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A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.A snapshot of life in the jungles of Northern Siam.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total
- Directors
- Writers
- Achmed Abdullah
- Merian C. Cooper(uncredited)
- Ernest B. Schoedsack(uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe elephant stampede was actually achieved by making a miniature village and then having baby elephants run over it.
- Quotes
Title Card: [Opening title] Before the most ancient civilization arose, before the first city in the world was built, before man trod the earth - then, as now, there stretched across vast spaces of farther Asia a great green threatening mass of vegetation... the Jungle...
- Crazy creditsThe CAST: --- Natives of the Wild: who have never seen a motion picture. --- Wild Beasts: who have never had to fear a modern rifle. --- The Jungle.
- Alternate versionsMilestone Film and Video has issued a video with a music score by Bruce Gaston (copyrighted in 1991) and performed by Fong Naam. The running time is 69 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Movies Are Adventure (1948)
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A product of its time; great music in the re-issue
There is more than a little irony in seeing a film that is so much like an anthropological field work, but with a superimposed plot structure and characterization that we now find unacceptably corny. The music is marvelous, by the famed Thai group Fong Naam, and the ethnographic details are rich.
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- cliff-19
- Dec 28, 1998
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Chang
- Filming locations
- Thailand(Jungles of Northern Siam)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $60 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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By what name was Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927) officially released in Canada in English?
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