Jumanji(1995)

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)

1h 44m

Release Date: Dec 15, 1995

52%
63%
A-
7.1

In 1969, twelve-year-old Alan Parrish rolls the dice on a mysterious board game and vanishes into it. Twenty-six years later, two children find the same game in the same abandoned house and start playing. Alan comes back out — grown, wild, and barely coherent, and so does everything the game has been holding: stampeding animals, a hunter who followed Alan through, monsoon rain, and a jungle swallowing the town whole. The only way out is to finish what was started.

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Release Details

Original Release | Dec 15, 1995 | Wide

2018 NCM Fathom Event | Jun 10, 2018 | Limited (Fathom Entertainment)

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Box Office Results

All Releases (2)
Total US & Canada:
$100,499,940
Total International
$162,322,000
Total Worldwide:
$262,821,940

Total US & Canada:
$100,475,249
Total Worldwide:
$100,476,482

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Director & Top Cast

Joe Johnston
Director

Robin Williams
Alan Parrish

Kirsten Dunst
Judy Shepherd

Bonnie Hunt
Sarah Whittle

Jonathan Hyde
Van Pelt

Bradley Pierce
Actor

Bebe Neuwirth

Nora Shepherd

David Alan Grier

Bentley

Patricia Clarkson

Carol Parrish

Adam Hann-Byrd

Actor

Laura Bell Bundy

Actor

James Handy

Exterminator

Gillian Barber

Actor

Brandon Obray

Benjamin

Cyrus Thiedeke

Caleb

Gary Joseph Thorup

Billy Jessup

Leonard Zola

Cop

Lloyd Berry

Bum

Technical Specifications

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1

Other Details

Country of Origin: United States

Language: English,French

Summaries

Plot Summary

Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure directed by Joe Johnston and written by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, and Jim Strain, based on the 1981 illustrated children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. Robin Williams plays Alan Parrish, a man who has spent twenty-six years inside a magical board game and emerges into the present traumatised, disoriented, and immediately confronted with the chaos his return has unleashed. Kirsten Dunst and Bradley Pierce play Judy and Peter, the siblings who find the game and bring it back to life. Bonnie Hunt plays Sarah Whittle, Alan's childhood friend who witnessed his disappearance and has been trying to move past it ever since. Jonathan Hyde plays both the murderous game hunter Sloane, who materialises from within Jumanji, and Alan's cold, emotionally distant father in flashback — a quiet doubling that gives the film more psychological weight than it is usually credited for. Set almost entirely in the crumbling Parrish family mansion and the wrecked streets of the fictional New Hampshire town of Brantford, the film grounds its supernatural chaos in a domestic scale, keeping the stakes personal. The ILM-produced CGI animals were genuinely groundbreaking for 1995, and Williams' performance gives Alan an emotional reality that elevates the material well beyond standard family adventure. Produced by TriStar Pictures on a budget of approximately $65 million, it grossed around $263 million worldwide and became one of the defining fantasy films of the decade. Rated PG, running 1h 44m. Essential family viewing and a film that holds up considerably better than most of its contemporaries.

Storyline

Jumanji, one of the most unique--and dangerous--board games ever, falls into the hands of the curious teen, Alan Parrish, in 1969. Mysterious and magical, the game strands the unsuspecting boy in the lush, savage forests of a mythical realm. Nearly three decades later, the game releases him before the awed eyes of the young orphaned siblings, Judy and Peter Shepherd. Now, the wild and incessant beat of the jungle's tribal drums is calling for the now-adult Alan and the other hesitant players, as the one who rolls the dice must never leave undone what the roll has started. Has anyone ever escaped from the game and Jumanji's formidable foes? — Nick Riganas Four people begin to play a dangerous board game that has all different kinds of horrors. In order to escape the dangers, they must do everything that they can to finish the board game while trying to survive the danger that hunts them down. — RECB3 Alan Parrish is constantly bullied by Billy Jessup and his friends after being seen with his crush, Sarah Whittle and his only friend is Carl Bentley, a factory worker at his father's shoe company. Alan is also the son of Sam and Carol Parrish, but he gets into an argument with his father one day after he plans on sending him to a private school. Alan decides to run away from his family, but he plays with a mysterious board game he has found earlier after being beat up by Billy and his friends. Sarah arrives at his home to return his bike and she plays the game with Alan. During the game, Alan ends up inside Jumanji and Sarah flees in terror after a flock of bats chase her. Twenty-six years later, Judy and Peter Shepard move into Parrish mansion with their Aunt Nora. Judy and Peter discover the Jumanji board game in the attic, but Alan is set free by Peter and he realizes that everything has changed since he was absent. In order to finish the game, Alan, Judy, and Peter must enlist Sarah's help in order to end the chaos that has endured. But the four of them must put up with a stampede of animals, giant insects, mischievous monkeys, a hungry lion, dangerous exotic plants, and a big game hunter who wants Alan's head. — dawsonpersi In 1969, young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game called Jumanji while hiding from a gang of bullies. When he rolls the dice during his turn, he unwittingly gets sucked into the board game, thus leading everyone to conclude that he has disappeared. 25 years later, Peter and Judy Shephard play the same game and discover a grown up Alan who has been saved from the game's wildlife. Now they must work together to fight the evil forces of the jungle in order to finish the game and save themselves from mass chaos. — Blazer346 1 more All

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Jumanji (1995) stars Robin Williams as Alan Parrish, a boy trapped for 26 years inside a magical board game that unleashes jungle dangers into reality when played. In 1969, Alan starts the game with friend Sarah (Bonnie Hunt); years later, orphans Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce) free him by rolling an 8, triggering stampeding animals, monkeys, and hunter Van Pelt (Jonathan Hyde).

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