Jumanji (1995)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Joe Johnston

Writers (WGA):

Jonathan Hensleigh (screenplay) and
Greg Taylor (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

15 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Fantasy | Thriller

Tagline:

Roll the dice and unleash the excitement!

Plot:

When two kids play an old magic board-game they found, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.

Plot Keywords:

Board Game | Jungle | Magic | Tail | Zebra

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Tue. Nov. 17

12:30 PM

AMC

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Alan Parrish
Jonathan Hyde	...	Van Pelt / Sam Parrish
Kirsten Dunst	...	Judy Shepherd
Bradley Pierce	...	Peter Shepherd
Bonnie Hunt	...	Sarah
Bebe Neuwirth	...	Nora Shepherd
David Alan Grier	...	Bentley
Patricia Clarkson	...	Carol Parrish
Adam Hann-Byrd	...	Young Alan
Laura Bell Bundy	...	Young Sarah
James Handy	...	Exterminator
Gillian Barber	...	Mrs. Thomas
Brandon Obray	...	Benjamin
Cyrus Thiedeke	...	Caleb
Gary Joseph Thorup	...	Billy Jessup

MPAA:

Rated PG for menacing fantasy action and some mild language.

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby SR

Certification:

Canada:PG (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:10 | Iceland:12 (video rating) | USA:PG (No. 33723) | Ireland:PG | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10 | France:U | Germany:12 | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

In the film, the role of Alan Parrish's father and that of the merciless hunter Van Pelt are played by the same actor (Jonathan Hyde). This may be a reference to Peter Pan, since (in theatre and movie versions) the parts of Captain Hook and Wendy's father are traditionally played by the same actor.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When the game is played in the attic Judy tells Sarah that she can win if she rolls a twelve, but she only rolls a three. On her next turn Allen says she can win with a seven, however 12 minus 3 means she would have needed a nine.

Quotes:

Alan Parrish: [warning Judy and Peter about how much more complicated the Jumanji game is than they thought it to be] You think that mosquitos, monkeys, and lions are bad? That is just the beginning. I've seen things you've only seen in your nightmares. Things you can't even imagine. Things you can't even see. There are things that hunt you in the night. Then something screams. Then you hear them eating, and you hope to God that you're not dessert. Afraid? You don't even know what afraid is. You would not last five minutes without me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Welcome to Hollywood (1998)

Soundtrack:

Serenade in D, Op.44

n Adventure For Those Who Seek To Find A Way To Leave Their World Behind

Another of my favorite childhood movies, there is Jumanji,one of my favorite movies with Robin Willians and Kirsten Dunst. Alan Parrish is a rich boy and his family were the founders of the city of New England, where the boy and his family lives. Not only that, his father is a businessman who has lots of deals and one of them is the notable shoe factory. But Alan life is not so good as we think: he is having problems with her best friend Sarah's boyfriend and his gang and his father wants to send him to a boarding school. Angry, he says to his father that he is never going to talk to him again and will ran away from his home. But when Alan was going to scape from his house, his friend Sarah goes to his house to talk, and they end up playing the mysterious game called Jumanji that Alan found buried. The strange game starts, and many strange things like wild animals start to show up, until Alan enter the game and be confined there until the results of the dice be 5 or 8. Sarah, too afraid to continue playing,run away. After 26 years,two brothers named Judy and Peter found the game and start playing it, like Sarah and Alan 26 years ago. Peter takes 5 in the dice, what makes Alan turn back after many years. Now they need to finish the game in order to all the horrible results end, but first Alan needs to find Sarah and convince her to play the spooky game again.