| | | Are You Game?
Features: Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled, English
Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt and Kirsten Dunst star in this phenomenal adaptation of the award-winning children's book! When young Alan Parrish discovers a mysterious board game, he doesn't realize its unimaginable powers until he is magically transported--before the startled eyes of his friend Sarah--into the untamed jungles of Jumanji! There he remains for 26 years until he is freed from the game's spell by two unsuspecting children. Now a grown man, Alan (Robin Williams) reunites with Sarah (Bonnie Hunt) and together with Judy (Kirsten Dunst) and Peter (Bradley Pierce), tries to outwit the game's powerful forces in this imaginative adventure that combines breathtaking special effects with an enchanting mixture of comedy, magic and thrills.
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UMD, Universal Media Disc, is a brand-new and groundbreaking optical storage medium, designed for the high speed and efficient delivery of digital entertainment content that can store up to 1.8 GB of digital data on a 60mm disc -- or an entire feature film on a single UMD video. All UMD DVDs are produced in Widescreen and encoded using advanced AVC compression. UMD for PSP will play on the new PlayStation Portable handheld entertainment system.
Specifications
Diameter: 60 mm
Maximum Capacity: 1.8GB (Single-sided, dual layer)
Laser wavelength: 660nm (Red laser)
"An exciting thrilling adventure the whole family will love." Barry Krutchnik, Premiere Radio Network
"An adventure ride for the entire family. Edge-of-your-seat excitement." Jim Ferguson, Preview Channel
"...a calculated but very entertaining special effects extravaganza..." Alan Bash, USA Today
"...a visually impressive and exhilarating adventure..." Christine James, Boxoffice Magazine
"...some of the most extraordinary special effects since Jurassic Park..." Desson Howe, Washington Post
"A phantasmagoria of digital special effects..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"...a thrill ride with enough plunges and turns and loop-the-loops to make it worth the spin." Walter Addiego, San Francisco Examiner
Editor's Note
A magical board game serves as a door to another dimension in this adventure fantasy based on Chris Van Allsburg's award-winning children's book. When a pair of orphans discover the game and start playing it they unwittingly unleash a man (Robin Williams) who's been trapped inside--as well as an array of stampeding jungle animals, brought vividly to the screen courtesy of ILM's computer-generated special effects. Directed by Joe Johnston (THE ROCKETEER, JURASSIC PARK III.)
| Features | Widescreen Presentation | | Subtitles: Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brz), Portuguese (Classic), Spanish (LAM), Swedish, Thai, Turkish | | DVD Picture Quality | | Full Length Movie | | Audio: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish(Castillian) Dolby Digital Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Sony Pictures |
| Release Date: 10/31/2006 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 12542 | | UPC: 00043396125421 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, German Dubbed, Italian Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Chinese | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Bonnie Hunt | | Bradley Pierce | | Kirsten Dunst | | Robin Williams | | Chris VanAllsburg - Based On Book By | | Greg Taylor, et al. - Screenplay | | James D. Bissell - Production Designer | | James Horner - Original Music By | | Joe Johnston - Director | | Robert Dalva - Editor | | Robert W. Cort, et al. - Executive Producer | | Scott Kroopf, et. al. - Producer | | Thomas F. Ackerman - Cinematographer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...The pleasures of JUMANJI lies in its echoes of JURASSIC PARK, the incontrovertible evidence that magic exists and can..." 03/01/1996 p.44-5USA Today
"...[A] very entertaining special effects extravaganza..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars 12/15/1995 p.1D Variety
"...The film unleashes an arsenal of special effects that are dazzling to the eye....In addition to Williams' heartfelt, vulnerable performance, Hunt elicits humor and pathos..." 12/11/1995 Los Angeles Times
"...Filled with magnificent, computer-animated fantasy images..." 12/15/1995 p.F1 BBC Online 7 of 10
...The havoc this madcap menagerie bring to one peaceful New England town has to be seen to be disbelieved. But take away the (special effects) mayhem and what emerges is a rather touching tale of second chances and innocence prematurely lost. - Neil Smith
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