Movies Filmed in South Carolina – The Jungle Book

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Overview

• Director – Stephen Sommers
  
  
• Cast – Jason Scott Lee, Cary Elwes, Lena Headey, Sam Neill, John Cleese
  
  
• Genre – Adventure, Family
  
  
• Plot – A live-action rendering of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India.
  

SC Locations

• Lush jungle scenes were shot on Fripp Island, nearly 8,000 miles away from India where the story took place.
  
  
• Catering, wardrobe, and make-up headquarters were stationed near the Fripp Island Marina.
  
  

Fun Facts

• Part of the land on Fripp Island used in the film was later developed into the Ocean Creek golf course by PGA golfer Davis Love III.
  
  
• Although many jungle scenes were shot in SC, the scenes with animals were shot in Tennessee with the exception of one scene that was partially done in India.
  
  
• $70,000 of the production cost was used to pay for water just to keep the crew hydrated.
  

More Resources

• Biography of Rudyard Kipling
  –  The Jungle Book - online text
  
  
• Animals of India - assorted pictures
  –  Indian Bengal Tiger - pictures and information about tigers like Mowgli's rival Shere Khan
  

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