Jungle 2 Jungle

Infobox Film
name = Jungle 2 Jungle


caption = cinematic poster
director = John Pasquin
producer = Richard Baker
writer = Bruce A. Evans
Raynold Gideon
starring = Tim Allen
Martin Short
JoBeth Williams
Lolita Davidovich
Sam Huntington
David Ogden Stiers
Bob Dishy
Valerie Mahaffey
Leelee Sobieski
Frankie J. Galasso
Luis Avalos
Carole Shelley
Dominic Keating
Rondi Reed
Oni Faida Lampley
music = Michael Convertino
cinematography = Tony Pierce-Roberts
editing = Michael A. Stevenson
distributor = Buena Vista Pictures
released = March 7, 1997
runtime = 105 min.
country = United States
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:154704
imdb_id = 0119432

"Jungle 2 Jungle" is a 1997 Disney comedy film starring Tim Allen, Martin Short and Sam Huntington. This film was produced by Walt Disney Pictures and TF1 Films Productions, and originally released to movie theaters in 1997.

Plot

Michael Cromwell (Tim Allen) is a self-absorbed, successful commodities broker living in New York City. Wanting to marry his new fiancée Charlotte (Lolita Davidovich), he needs to obtain a final divorce from his first wife, Patricia (JoBeth Williams), who left him some years earlier. Patricia now lives with a semi-westernised tribe in the Amazon jungle. Cromwell travels there to get her signature on divorce papers, but, upon arriving, discovers he has a 13-year-old son, Mimi-Siku (Sam Huntington).

Cromwell attempts to bond with Mimi-Siku in his brief stay with the tribe, and promises to take him to New York 'when he is a man'. That night, Mimi-Siku undergoes the tradition rite of passage of his tribe, who then consider him to be a man. The tribal elder gives Mimi a special task, to allow him to become a tribal leader one day. Mimi must bring fire from the Statue of Liberty, and looks forward to traveling with his father. Against his protests, Michael brings Mimi-Siku to New York with him.

Michael's fiancee, Charlotte, is less than pleased about the unexpected visitor, particularly when he suggests eating her cat and releases his enormous pet spider in her apartment. Mimi-Siku wears traditional dress during much of his stay in New York. As Cromwell attempts to adapt Mimi-Siku to city life, cross-cultural misunderstandings occur when Mimi-Siku reverts to customs considered acceptable by his tribe. On climbing the Statue of Liberty to reach the flame, Mimi-Siku is disappointed when he sees that the fire is not real.

While staying at the home of Michael's partner, Richard Kempster (Martin Short) Mimi-Siku falls in love with Richard's daughter, Karen (Leelee Sobieski). He paints her face and gives her a new name, as is the custom in his tribe. Richard is unhappy about Mimi's presence in his home, partly because of his influence over Karen, and partly because Mimi has cooked and eaten his prize-winning fish.

The Kempsters and Michael Cromwell are being targeted by Jovanovic (David Ogden Stiers), a dealer in cavier and a Russian mobster, who believes that they have cheated him in a business deal. Jovanovic arrives at the Kempsters', intent on removing Richard's fingers in revenge. By fighting together and utilising Mimi-Siku's hunting skills (and spider) the two families defeat the mobsters.

Mimi-Siku returns to the Amazon jungle, but before he leaves, his father gives him a satellite phone, so they can stay in touch. Michael also presents Mimi with a Statue of Liberty cigarette lighter, which produces fire from the torch and will fulfill Mimi's quest. In return, Mimi gives his father a blowpipe and poisoned darts, telling Michael to practice and come to see him when he can hit flies.

Shortly afterwards, Michael finds himself disheartened by the rat-race and realises that his relationship with Charlotte is not working for him anymore. He attempts to kill a fly with his blowpipe, on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He hits the fly, but also his boss, who collapses asleep on the trading floor.

Michael returns to Lipo-Lipo to see his son and ex-wife, bringing the Kempster family with him for a vacation. Karen and Mimi are reunited, and it is implied that Michael and Patricia also resume their relationship.

Cast

Remake

"Jungle 2 Jungle" is an American remake of the successful French movie "Un indien dans la ville" ("An Indian in the city"). The plot follows the original fairly closely, except that the original was set in Paris rather than New York, and Mimi-Siku climbed the Eiffel Tower rather than the Statue of Liberty.

Box office results

"Jungle 2 Jungle" was the 7th highest grossing PG-rated movie of 1997, taking in about $59.9 million in the US.

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