Jumanji | |
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Directed by | Joe Johnston |
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Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg |
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Music by | James Horner |
Cinematography | Thomas Ackerman |
Edited by | Robert Dalva |
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Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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104 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $65 million |
Box office | $262.8 million |
Jumanji: Complete Motion Picture Score | |
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Film score (Digital download)/Audio CD by James Horner | |
Released | November 21, 1995 |
Length | 51:04 |
Label | Epic Soundtrax |
Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston. It is an adaptation of the 1981 children's book of the same name by Chris Van Allsburg. The film was written by Greg Taylor, Jonathan Hensleigh, and Jim Strain, and stars Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, David Alan Grier, Jonathan Hyde, and Bebe Neuwirth. The special effects were provided by Industrial Light & Magic for computer graphic elements and Amalgamated Dynamics for animatronics components. The film was dedicated to visual effects supervisor Stephen L. Price, who died before the film's release.
The story centers on young Alan Parrish, who becomes trapped in a board game while playing with his best friend Sarah Whittle in 1969. Twenty-six years later in 1995, siblings Judy and Peter Shepherd find the game, begin playing and then unwittingly release the now-adult Alan. After tracking down Sarah, the quartet resolve to finish the game in order to reverse all of the destruction it has caused.
The film was shot in Keene, New Hampshire, representing the story's fictional town of Brantford, New Hampshire. Additional filming took place in Vancouver, British Columbia. The film was released on December 15, 1995. Despite its lukewarm critical reception, it was a box office success, earning $262,797,249 worldwide on a budget of approximately $65 million and it became the 10th highest-grossing movie of 1995.