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Going Ape!

  • 19811981
  • PGPG
  • 1h 27m
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4.0/10
901
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Danny DeVito and Tony Danza in Going Ape! (1981)
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When 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes f... Read allWhen 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.When 80-year-old Max Sabatini dies, he leaves his three prized orangutans in the care of his only son, Foster. To inherit his father's $5-million fortune, Foster must take care of the apes for the next five years.
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4.0/10
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    • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
    • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
  • Stars
    • Tony Danza
    • Jessica Walter
    • Stacey Nelkin
    • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
    • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
  • Stars
    • Tony Danza
    • Jessica Walter
    • Stacey Nelkin
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    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Tony Danza
    Tony Danza
    • Foster
    Jessica Walter
    Jessica Walter
    • Fiona
    Stacey Nelkin
    Stacey Nelkin
    • Cynthia
    • (as Stacey Nelkin)
    Danny DeVito
    Danny DeVito
    • Lazlo
    Art Metrano
    Art Metrano
    • Joey
    Frank Sivero
    Frank Sivero
    • Bad Habit
    Rick Hurst
    Rick Hurst
    • Brandon
    Howard Mann
    • Jules Cohen
    Joseph Maher
    Joseph Maher
    • Gridley
    Leon Askin
    Leon Askin
    • Zebrewski
    Jacquelyn Hyde
    Jacquelyn Hyde
    • Zaida
    Ted White
    Ted White
    • Goon #1
    Bob Terhune
    • Goon #2
    Jaye Durkus
    • Goon #3
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    Angus Duncan
    Angus Duncan
    • Farley
    Ellen Gerstein
    Ellen Gerstein
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    Poppy Lagos
    • Sister
    Marji Martin
    Marji Martin
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      • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
      • Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
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    • Trivia
      Stars Tony Danza and Danny DeVito were currently both appearing in the television series Taxi (1978) when this movie was made and first released. They appeared together in over one hundred episodes of the sitcom between 1978 and 1983. This movie is their only ever theatrical feature film collaboration.
    • Goofs
      The letter that Poppy is supposed to give Foster jumps from her right hand to her left.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Hardly Working/The Howling/'Breaker' Morant/Mon Oncle D'Amerique/Caveman (1981)
    • Soundtracks
      It Ain't Who's Right, It's What's Right
      Music by Elmer Bernstein

      Lyrics by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

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    7/10
    A Guilty Pleasure, But An Entertaining Comedy
    Jeremy Joe Kronsberg wrote and directed this comedy involving orangutans (Kronsberg also wrote Every Which Way but Loose), with Tony Danza as their keeper. Danza's father was a big star in the circus world and had left him $4,000,000, providing he can take care of the monkeys. He calls in his friend Laszlo (an uproarious Danny DeVito) to help out and also has to deal with his jealous girlfriend and her disapproving mother. The comedy is really well-done with numerous set pieces involving a food fight, a wacky climatic car chase, and a showdown at a hospital involving a slew of crooks wanting Danza's inheritance. I think of this as a old-fashioned Disney comedy, but with adult themes present.
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      • April 10, 1981 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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      • San Diego, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Hemdale
      • City Films
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    • 1 hour 27 minutes

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