Duma (2005 movie)

Duma
Duma
Directed by	Carroll Ballard
Written by	Karen Janszen; Mark St. Germain
Story by	Carol Flint; Karen Janszen
Based on	How It Was with Dooms; by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft
Produced by	John Wells; Hunt Lowry; E.K. Gaylord II ; Kristin Harms; Stacy Cohen
Starring	Alexander Michaletos ; Eamonn Walker ; Campbell Scott ; Hope Davis
Narrated by	Alexander Michaletos
Cinematography	Werner Maritz
Edited by	T.M. Christopher
Music by	George Acogny ; John Debney
Production; companies	Gaylord Films; John Wells Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	April 22, 2005
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United States, South Africa, Botswana, Namibia
Language	English
Budget	$12 million
Box office	$994,790 (worldwide)

Duma is a 2005 American family drama adventure movie. It is about the friendship of a young South African boy and an orphaned cheetah.^[1] The movie is based on How It Was with Dooms by Carol Cawthra Hopcraft and Xan Hopcraft. It was directed by Carroll Ballard. The movie stars Alexander Michaletos in his only movie role, Eamonn Walker, Campbell Scott and Hope Davis.^[2]^[3] This was Carroll Ballard's last movie his retirement.

The movie was released in theaters on April 22, 2005 by Warner Bros. Pictures, Gaylord Films and C.O.R.E. It got mostly good reviews from critics. Warner Bros only gave the movie a small release around the world. It had a limited release in the United States).^[4] The movie earned $994,790 in worldwide box office. It won the Family Feature Film at the Genesis Awards in 2006.