yeah. He's had a big day, it was a real sockaroo. You know it ain't easy learning to be like me. Bagheera (walking to water): Oh, nonsense. Baloo, come over here. I'd like to have a word with you. Baloo comes over: A word? You gonna talk some more? (he yawns) All right, what's up Bagheera? Bagheera: Baloo, a man-cub must go back to the man-village. The jungle is not the place for him. Baloo: I grew up in the jungle. Take a look at me. Bagheera: D'oh! Baloo, you can't adopt Mowgli as your son. Baloo: Why not? Bagheera: How can I put it? Baloo, birds of a feather should flock together. Baloo: Oh, stop worrying, Baggy, stop worrying, I'll take care of him Bagheera: Not in the jungle. And another thing, sooner or later, Mowgli will meet Shere Khan. Baloo: The tiger? What's he got against the kid? Bagheera: He hates man with a vengeance, you know that. Because he fears man's gun and man's fire. Baloo: But little Mowgli don't have those things. Bagheera: Shere Khan won't wait until he does. He'll get Mowgli while he's young and helpless. Just one swipe-Baloo: No. Well, what are we gonna do?

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Bagheera: We'll do what's best for him. Baloo: You better believe it, you name it now I'll do it. Bagheera: Good. Then make Mowgli go to the man-village. Baloo: Are you out of your mind? I promised him he could stay here in the jungle with me! Bagheera: That's just the point. As long as he remains with you, he's in danger. So it's up to you. Baloo: Why me? Bagheera: Be-because he won't listen to me. Baloo: I love that kid. I love him like he was my own cub. Bagheera: Then think of what's best for Mowgli and not yourself. Baloo: Well, can't I.. Well can I wait until morning? Bagheera: It's morning now. Go on, Baloo. Baloo walks to Mowgli: Uh.. Mowgli in sleep: Ummmm... Baloo gulps: Oh boy. Mowgli? Mowgli? Uh, it's time to get up. Mowgli wakes up and stretches: Oh. Hi Baloo Baloo: Hi. Hey, rub that sleep out of your eyes. You and me, eh, we've got a long walk ahead of us. Mowgli: Swell! We'll have lots of fun together. Baloo: Sure. yeah. Yeah, uh.. let's hit the trail, kid. See you around, eh, Bagheera. Mowgli: Well, good-bye Bagheera. Me and Baloo, we've got things to do. Bagheera: Good-bye man-cub. And good luck. Mowgli: Yeah, man! I like being a bear. Where are we going, Baloo? Baloo: Well, ah.. it's a.. um, well it's sort of new and-Mowgli: Oh, I don't care, as long as I'm with you. Baloo: Mowgli, look buddy, there's something I've got to tell you. Mowgli: Tell me what, Baloo? Baloo: Gee whiz. How did old Baggy put it? Ah, Mowgli? Mowgli, don't you realize that you're a human? Mowgli: I'm not anymore, Baloo. I'm a bear like you. Baloo: Little buddy, look, listen to me. Mowgli: Come on, come on, Baloo. Baloo: Now Mowgli, stop it now, now hold still. I wanna tell you something, now listen to me. Mowgli: What's the matter, old papa bear? Baloo: Look Mowgli, I've been trying to tell you, I've been trying all morning to tell you, I've got to take you back to the man-village! Mowgli: The man-village?? Baloo: Now look, kid, I can explain. Mowgli: But you said we were partners Baloo: Now believe me, kid, I, I-Mowgli: You're just like old Bagheera Baloo: Now just a minute, that's going too far [Mowgli runs away] Hey, Mowgli, where are you going? Wait a minute! Stop! Wait! Wait!

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Listen to ol' Baloo. Mowgli? Mowgli? Mowgli! Mowgli? Mowgli? [Bagheera who must have heard Baloo calling Mowgli, arrives] Bagheera: Now what's happened? Baloo: You're not going to believe me, Bagheera, but look, now I used the same words you did, and he ran out on me. Bagheera: Why, don't just stand there. Let's separate. We've got to find him [Bagheera runs away] Baloo: Oh, if anything happens to that little guy, I'll never forgive myself. I've got to find him. Mowgli? Mowgli? {fade to the vultures sitting on a dead tree} Dizzy: Hold it lads. Look, look what's coming our way. Flaps: Hey, what in the world is that? Dizzy: What a crazy looking bunch of bones. Flaps: Yeah, and the're all walking about by themselves [They look at Mowgli who sits down on a stone] Dizzy: Hey, new kid, wait a minute, hey! Mowgli: Just leave me alone. Flaps: Oh, come on, come on, what's wrong? You know, you look like you haven't got a friend in the world. Mowgli: I haven't. Dizzy: Haven't you got a mother or a father? Mowgli: No. Nobody wants me around. Flaps: Yeah, we know how you feel. Dizzy: Nobody wants us around, either. Flaps: We may look a bit shabby, but we've got hearts. Dizzy: And feelings, too. Flaps: And just to prove it to you, we're gonna let you our little group. Dizzy: Kid, we'd like to make you an honorary vulture. Mowgli: Thanks, but I'd rather be on my own alone. [Shere Khan hears them] Shere Khan: Boo. [Vultures run and fly back to their tree] Dizzy: Let's get out of here Flaps: Give me room! Run friend! Run! Mowgli: Run? Why should I run? Shere Khan: Why should you run? Could it be possible that you don't know who I am? Mowgli: I know you all right. You're Shere Khan. Shere Khan: Precisely. Then you should also know that everyone runs from Shere Khan. Mowgli: You don't scare me. I won't run from anyone. Shere Khan: Ah, you have spirit for one so small. And such spirit is deserving of a sporting chance. Now, I am going to close my eyes and

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count to ten. It makes the chase more interesting. For me. One. Two. Three. [Mowgli walks] Four.. [Shere Khan turns and looks] [Mowgli picks up a branch] You're trying my patience. [Baloo appears] 5-6-7-8-9-10! [Shere Khan pounces at Mowgli (who drops his branch), but Baloo holds him by the tail] Baloo: Run, Mowgli, run! Shere Khan: Let go, you big oaf! Baloo: Take it easy, hold it, hold it. Whoa, easy, easy. [Shere Khan bites Baloo] Baloo: Yeow! Mowgli hits Shere Khan with the branch: Take that, you big bully! Mowgli: Baloo, help me! Baloo: Somebody do something with that kid Baloo: Are you kiddin'? There's teeth on the other end! [Shere Khan gets Baloo on the ground before him] Shere Khan: I'll kill you for this! Mowgli: Baloo needs help! [Lightning breaks a tree and ignites it] [Shere Khan knocks Baloo out] [Mowgli ties a blazing branch to Shere Khan's tail] [Shere Khan runs away, getting burnt by the fire on every step] [Mowgli comes to Baloo, who is lying without signs of life] Mowgli: Baloo? Baloo, get up. Oh please, get up. Oh. [Bagheera arrives] Bagheera: Mowgli, try to understand. Mowgli: Bagheera, what's the matter with him? Bagheera: You've got to be brave, like Baloo was. Mowgli: You don't mean -- oh, no, Baloo. Bagheera: Now, now. I know how you feel. But you must , Mowgli, Greater love hath no one than he who lays down his life for his friend. [Baloo opens his eyes] When great deeds are ed in this jungle one name will stand above all others. Our friend, Baloo the bear. Baloo: He's cracking me up... Bagheera: The memory of Baloo's sacrifice and bravery will forever be engraved on our saddened hearts. Baloo: Beautiful. [meanwhile, rain stopped and sun begins to shine through again] Bagheera: This spot where Baloo fell will always be a hallowed place in

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the jungle, for there lies one of nature's noblest creatures. Baloo: I wish my mother could've heard this. Bagheera: It's best we leave now. Come along, man-cub. Baloo raises and speaks loud: Don't stop now, Baggy, you're doing great! There's more, lots more! Bagheera: Why you, big fraud! You, you four-flusher! I-I'm fed up! Mowgli: Baloo, you're all right! Baloo: Ha-ha. Who me? Sure I am. Never felt... better. Mowgli: You sure had us worried Baloo: Ahh, I was just takin' five. You know, playing it cool. he-ha, but he was too easy. Mowgli: Good old papa bear. Dizzy: It's going to be a bit dull without the little bloke, isn't it? Buzzy: Yeah, so what we gonna do? Flaps: I don't know -- and now don't start that again! Baloo: Hey Baggy, too bad you missed the action. You should have seen how I made a sucker out of stripes with that left in his face. Boom, boom, I was giving him wham! You know, we're some good sparring partners. Mowgli: You better believe it! Baloo: Yes, sir! Nothing or nobody is ever gonna come between us again.

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