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Release Date:
9 June 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Where you are the endangered species
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When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong. full summary | full synopsis
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2 wins
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11 nominations
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(21 articles)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Laura Linney | ... | Dr. Karen Ross |
 | Dylan Walsh | ... | Dr. Peter Elliot |
 | Ernie Hudson | ... | Captain Munro Kelly |
 | Tim Curry | ... | Herkermer Homolka |
 | Grant Heslov | ... | Richard |
 | Joe Don Baker | ... | R.B. Travis |
 | Lorene Noh | ... | Amy |
| Mary Ellen Trainor | ... | Moira |
 | Misty Rosas | ... | Amy the Gorilla |
 | Stuart Pankin | ... | Boyd |
| Carolyn Seymour | ... | Eleanor Romy |
 | Romy Rosemont | ... | Assistant |
 | James Karen | ... | College President / Elliot's Boss |
| Bill Pugin | ... | William |
| Lawrence T. Wrentz | ... | Prof. Arliss Wender |
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Rated PG-13 for jungle adventure terror and action and brief strong language.
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109 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:PG-13 (certificate #33485) |
Iceland:14 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 (video rating) |
Australia:M |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Germany:12 |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:15 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:7 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:12
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Dylan Walsh plays Dr. Peter Elliot, a primatologist who's returning a gorilla to the wild. The real Peter Elliot is a gorilla choreographer and ape performer in many movies, including this one.
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Continuity: At the airport the President's car explodes hundreds of meters away from the buggy, which is then shown traveling much closer to the burning wreck.
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Referenced in "Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet special: Troldspejlet i USA (#17.1)" (1997)
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Spirit Of Africa
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My Take: A sometimes trite old-fashioned adventure that stays true to its form.
CONGO goes back to the old tradition of adventure movies, refurbishing it with new technology, gadgets and pumping it up with special effects (created by the ILM crew that brought us JURASSIC PARK). At the same time, CONGO brings along the genre's cheesiness, and it quite shows. The gorillas are pretty unconvincing at some parts, which you know are simply guys in gorilla suits acting it out (since, at the time CG has not yet professionalized the creation of fur). The screenplay is often filled with mediocre dialog.
The film is based on Michael Chricton's other bestselling novel and, although I haven't read the book, I'm pretty sure Chricton can't devise such a lousy story. Still, what the heck, I liked this movie. It's fun and very funny. The film takes itself a bit seriously in places it shouldn't, but I liked its nods at old adventure movies. Bring in Johnny Weissmüller and the Tarzan yell! The movie has a gorilla expert (Dylan Walsh) joining an expedition to the dark region of the Congo to return his beloved pet/test subject, a gorilla named Amy. The expedition is also accompanied by Dr. Karen Ross (Laura Linney), who works for a company called Travicom, ordered by her boss (Joe Don Baker) to investigate what has become of the first expedition sent there (as well as another objective). Also along for the trip is a Romanian "philantrophist" Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry, in a Romanian accent). Their "Great White Hunter", who happens to be black, is the daring Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson from GHOSTBUSTERS).
CONGO is filled with cheesiness. Clichés are there, as are some bits of silliness that is very convincing that this isn't a Chricton creation (as a film that is). But that's just part of the fun. CONGO is a lot of fun if you are willing to suspend your disbelief for two hours (at least). The special effects are pretty good, but the film is still high on adventure. Directed by Frank Marshall, the energy is quite high, and the action scenes are pretty good.
CONGO is quite silly, but that's its heart on the right place. It's fun in both an intentional and pretentious sort of way.
Rating: ***1/2 out of 5.