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7.2/10
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An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.
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- 1 win
Alex Michaeletos
- Xan
- (as Alexander Michaletos)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDuma is played by 6 different Cheetahs. All orphaned or poached Cheetahs themselves; were hand raised in different parts of Africa.
- SoundtracksRhaliweni (Railway)
Traditional Shangaan Song
Arranged by Philip Miller
Performed by Sun Glen
Courtesy of Worldgoround Records
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Wonderful! Dramatic and entertaining enough for adults, it also captures the grace and magic possible with real human-animal relationships
This movie is so good, I wonder why it is in such limited release? At least in Wales, it only plays for two showings each weekend. Anyway--- I like animal movies, generally. Even those that stray into a bit of the fantasy, such as 'Bingo', and 'Two Brothers', can be enjoyable and charming.
'Duma' was delightful. I have not read about the making of the movie, but they did use real cheetahs. Some kittens, adolescents, and maybe adults, too. I found the representations of the human-cheetah relationship entirely believable. And even though this is a 'family' movie, and suitable for 12 year-olds, it was also solid enough to get an adult through it as well. The peril is plausible, the characters' motivations and behaviors seem reasonable.
Overall, the movie worked well enough as a movie--- entertaining, dramatic, etc. But more, and the reason I gave it a 10 out of 10, is the movie also seemed to portray the charm, grace, and dignity of a truly great relationship a human can have with an animal. That, placed in the movie-world context of family drama and human enterprise, is a wonderful and magical thing.
'Duma' was delightful. I have not read about the making of the movie, but they did use real cheetahs. Some kittens, adolescents, and maybe adults, too. I found the representations of the human-cheetah relationship entirely believable. And even though this is a 'family' movie, and suitable for 12 year-olds, it was also solid enough to get an adult through it as well. The peril is plausible, the characters' motivations and behaviors seem reasonable.
Overall, the movie worked well enough as a movie--- entertaining, dramatic, etc. But more, and the reason I gave it a 10 out of 10, is the movie also seemed to portray the charm, grace, and dignity of a truly great relationship a human can have with an animal. That, placed in the movie-world context of family drama and human enterprise, is a wonderful and magical thing.
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- bopdog
- Jun 12, 2005
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- Also known as
- How It Was with Dooms
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $870,067
- Gross worldwide
- $994,790
- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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