The Making of The Jungle Book
as remembered by Floyd Norman
This series of texts first appeared on JimHillMedia.com in September 2006.
Wolfgang Reitherman and I were alone in the room. Our director had stopped in to look at a sequence being developed for The Jungle Book. After the devastating collapse of Chanticleer months earlier, the Old Maestro, Walt Disney, had finally given the go-ahead for boarding on a new film. However, this storyboard was not by one of the Disney masters: It was mine.
As Woolie stared at my storyboard for what seemed an eternity, I stood with pad and pencil in hand, ready to take the volume of notes soon to come my way. The tall, imposing director suddenly turned and said, “Let’s show the board to Walt.” And with that, he turned and walked out of the office. The fact that my storyboard was going to be shown to Walt Disney sent a chill down my spine. What if Walt hated the sequence? […]
Parent contents
- Parent entry
- 1 - Hugh Harman (Michael Barrier)
- 2 - Nadine Missakian (Dave Smith)
- 3 - Ward Kimball (Rick Shale)
- 4 - Erwin Verity (Dave Smith, Rick Shale)
- 5 - James Algar (Richard Hubler)
- 6 - Winston Hibler (Richard Hubler)
- 7 - Bill Anderson (Richard Hubler)
- 8 - Bill Walsh (Richard Hubler)
- 9 - Bill Walsh (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 10 - George Bruns (Richard Hubler)
- 11 - Buddy Baker (John Burlingame)
- 12 - Buddy Baker (Jérémie Noyer)
- 13 - Fess Parker (Michael Barrier)
- 14 - Walt Stanchfield (Christian Renaut)
- 15 - Marc Davis (Richard Hubler)
- 16 - Alice Davis (Dave Oneil)
- 17 - T. Hee (Richard Hubler)
- 18 - Maurice Noble (Harry McCracken)
- 19 - Al Dempster (Christopher Finch, Linda Rosenkrantz)
- 20 - Walt Peregoy (Bob Miller)
- 21 - Taking My Best Shot - Working on Disney's "The Saga of Windwagon Smith" (Floyd Norman)
- 22 - The Making of The Jungle Book - as remembered by Floyd Norman
- 23 - Bill Evans (Jim Korkis)
- 24 - Jack Bradbury (Alberto Becattini)
- 25 - Lynn Karp (Alberto Becattini)
- 26 - Dave Michener (Didier Ghez)
- 27 - In Memory of Vance Gerry (John Musker)
- 28 - Vance Gerry (Charles Solomon)
- 29 - Vance Gerry (Christian Renaut)
- 30 - Ron Clements and John Musker (Clay Kaytis)
