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Release Date:
16 July 1997 (USA)
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Plot:
George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win
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2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(26 articles)
Review: 'Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Vol. 2'
(From Comicmix. 25 October 2009, 11:39 AM, PDT)
[TV] The Very First Alvin Show
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(From Comicmix. 25 October 2009, 11:39 AM, PDT)
[TV] The Very First Alvin Show
(From JustPressPlay. 20 September 2009, 8:39 AM, PDT)
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 |
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MPAA:
Rated PG for crude humor and mild violence, language and sensuality.
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Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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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
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Trivia:
Almost every element from the George of the Jungle cartoon series is included in this movie... even the "Never argue with the Narrator" line that shows up in Jay Ward's cartoons.
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Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the guides are talking about Lyles "magic pictures", one of them says how he prefers the "resolution of his Zeiss 35mm" in Swahili. This is translated incorrectly by Kwame as the "resolution of his Leica 35mm"
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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.
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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.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Brendan Fraser/Björk (#23.3)" (1997)
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Soundtrack:
That Heavenly Feeling (Chock Full O' Nuts Theme)
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A lot of movies have been fashioned after cartoons, but not all of them are successful. "George of the Jungle" is one of the few that score a hit in that department. The movie captures the slapstick feel of the original cartoon. Brendan Fraser plays his part well, as the dimwitted but lucky George. And I can't really imagine a different voice for the ape named Ape than that of John Cleese!