Underplayed Gems

Cheetah (1989)

Cheetah poster
Directed by
Jeff Blyth
Genre
drama film, adventure film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
G
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 43 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two American teenagers living in Kenya befriend a cheetah cub and raise it. They must protect the cheetah from poachers while preparing to return to the United States.

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What happens

Cheetah, also known as Cheetah and Friends, is a 1989 American family drama film from Walt Disney Pictures starring Keith Coogan and Lucy Deakins. This motion picture was loosely based on Alan Caillou's novel The Cheetahs. It was shot in Nairobi, Kenya. This motion picture features the phrase "Hakuna matata" which became famous when Disney released The Lion King five years later. It was first screened alongside a re-issue of the 1948 animated short, Mickey and the Seal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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