When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Foster inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the orangutans or ...
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Title: Going Ape! (1981)
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3 nominations.
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| Tony Danza | ... | Foster | |
| Jessica Walter | ... | Fiona | |
| Stacey Nelkin | ... | Cynthia (as Stacey Nelkin) | |
| Danny DeVito | ... | Lazlo | |
| Art Metrano | ... | Joey | |
| Frank Sivero | ... | Bad Habit | |
| Rick Hurst | ... | Brandon | |
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Howard Mann | ... | Jules Cohen |
| Joseph Maher | ... | Gridley | |
| Leon Askin | ... | Zebrewski | |
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Jacquelyn Hyde | ... | Zaida |
| Ted White | ... | Goon #1 | |
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Bob Terhune | ... | Goon #2 |
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Jaye Durkus | ... | Goon #3 (as Jay Durkus) |
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Angus Duncan | ... | Farley |
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When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Foster inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the orangutans or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoological society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with Laszlo, a kooky new roommate who came from the circus to help with the apes, a greedy zoological society's president, 3 bumbling henchmen and a cranky landlord. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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There were 3 conditions to the 5 million dollar inheritance, and they had to be bathed once a week.Parents Guide:
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10 April 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Affen, Gangster und Millionen See more »Company Credits
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Tony Danza and Danny DeVito starred together in the TV series "Taxi". See more »Goofs
The letter that Poppy is supposed to give Foster jumps from her right hand to her left. See more »Connections
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Someone must have talked with Clyde's manager.
Whoever gave the green light for "Going Ape!" deserves to have to spend a few months in the company of orangutangs themselves. I mean, the ones who don't cut movie deals.
Danza plays a loser who has to babysit a trio of the orange apes and his cousin Lazlo (DeVito) in order to gain a hefty inheritance. Of course, there are forces conspiring against him.
Basically, this is just an excuse for seeing orangutangs do their stuff, and they indeed do stuff. Unfortunately, they have to involve humans in the act, too. Everyone looks pretty much embarrassed to be in this flick and who can blame them? I'm embarrassed to admit that I've seen it.
But, is "Going Ape!" worth seeing? Sure, if it's a slow night at the zoo.
But for those of us on the other side of the monkey bars....
One star. You want to see funny monkeys, watch C-SPAN.