Cheetah (1989)

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

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.

family-friendlylightheartedadventurouswarmwholesomegentleoptimisticnostalgic

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)

Trailer

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