George of the Jungle (1997)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Sam Weisman

Writers (WGA):

Jay Ward (characters)
Dana Olsen (story)

Release Date:

16 July 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

Tagline:

Watch out!

Plot:

George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series.

Plot Keywords:

Jungle | Elephant | Hero | Based On Cartoon | Gun Shaped Lighter

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 18	2:30 AM	TBS
Sat. July 18	6:40 AM	TBS

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	George of the Jungle
Leslie Mann	...	Ursula Stanhope
Thomas Haden Church	...	Lyle van de Groot
John Cleese	...	An Ape Named 'Ape' (voice)
Richard Roundtree	...	Kwame, Traveling Sidekick
Greg Cruttwell	...	Max, van de Groot's Sidekick Thug
Abraham Benrubi	...	Thor, van de Groot's Sidekick Thug
Holland Taylor	...	Beatrice Stanhope, Ursula's Mom
Kelly Miller	...	Betsy
John Bennett Perry	...	Arthur Stanhope, Ursula's Dad
Michael Chinyamurindi	...	N'Dugo
Abdoulaye NGom	...	Kip
Lydell M. Cheshier	...	Baleto (as Lydell Cheshier)
Keith Scott	...	Narrator (voice)
Spencer Garrett	...	Male Guest at Party

MPAA:

Rated PG for crude humor and mild violence, language and sensuality.

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:G (British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Iceland:L | USA:PG (certificate #35373) | Netherlands:6 | Netherlands:AL (video rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-8/5 | Germany:6 (w) | Mexico:A | Portugal:M/6 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:U | Singapore:PG | France:U | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

Dana Olsen's screenplay began as a spec script titled "Gorilla Boy" (Olsen's nickname for his son). While shopping the screenplay to the studios, he intentionally avoided Disney because he knew they had the film rights to George of the Jungle, and figured they wouldn't be interested in another Tarzan-type spoof. As it turned out, Disney didn't have a script for the movie and happily looked at (and bought) Olsen's story.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The branch that George Jr. walks into has a visible seam running down it from the molding process.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Narrator: Deep in the heart of Africa is a place no man has ever entered. The place that belongs to the lion, the elephant and the ape. A place known as the Bukuvu. Travellers flying overhead can only glimpse at its many marvels, its sparkling rivers, its lush veldts, its billowy cloud formations and its hidden mountains. Never fear, my friends. All was not lost. Scraped and boo-booed, they searched high and low, but they never recovered their most precious cargo.

Movie Connections:

Featured in George of the Jungle 2 (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

My Way

Even though it's a Disney movie...

Even though it's a Disney movie and can be viewed by the whole family, the movie was quite funny. Not Naked Gun funny, but still funny nonetheless. It is definitely worth the price of rental or purchase, so long as you like silly/unrealistic circumstances, talking animals, etc.

For those of you keeping score, this movie was much funnier than Dudley Do-Right, which had some similarities.