Synopsis

After discovering that his estranged wife has raised their 13-year-old son in the Venezuelan jungle, Manhattan commodities broker Michael Cromwell brings the boy to New York. Mimi-Siku's unfamiliarity with city life creates comic chaos, while Michael struggles to become a father and protect his family from the consequences of a disastrous business deal.

Factoids & Trivia

• The film is an American remake of the 1994 French comedy Un indien dans la ville, also known in English as Little Indian, Big City. The remake changes the main urban setting from Paris to New York.

• Disney released Jungle 2 Jungle in the United States on March 7, 1997, under the Walt Disney Pictures label. It was rated PG.

• The jungle sequences were filmed near Canaima, Venezuela, in a remote rainforest location. Production reportedly faced significant logistical difficulties working in the area.

• New York scenes were filmed at locations throughout the city, as well as in Pound Ridge, New York, and at Playland amusement park in Rye.

• The movie was a co-production involving American and French companies, reflecting its connection to the earlier French film.

• An entire day's worth of exposed film was accidentally left in a New York City taxicab and was never recovered.

• The film was released on home video during 1997, the same year as its theatrical release.