Movie: Into the Jungle

Top 8 Billed Cast

David Attenborough
David Attenborough

Self - Narrator

Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall

Self

Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery

Self

François Montagut
François Montagut

Narrator French version (voice)

Ludivine Maffren
Ludivine Maffren

Narrator French version (voice)

Michel Laroussi
Michel Laroussi

Narrator French version (voice)

Philippe Lejour
Philippe Lejour

Narrator French version (voice)

Laurent Larcher
Laurent Larcher

Narrator French version (voice)

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2018-08-31

  • Average

    7.8

  • Rating:

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