Into the Jungle

Aug 31, 2018

1h 32m

★ 7.6

Overview

Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

Titan Films Pty Ltd

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Cast

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David Attenborough

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Jane Goodall

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Tim Flannery

Narrator French version (voice)

François Montagut

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Ludivine Maffren

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Michel Laroussi

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Philippe Lejour

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Laurent Larcher

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7.8

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7.7

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7.0

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7.2

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6.0

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8.2

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Primitive Paradise

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