MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Carroll Ballard
Genres: Adventure, Children's/Family
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Carroll_Ballard, director of The_Black_Stallion and Never_Cry_Wolf, presents another story of an unusual relationship between humans and animals in this drama. Xan (Alexander Michaletos) is a young boy who lives with his father and mother (Campbell_Scott and Hope_Davis) on a ranch in Kenya. One day, Xan and his folks discover a cheetah cub whose mother has died. With no one to care for the cat, Xan and his family take the cheetah under their wing, and after naming the cub "Dooms" (from "Duma," which means "male cheetah cub" in Swahili), Xan and his new friend become inseparable. However, Xan and his parents discover in time that nature doesn't always have a happy ending planned for a little boy. Duma was based on a book for children called -How It Was With Dooms: A True Story From Africa, by Carol_Cawthra_Hopcraft and Xan_Hopcraft, which told the story of Xan's real-life friendship with a cheetah. Mark Deming, Rovi

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