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Release Date:
9 June 1995 (USA)
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Tagline:
Where you are the endangered species
Plot:
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
Awards:
2 wins
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11 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(21 articles)
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Two New Michael Crichton Novels Found
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User Comments:
It's B to the core, but for some reason I love it
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Cast
(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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MPAA:
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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Director Frank Marshall originally intended to use the computer work pioneered on Jurassic Park (1993) for the gorillas, but opted for models as the computers weren't capable of reproducing hair.
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Goofs:
Errors in geography: The corporate headquarters is supposed to be in Houston, but the camera shot shows mountains in the background. There are no mountains anywhere near Houston.
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Quotes:
Dr. Karen Ross:
Are you sure there aren't some kind of gorillas that kill.
Dr. Peter Elliot: Please, Dr. Ross. What's your area of expertise? Folk-singing?
Dr. Karen Ross: [smugly] Communications technology.
Dr. Peter Elliot: So you're a geek with a cellular phone.
Dr. Karen Ross: I'm a scientist. But you and your protege, as far as I can see, belong in the circus.
[looks at Amy eating flowers]
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Dr. Peter Elliot: Please, Dr. Ross. What's your area of expertise? Folk-singing?
Dr. Karen Ross: [smugly] Communications technology.
Dr. Peter Elliot: So you're a geek with a cellular phone.
Dr. Karen Ross: I'm a scientist. But you and your protege, as far as I can see, belong in the circus.
[looks at Amy eating flowers]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Just Shoot Me!: Secretary's Day (#1.3)" (1997)
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Soundtrack:
California Dreamin'
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Don't get me wrong, this is not Oscar worthy in the least, nor does it stand as a particularly entertaining popcorn flick.
I love this movie because of it's incredible cheesiness, from the talking gorilla to Tim Curry's greedy diamond chaser to the absurd diamond laser plot line. I've read Crichton's book and it's quite good, the movie however, misses a lot of the time.
That being said, I still love watching it, I can't explain it, I guess it's so bad that it's good for a laugh whenever I see it, and watching people devoured by psychopathic gorillas never gets old.
If you've got friends over, pop this one in and give it the MST3K treatment, you'll have a blast I'm sure.
Like I said, no redeeming value to be had here but if you like watching bad movies just for the heck of it, this may be one to check out.
P.S. Joe Pantoliano's cameo is golden.