The Jungle Book Disney

Original vintage cinema poster for the 1983 English re-release of the classic Walt Disney family animated film The Jungle Book based on the 1894 novel by Rudyard Kipling. First released in 1967 in Technicolor, this film features Great, Great Songs including 'I wan’na be like you' and 'The Bare necessities' and the talents of Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima, George Sanders and Sterling Holloway. Colourful and fun design showing all the main characters from the film, with the man cub Mowgli sitting on the shoulders of Baloo the bear surrounded by Bagheera the panther on one side and King Louie the orangutan monkey on the other side with the tiger Shere Khan behind them in the tall grass and Kaa the python snake on the right, Colonel Hathi the elephant next to palm trees in the background, the title text above in stylised orange and black letters with the rest of the text below in black and, at the bottom of the poster, an announcement with a smaller image for Mickey’s Christmas Carol - the first new Mickey Mouse cartoon in 30 years - featuring Mickey, Donald Duck and the other characters in the snow around a Christmas tree. Printed in England by Lonsdale & Bartholomew Ltd, Nottingham. Large size. Good condition, folded as issued, staining on top margin.