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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085393898229
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 16, 2006
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 10802
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Carroll Ballard (The Black Stallion Fly Away Home) directs the exciting story of 12-year-old Xan (Alexander Michaletos) who decides to return the cheetah he raised from a cub to the wild instead of allowing pursuers to place it in captivity. Harsh South African landscapes stalking lions crocodiles river rapids and a mysterious drifter (Eamonn Walker) who may intend to turn the big cat in for cash - all will test Xan's courage and resolve. Join him in this tale of growing up and letting go. It's a journey you won't want to miss.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY UPC: 085393898229 Manufacturer No: 38982
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This African tale follow the rhythms of director Carroll Ballard's earlier films The Black Stallion and Fly Away Home, namely a child is drawn into the mysteries and magic of an animal. Xan (newcomer Alexander Michaletos) is a 12-year-old living in South Africa with his parents (Campbell Scott and Hope Davis, who appeared as a much different couple three years earlier in The Secret Life of Dentists) when they find an abandoned baby cheetah. They bring it up as their own and name it the Swahili word for cheetah, Duma. After some time, the creature is too big to stay domesticated and Dad tells the boy they will have to journey back to Duma's home to set him free. A sickness makes the family pull up stakes and head to the city where Xan and Duma don't fare well. Xan must take Duma on his own to set him free. To tell more would be a crime. As with any Ballard film, the story is subtext, the visuals rule. First-time cinematographer Werner Maritz fills the screen with the desert landscape and is able to capture the magnificent speed of the cheetah. Ballard's films seem to build on their own inertia, creating scenes that seem to be simply happening instead of scripted, although this often suffers in the balance of wonderment versus all-too-lucky occurrences. Based on the children's picture book/memoir How It Was with Dooms by Xan and Carol Cawthra Hopcraft, this is a film worth seeking out, especially for families and kids above 5 years old. --Doug Thomas
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i love this movie this reminds me of milo & otis with the cat and the dog but this is a story about raising a cheetah is heart breaking and i love the sceanery the movie is one of my favorites i love movies like this
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This movie is fantastic and appropriate for all ages. I showed my 5th grader, my 5 year old and my husband. They all loved the scenery, the message and the plot.
Rating:  -
A boy and his dog on a road trip meet a dark stranger?
In a waste land a boy and his a cheetah meet a black fellow
and a bond of friendship is found in the trip north to
Duma's home hunting grounds. Lions and crocodiles don't stop
this journey into adulthood, for either the cheetah or
the South African boy. The pictures of the cheetah and the wildlife
are very entertaining.
Rating:  -
i had high hopes for this movie based on the reviews, but i as well as my family were a bit let down with it.
thankfully we saw it on home box office in HD, because there really are some stunning scenic moments in this movie. the shots of the cheetah growing up are priceless and any cat owner that watches the movie will find themselves captivated by how similar members of the cat family are of any size. but when a movie gets this good of reviews yet was never a big success something ... Read More
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This story tells how a little boy becomes a young man after dealing with some hard lessons. Set in Africa, the movie touches on the harshness as well as the wonder of that country. I recommend this movie to families who like watching movies together. (don't forget the tissues for some scenes)
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