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Loosely based on the Rudyard Kipling “Mowgli” stories, the 1942 JUNGLE BOOK offered war-weary audiences radiant Technicolor, define sets, numerous action sequences, exotic animals, lost care for, and a climatic firestorm–not to mention charismatic Indian-born star Sabu in a persistently and spirited half-naked position. It was easily one of the most well-liked films of the year, a two-hour respite from some of the darkest days of World War II, and its style was so admired it easily won two Academy Awards for best color cinematography and best art direction.
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Seen today, however, JUNGLE BOOK is considerably less engrossing. Grand of the film’s current appeal arose from audience interest in seeing “jungle beasts” in paunchy color–and while several of the animal sequences (particularly those relating to tiger Shere Khan) are classics of their kind, most fresh audiences have seen many such scenes in many later films. Further undercutting the animal-interest is the film’s exhaust of several animal “dummies” that seemed realistic in 1942 but which are now very determined in their artificiality.
What remains, however, are Sabu and the overall acquire of the film, both of which are quite mighty. Sabu (1924-1963) was an extremely unlikely star, plucked from complete obscurity in India by the Korda brothers to star in the 1937 ELEPHANT BOY. Fluent in English, unexpectedly charismatic, and with a shapely face and impressive body that the Kordas displayed to substantial enact, Sabu’s greatest success would advance with the 1940 Korda brothers’ production of THE THIEF OF BAGDAD, and he would remain a celebrated actor in exotic roles throughout World War II. Although not his best film, JUNGLE BOOK captures Sabu at the very height of his appeal–and that is saying a gargantuan deal indeed.
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The gain of the film is equally distinguished and provides a perfect backdrop to Sabu’s charms. Filmed largely on soundstages where producer Alexander Korda, director Zoltan Korda, and art director Vincent Korda could use absolute control over every aspect of the film, JUNGLE BOOK is a ogle in the art of the Technicolor process and easily ranks among the finest color films of that decade. The sets, particularly the complex jungle and “lost city” scenes, are both remarkably blooming and beautifully photographed, and the firestorm that climaxes the film retains mighty power.
Unfortunately, however, there doesn’t really seem a single DVD edition of the film that presents the film in its pudgy 1942 glory. JUNGLE BOOK is among a number of illustrious films that has fallen into public domain–and the result is a host of incredibly dire releases to the home market. I have seen, either in fat or in fraction, at least a half-dozen DVD releases of the film, and in each instance the colors are extremely muddy and the describe very fuzzy, often to a point at which the movie is virtually unwatchable. And sadly, given the obscurity of the film in the wake of the common Walt Disney consuming feature, we are very unlikely to survey anything better.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
I give this film five stars because it’s a gem. I do NOT give the DVD release any stars whatsoever. This is one of those dejected films that fell through the cracks into Public Domain (like FLYING DEUCES and ROYAL WEDDING) and has been languishing in shoddy releases ever since. The source print(s) for this DVD leave us with a muddy recount whose Technicolor splendor is reduced at times to sepia or even unlit and white and whose soundtrack is consistently noisy.
The movie is exquisite and in many ways honorable to the far more unique remake with Jason Scott Lee (who deserves another noble movie, but that’s another matter entirely) . Sabu, at 18 or so, was palatable and at his boyishly charming peak. So why can’t someone occupy the concern to locate a pristine print or negative (as they did with FLYING DEUCES) and digitally restore this classic to its unusual glory? Surely there are enough of us in the world to purchase it that the project would be worthwhile!
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