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Bungled `Jungle' // Movie fails to do Kipling by the book

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19970516
Author:Roger Ebert

RUDYARD KIPLING'S SECOND JUNGLE BOOK: MOWGLI AND BALOO (STAR) 1/2 Mowgli Jamie Williams Chuchandra David Paul Francis Harrison Bill Campbell Karait Dyrk Ashton King Murphy Roddy McDowall Directed by Duncan McLachlan. Screenplay by Bayard Johnson and Matthew Horton, inspired by the Kipling book. Running time: 88 minutes. Rated PG (for some mild adventure violence and brief mild language). Opening today at local theaters. One of the reasons to make a movie is to tell a good story, which makes it all the more mysterious that so many storytelling opportunities are lost in "Rudyard ...

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