Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

19271927
PassedPassed
1h 9m

A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.

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Directors
- Merian C. Cooper
- Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writers
- Achmed Abdullah(titles)
- Merian C. Cooper(uncredited)
- Ernest B. Schoedsack(uncredited)
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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

Nah in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)

Kru and The Jungle in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)

Kru is a pioneer, living deeper in the jungle of northern Siam than any of his predecessors. He solves the problems caused by leopards and tigers attacking his stock by setting traps and killing those beasts. A baby chang (the Siamese word for elephant) is caught in his trap, and thinking he would tame it so it will work for him one day, he tethers it to a post under his house, which is on stilts. Its mother comes and destroys his house. Kru and his family flee to the village, where a mammoth herd of elephants suddenly appear and decimates the buildings in the village. But the villagers fight back. —Arthur Hausner <genart@volcano.net>

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Taglines
- Always man and the jungle have been at conflict. Man hacks away at the jungle and builds his cities. But today-tomorrow-next year-or a hundred years from now- the jungle swallows the cities and they are no more. (Print Ad-Daily Times, ((Longmont, Colo.)) 12 November 1927)
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Certificate
- Passed
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Trivia
The elephant stampede was actually achieved by making a miniature village and then having baby elephants run over it.

Quotes
Title Card: [Opening title] Before the most ancient civilization arose, before the first city in the world was built, before man trod the earth - then, as now, there stretched across vast spaces of farther Asia a great green threatening mass of vegetation... the Jungle...

Crazy credits
The CAST: --- Natives of the Wild: who have never seen a motion picture. --- Wild Beasts: who have never had to fear a modern rifle. --- The Jungle.

Alternate versions
Milestone Film and Video has issued a video with a music score by Bruce Gaston (copyrighted in 1991) and performed by Fong Naam. The running time is 69 minutes.

Connections
Featured in Movies Are Adventure (1948)

Top review

A silent movie GEM

I had just seen Cooper's movie "The Most Dangerous Game" and really liked it. A friend of mine suggested this film also by Cooper (&Schoendack) "Chang". I'm not one who normally rents silent movies but glad I did this one. Explores family life in the jungles of Siam (Thailand)in 1925. The way the family interacts with an unbelieveable assortment of animals is astounding. The scenes with tigers, leopards, bears, snakes etc are not to be missed. I venture to say that the elephant (Chang) stampede scene in this movie has never been done the way its done in this film--simply fantastic.

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