On one of his tours, he leads Colonel Geoffrey Brydon and his men, as well as Brydon's 5-year-old daughter Katherine nicknamed Kitty. In 1887, during the British Raj in India, Mowgli is the 5-year-old son of the widowed Nathoo, whose wife died in childbirth. In 2016, Disney released another live-action adaptation, The Jungle Book, which was more similar and faithful to both the 1967 animated film and Kipling's book. Released on December 25, 1994, by Walt Disney Pictures, the film received generally positive reviews and grossed $70.7 million in theaters against a $30 million budget. Unlike most adaptations of Kipling's stories, the animal characters in this film do not speak. The film stars Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese, and Jason Flemyng in his first theatrical film role.
It is the second film adaptation by The Walt Disney Company of the Mowgli stories from The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895) by Rudyard Kipling, and the first live-action adaptation of Walt Disney's animated film of the same name from 1967. Feldman and Raju Patel, from a story by Ronald Yanover and Mark Geldman. Jadis' Secret Police ( Maugrim & Vardan) |Ĭrew of the Flying Dutchman ( Davy Jones, Maccus & Kraken) |Įast India Trading Company ( Mr.Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, simply known as The Jungle Book, is a 1994 American adventure film co-written and directed by Stephen Sommers, produced by Edward S. Toon Patrol ( Smartass, Greasy, Psycho, Wheezy & Stupid) |īandar Log (1994) ( King Louie (1994) & Kaa (1994)) |Ĭrew of the Black Pearl ( Bo'sun, Scratch, Pintel & Ragetti) | Polar Bear Thugs ( Koslov, Raymond & Kevin) | Pirates ( Scroop, Onus, Hands, Turnbuckle, Blinko, Longbourne, Fayvoon, Grewnge, Krailoni, Hedley, Torrance, Mertock, Verne, Crex & Zoff) | Hun Army ( Hayabusa & Elite Hun Soldiers) | Titans ( Lythos, Hydros, Pyros, Stratos & Cyclops) | Horned King's Army ( Creeper & Gwythaints) |įrollo's Soldiers ( Captain Phoebus, Brutish Captain, Oafish Guard, Pierrat Torturue & Henriet Cousin) | Wilkins tries to run away, but Shere Khan catches Wilkins and mauls him to his death, and his dying screams are heard by Boone, who calls to him, but no answer. Upset by this, Wilkins turns around, only to discover the tiger Shere Khan, who is furious at him for shooting down Baloo for fun. Despite his attempts to kill Mowgli, Wilkins ends up accidentally shooting Buldeo in the leg, and Buldeo angrily swears to kill him for that before leaving. Harley ended up being sucked into quicksand (despite Wilkins' attempt to save him), and Tabaqui ends up falling to his death on a cliff after a fight with Mowgli. However, the jungle was too dangerous for the men to pass through. Boone then has Buldeo and Tabaqui to kidnap Kitty and her father Colonel Brydon to coerce Mowgli into leading them into the city, despite Wilkins expressing his remorse to Brydon over his treason. To that end, they tried to capture Mowgli, but that failed thanks to Baloo, who ends up being shot by Boone and Wilkins. Upon looking at the dagger that Mowgli has got, Boone, Wilkins, Harley, Buldeo, and Tabaqui conspire to have Mowgli lead them into the lost city of the jungle (ruled by King Louie, Kaa, and the Bandar Log) where it was found. Boone is opposed to this at first, but Wilkins suggests to let this be, saying that it might be a way to get Mowgli talk. However, Kitty learns that Mowgli was a former childhood friend of hers who was lost in the jungle and decides to release Mowgli to reintroduce him into civilization. Wilkins ignores and attempts to shoot Mowgli, but misses after hearing the roars of Baloo and Bagheera, a bear and a black panther being close friends of Mowgli.ĭespite this setback, Boone and Wilkins were able to capture Mowgli (thanks to Buldeo and Tabaqui) and confine him in a cell to be tortured by Sergeant Harley. He wields his gun at Mowgli, despite Katherine Brydon to leave Mowgli alone and stating that Mowgli is quite harmless. He first appears when he witnessed Boone fighting out Mowgli in the jungle. Serving as a British lieutenant, Wilkins acts as a right-hand man to Captain William Boone.