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15 December 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
Roll the dice and unleash the excitement! morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
3 wins & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Action and adventure for the kids, and Robin Williams for the adults more (106 total)US TV Schedule:
| Tue. Nov. 17 | 12:30 PM | AMC |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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Rated PG for menacing fantasy action and some mild language.Parents Guide:
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104 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
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:PGFun Stuff
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When Van Pelt enters the gun store, the music playing on the radio has been modified for the Mexican release due to the fact that, at least in the U.S. release, it originally featured Mexico's national anthem. It is an infringement of Mexican law to play the anthem for commercial or mockery situations, deliberately or not, although in the U.S. Territories it is in the public domain. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: In the scene after the brakes go out in the police car and it crashes into the store, the policeman simply refills the master cylinder with brake fluid to fix the brakes. The previous scene showed that there was a hole in the line that released fluid, which would cause the brakes to not work again, yet the policeman continues to use the brakes with no ill-effect. moreQuotes:
Sarah Whittle: You might've told us there was a man in there with a rifle that hunts people.Alan Parrish: Well, I didn't know, okay? It's just the roll of the dice.
Judy Shepherd: [sarcastically] Is he the reason you didn't wanna play?
Sarah Whittle: [scoffs] You didn't want to play either, Mr. We-Started-Something-26-Years-Ago-And-Now-We've-Gotta-Finish-It?
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Referenced in "The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Temptation of Sarah Jane Smith: Part 1 (#2.9)" (2008) moreSoundtrack:
The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle (Theme from Gilligan's Island) moreFAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersIs "Jumanji" based on a book?
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Find a comfortable chair, lay out the board, grab the dice, and get ready to play. But remember: once you start this game, you can't stop. If it takes you over twenty years to finish, finish you must.
"Jumanji" is loosely based on the Caldecott Medal-winning children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. The basic premise stays the same: a sister and brother find a strange game based on a jungle safari adventure. When they begin playing it, they find they cannot stop, for the characters and events of the game come to life and start filling their house with monkeys, lions, explorers and other strange things. Only finishing the game will make it all go away.
In the hands of Hollywood, more story is added. Now we have a game spanning 26 years, when one of the two children playing the game in 1969 gets sucked into the game itself. He's trapped there until a fresh pair of children in 1995 find the game and begin playing. The right number is rolled, and out Alan comes...as Robin Williams! Finding the grown girl to complete the group, the four must complete the game before their town is destroyed by the stampeding rhinos, killer pod vines and crazed Great White Hunter.
Robin has some good moments in this film, though he isn't allowed to riff as much as in other vehicles. He's supported by an excellent cast, including a young Kirsten Dunst as the sister of the new pair of children; Jonathan Hyde as both the 1969 father and Van Pelt, the Great White Hunter from the game; and Bebe Neuwirth as the modern children's aunt. The effects are, not surprisingly, ILM-excellent -- necessary in a film of this type. The script was co-written by Van Allsburg to insure the atmosphere of the film and book mesh, but he did not fall into the "This is MY baby" syndrome, and received good help from his two co-writers (for details, see the main page). Highly recommended for old and young alike.