Jumanji

Jumanji is the title of a 1982 children's book written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. It was made into a 1995 movie of the same name. Both the book and the movie are about a jungle-themed board game that has real animals and other jungle elements magically appear where the players are when they are playing. The storyline of the book is that the children playing the game have to get the house looking neat before their parents return from the opera with company. In the movie, the children are joined by two adults, and together the four of them must stop the rampant destruction of the city caused by the game.

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The movie starred Robin Williams, Bonnie Hunt, Kirsten Dunst, Bradley Pierce, and Jonathan Hyde, and was directed by Joe Johnston.

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The game was eventually released to the public.

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There is also an animated series based off the movie that ran from 1996-1999 on the UPN network. While it followed the movie's plot, there were a few changes such as the exculsion of Bonnie Hunt's character and that Robin Williams's character had to continually search for his "game clue" to escape the board game.

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Chris Van Allsburg: Chris Van Allsburg, born June 18, 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is an author and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures...