Duma

Duma is a 2005 drama adventure film, directed by Carroll Ballard. It stars Alexander Michaletos, Eamonn Walker, Hope Davis and Campbell Scott. The film is a fictional adaptation loosely based upon the autobiographical book How It Was with Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft. Set in the country of South Africa, the story begins with a cheetah cub being orphaned after his mother was killed by lions. The cub is found on the side of the ... More

Initial release date:

  • Apr 22, 2005

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

Also known as:

  • Duma,
  • Untitled Cheetah Movie,
  • Shadows,
  • Duma - Mein Freund aus der Wildnis,
  • Duma - A vadon hívó szava,
  • How It Was with Dooms

Film

Directed by

Carroll Ballard

Carroll Ballard (born October 14, 1937) is an American film director. He has directed six feature films, including The Black Stallion (1979) and Fly Away Home (1996). Carroll Ballard attended film school at UCLA, where one of his classmates was Francis Ford Coppola. His early credits include the...

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Runtime:

  • 1 h 40 min

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Estimated budget:

Currency Amount
  • 12,000,000

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Adapted From

How It Was With Dooms

How It Was With Dooms is a children's book dictated to Carol Cawthra Hopcraft by her young son Xan Hopcraft. It tells the true story of the young boy's friendship with an orphaned cheetah on the family's game ranch in Kenya. Carol Hopcraft, a wildlife photographer, provided photographs for the book...

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