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Buddy (1997) -- Rene Russo plays an eccentric socialite who raises a gorilla as her son.
Buddy (1997) -- Rene Russo plays an eccentric socialite who raises a gorilla as her son.
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Overview

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Director:

Caroline Thompson

Writers (WGA):

Gertrude Davies Lintz (book)
William Joyce (screen story) ...
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Release Date:

6 June 1997 (USA) more

Tagline:

Welcome to a family that will make yours seem tame.

Plot:

Rene Russo plays an eccentric socialite who raises a gorilla as her son. full summary | add synopsis

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Sony At Acme
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 2 September 1997)

Farewell To Family Films?
 (From Studio Briefing - Film News. 22 July 1997)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Rene Russo ... Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz

Robbie Coltrane ... Dr. Bill Lintz

Alan Cumming ... Dick Croner, Trudy's Assistant

Irma P. Hall ... Emma, Lintz's Maid

Peter Elliott ... Buddy

Mak Wilson ... Buddy
Lynn Robertson Bruce ... Buddy
Mark Sealey ... Buddy
Robert Tygner ... Buddy (as Rob Tygner)
Michelan Sisti ... Buddy
Peter Hurst ... Buddy
Leif Tilden ... Buddy
Star Townsend ... Buddy (as Star Townshend)

Paul Reubens ... Professor Spatz

John Aylward ... Mr. Joe Bowman
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated PG for some threatening animal action.

Runtime:

84 min | Argentina:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:G (TV rating) | Australia:PG (original rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | France:U | Germany:6 | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | Sweden:7 | UK:U (video premiere) | USA:PG (certificate #34791)


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Rene Russo came out a month before principal photography started to work to rehearse with each individual chimp. more

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Emma: It's enough to drive you to the nut house. Of course this place probably already is the nut house. more

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5 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
More Plugs For Darwinism, 9 December 2006
5/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

This was a nice, gentle film with no villains, pretty colors, nice surround sound, a nice recreation of the early 20th century and a fast-moving story. That's the good news.

The bad news is that for a story that is supposed to be "true," it is ludicrous. No animal understands human language as well as another human. Duh! Not in this movie; here they do, which leads the filmmakers into their gigantic plus for Darwinism. They even bring a priest into the picture who proclaims (while looking into "Buddy" the gorilla's eyes, "Those are not the eyes of an animal!"

Are you kidding me?They aren't even subtle about their evolution propaganda and it's some of the most ridiculous baloney I've ever heard.

Too bad because, as I said, it's basically a nice film with nice people. They even show a nice husband, played by Robbie Coltrane. Hollywood usually doesn't show husbands in a good light. In their twist political correctness, women are good and men are bad. Not here.

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