Speaking of Kipling adaptations --- anyone watch "The Man Who Would
Be King."
Fantastic views of the rocky mountain territories of Afghanistan,
great shot of ancient temples, crazed tribesmen warring with their
neighbours at the drop of a hat, a hero who pretends to be a god but
is not ... I fell a Hero Wars quest coming on
> Anyone who liked
> > the cartoon Jungle Book should read the original Kipling. It
would
> > give them a nasty shock and a vastly superior story - personally
I
> > can't stand the cartoon since I read the book!
> >
> > Wulf
>
> If you're talking about the Disney movie this is correct. However,
> Chuck Jones did an excellent series of aniamted TV special
> adaptations of three Jungle Book stories, Mowgli's Brothers, Rikki-
> Tikki-Tavi, and The White Seal.
>
> Mark Mohrfield