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The Film Programme: The Jungle Book Revisited

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14/04/2016

The Jungle Book Revisited

BBC Radio 4 - The Film Programme, The Jungle Book Revisited

Francine Stock talks to Jon Favreau, director of the new version of The Jungle Book.

Francine Stock talks to Jon Favreau, director of the new computer-generated makeover of The Jungle Book.

With Francine Stock.

"I wanna be like you, I wanna talk like you, be like you too" could easily be the refrain sung by Hollywood producers intent on flooding the market with re-boots, remakes, sequels and prequels. As The Jungle Book is the latest to get a computer-generated makeover, Francine talks to the King Of The Swingers, director Jon Favreau. 

Many of us who live in the city dream about moving to the country when they retire. Many cinephiles dream about moving to the country and setting up a cinema. Alastair Till and Suzie Sinclair have done just that. They sold their business in London and built a cinema in Newlyn in Cornwall, without any previous experience of the film industry. Francine pays them a visit to see how they're getting on.

Director Agnieszka Holland recalls her life in exile after she defected to the West from her home country, Poland, in 1981, and what happened when the communist authorities stopped her contacting her daughter.

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