How It Was With Dooms

– An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 40 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
Original Name:
Duma
How It Was with Dooms (2005) - Also known as Duma

An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA
Filming Locations:
Editor's Pick for:

How It Was with Dooms (2005) - Trailer

Release Date:

27 May 2005

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

Carroll Ballard

Writer:

Carol Cawthra Hopcraft (book), Xan Hopcraft (book), Carol Flint (story), Karen Janszen (story), Karen Janszen (screenplay), Mark St. Germain (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Alex Michaeletos, Campbell Scott, Mary Makhatho, Nthabiseng Kenoshi

Plot:

During a nightly Porsche ride with his doting rascal Xan, white South African farmer Peter finds and adopts an orphaned cheetah cub, dubbed Duma (just Swahili for cheetah). It becomes the boy's inseparable playmate, even taking it to bed. Peter made clear from the start that the cheetah should be returned to the wild before its full adulthood. But the father is stricken down with a disease just before the cheetah could be returned. Xan's mother sells the farm and moves in with a city aunt. The cheetah escapes, but finds Xan at school, where the new boy is bullied. He decides to run away to the mountains with Duma. On the way they face countless perils, which courage, Xan's intelligence and Duma's instinct overcome.

Awards:

1 win.

Gross profit:

$810,666

Production:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
Metacritic:
82%