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Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories (1987) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1987 · 23 mins · English
- Starring
- Jack Nicholson, Bobby McFerrin
Based on Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories, the film presents two whimsical tall tales: a Parsee man schemes revenge against a cake‑loving, pig‑like rhinoceros, and a lazy, hump‑less camel must settle a debt after refusing to work. The stories are narrated by Jack Nicholson and feature a score by Bobby McFerrin, capturing the original’s playful imagination.
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