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Maya [VHS]

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This film should get five stars for scenery alone. I enjoyed the romp though the jungle with Jay North and his friend. Clint walker played the dad and very true to character. The boys try to get a whitebaby elephant through the jungle to...anyway you like Tarzan, you will really like this.

As a Kid we never went on Vacations, so I had to live vicariously through others who did. I remember seeing this movie when I was about 9 or 10. I went "with him" through his adventure in India. I was enchanted by how different people could be from us.
It was a fun kids movie with two heroes, Jay North and his Dad, Clint Walker.
It is well worth the money if you can find it.

Maya, a story of searching employs multi-direction themes but these all are arising from a root of need in the heart. We can seek excitement or adventure which Maya possesses but our lives call for a transfer of personal confidence and reliance in childhood to self awareness and integrity of manhood. A child knows his wants and can muster courage, but nothing as a life and death struggle in the wilds of India demands. A best friend is required that exceeds the guidance of a father. Maya, the elephant has its mahut Raji as the ready soulmate for Terry. Boyhood is surrendered in friendship and with this change Terry out grows his losses. He becomes what he needs to be because his new brother needs him as much as he is needed. A story that will touch every viewer differently, Maya will touch the soul!

Terry (Jay North) gets very mad at his father one day and decides to run away from home. After awhile, Terry befriends an Indian boy named Raji (Sajid Khan). Raji is going on a certain journey that he wants to fulfill, and Terry decides to go along with him. While on this journey, Terry and Raji will encounter conflict, mainly having to do with the rare white elephant that they're taking along.

Terry will have even more trouble along the way, since he is a runaway. Terry's father, Mr. Bowen (Clint Walker), is searching for him, and Terry doesn't want to be found.

"Maya" is a pretty good movie. It doesn't have any spectacular action or suspense to it, but it's an interesting tale of a runaway who encounters even more trouble while trying to escape trouble. Even though the star of the classic show, Dennis The Menace (Jay North), is the main actor in this movie, don't expect it to be funny, because it's not. This movie is more serious than anything.

I loved watching the TV show Dennis the Menace as a kid, so seeing Jay North as the star in this one, I figured it'd be funny, but he played a serious role and what a bore...zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZ...this film does have a couple of noteworthy things about it though: One, after you watch it, you'll be able to say you've seen Dennis the Menace naked (uhhh, yay? It's just weird seeing Dennis all grown up and all natural), and two, this movie spun off a short-lived TV series. How? I'd never heard of it, and it has so few reviews so surely it was never popular or anything, so why?

I just saw this movie (Maya) over Amazon on October 30th 2011 to gift my Dad, it was $38.00 and on November 1st, 2011 it is $65.00!!.
Is amazon trying to legally rob me ? :-)
or is this how amazon makes money !!
Guess I have to go for some other of his childhood movies.