Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)

Michael Cromwell, a New-Yorker, suddenly learns that he has a 13-year old son that's been raised in the jungle. He brings the boy to New York, and that's where the fun starts...

Director:

John Pasquin

Writers:

Hervé Palud (earlier screenplay Un indien dans la ville), Thierry Lhermitte (earlier screenplay Un indien dans la ville),

Stars:

Tim Allen, Martin Short, JoBeth Williams

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tim Allen	...	Michael Cromwell
Martin Short	...	Richard Kempster
JoBeth Williams	...	Dr. Patricia Cromwell
Lolita Davidovich	...	Charlotte
Sam Huntington	...	Mimi-Siku
David Ogden Stiers	...	Alexei Jovanovic
Bob Dishy	...	George Langston
Valerie Mahaffey	...	Jan Kempster
Leelee Sobieski	...	Karen Kempster (as LeeLee Sobieski)
Frankie J. Galasso	...	Andrew Kempster
Luis Avalos	...	Abe
Carole Shelley	...	Fiona
Dominic Keating	...	Ian
Rondi Reed	...	Sarah
Oni Faida Lampley	...	Madeleine

Storyline

Michael Cromwell, a New-Yorker, suddenly learns that he has a 13-year old son that's been raised in the jungle. He brings the boy to New York, and that's where the fun starts...

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Plot Keywords:

jungle | 13 year old | venezuela | divorce | tribe | 

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Taglines:

Get a little savage.

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Genres:

Comedy | Family

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some mild violence and language

Details

Country:

USA France

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

De jungla a jungla

Filming Locations:

Canaima National Park, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$12,812,047 (USA) (7 March 1997)

Gross:

$59,925,026 (USA) (5 September 1997)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures, TF1 Films Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

An American remake of the successful French movie Little Indian, Big City (An Indian In The City). The plot follows the original fairly closely, except that the original was set in Paris rather than New York, and Mimi-Siku climbed the Eiffel Tower rather than the Statue of Liberty.

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Goofs

You can clearly see the crew, director and camera in the mirror when Mimi-Siku is asked what he likes to eat in Michael's apartment.

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Quotes

Alexei Jovanovic: I have many enemies, but none like that spider.

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Connections

Referenced in Southie (1998)

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Soundtracks

"You Can Do It"
Written by Stanley A. Smith and Jilien Manges
Performed by The Sha-Shees (as The Sha Shees)

User Reviews

Classic/Typical Tim Allen

This movie is solid fun. It's typical Tim Allen, which means that if you like him you should enjoy the movie. He employs lots of quick wit, sarcasm, and slapstick self-deprivation. The son does a mostly believable job with the typical fish out of water story. He climbs out on the ledge of a Manhattan skyscraper and also climbs to the top of the statue of liberty to see the "fire up the sky's butt". The supporting cast puts in workman quality acting as well. The real mom (JoBeth Williams) is believable as a post 60's Peace Corp leftover and villain played by David Ogden Stiers (M*A*S*H) is terrific as a scary and quirky Russian mafia boss. It is a down the middle Disney pre-teen movie and fun.