11 Facts About Jumanji

1.

Jumanji is a 1995 American fantasy adventure film directed by Joe Johnston from a screenplay by Jonathan Hensleigh, Greg Taylor, and Jim Strain.

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2.

Jumanji meets his friend, Carl Bentley, who reveals a new shoe prototype he made by himself.

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3.

Jumanji finds a board game called Jumanji, which was buried 100 years earlier, and brings it home.

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4.

ILM developed two new software programs specifically for Jumanji, one called iSculpt, which allowed the illustrators to create realistic facial expressions on the computer-generated animals in the film, and another that for the first time created realistic digital hair, used on the monkeys and lion.

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5.

Jumanji was first released on VHS on May 14,1996, and re-released as a Collector's Series DVD on January 25,2000.

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6.

Jumanji did well at the box office, opening at No 1 and earning $100.

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7.

The site's consensus reads: "A feast for the eyes with a somewhat shaky plot, Jumanji is a good adventure that still offers a decent amount of fun for the whole family".

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8.

Jumanji questioned the decision to rate the film PG rather than PG-13 as he felt that young children would be traumatized by much of the film's imagery, which he said made the film "about as appropriate for smaller children as, say, Jaws".

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9.

New film, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a sequel to the 1995 film.

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10.

Jumanji: The Game is a board game originally published by Milton Bradley Company in the US in 1995.

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11.

Jumanji: A Jungle Adventure Game Pack is a North American-exclusive game for Microsoft Windows that was released on October 9,1996.

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