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Jumanji: welcome to the jungle / [videorecording (DVD)].

Contributor(s): Publisher number: 52709 | Columbia PicturesLanguage: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [c2017]Description: 1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inOther title:
  • Welcome to the jungle
Contained works:
  • Van Allsburg, Chris. Jumanji
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.4372 23
Production credits:
  • Director, Jake Kasdan.
Cast: Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas.Summary: When four high school kids discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of--Jumanji--they are immediately drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the avatars they chose: gamer Spencer becomes a brawny adventurer (Dwayne Johnson); football jock Fridge loses (in his words) "the top two feet of his body" and becomes an Einstein (Kevin Hart); popular girl Bethany becomes a middle-aged male professor (Jack Black); and wallflower Martha becomes a badass warrior (Karen Gillan). What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji--you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves--or they'll be stuck in the game forever.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
DVD J DVD J Hanover Public Library Shelves DVDJ JUMA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906001124016

Originally released as a motion picture in 2017.

Based on the book Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg.

Director, Jake Kasdan.

Dwayne Johnson, Karen Gillan, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, Bobby Cannavale, Nick Jonas.

When four high school kids discover an old video game console with a game they've never heard of--Jumanji--they are immediately drawn into the game's jungle setting, literally becoming the avatars they chose: gamer Spencer becomes a brawny adventurer (Dwayne Johnson); football jock Fridge loses (in his words) "the top two feet of his body" and becomes an Einstein (Kevin Hart); popular girl Bethany becomes a middle-aged male professor (Jack Black); and wallflower Martha becomes a badass warrior (Karen Gillan). What they discover is that you don't just play Jumanji--you must survive it. To beat the game and return to the real world, they'll have to go on the most dangerous adventure of their lives, discover what Alan Parrish left 20 years ago, and change the way they think about themselves--or they'll be stuck in the game forever.

Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.

MPAA rating: PG-13.

DVD ; anamorphic widescreen presentation (2.39:1 aspect ratio) ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

For private home use only.

In English, French or Spanish with optional English SDH, French or Spanish subtitles. Optional English audio descriptive track for people with visual disabilities.

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