Into the Jungle

Into the Jungle

Into the Jungle

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Into the Jungle

2018

1h 32m

7.6(4 votes)

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Overview

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.

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8 members

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David Attenborough

Self - Narrator

David Attenborough

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Jane Goodall

Self

Jane Goodall

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Tim Flannery

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François Montagut

Narrator French version (voice)

François Montagut

Acting

Ludivine Maffren

Narrator French version (voice)

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Michel Laroussi

Narrator French version (voice)

Michel Laroussi

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Philippe Lejour

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Laurent Larcher

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