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Jungle 2 Jungle (1997)
Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.
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Uptight New York City executive, Michael Cromwell, pursues his soon-to-be ex-wife to South America and returns home with the son he never knew he had—a boy raised in a tribal village in Brazil. Armed with only his blowgun, the 13-year-old Mimi-Siku discovers that the world outside his jungle home is indeed a strange place.
Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy, Family
Written By:Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon, Hervé Palud, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Bruneau, Igor Aptekman
In Theaters:3/7/1997
Box Office:$59,927,618
Runtime:105 minutes
Studio:Walt Disney Pictures, TF1 Films Production, Motion Picture Corporation of America
Cast
John Pasquin
Director
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
Frankie J. Galasso
Andrew Kempster
Luis Ávalos
Abe
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