George of the Jungle (1997)

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 | Barefoot | San Francisco California

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

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

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 | Australia:G (TV rating) | 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:

Joel Hodgson (creator of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988)) and writing partner, Nell Scovell, did a pass on the script early on. They added the opening cartoon sequence and were the first to make Ape talk. As typical of a lot of credit arbitration, the first writer and last writer received on-screen credit.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Toucans are found naturally only in the Americas, orangutans are found naturally only in Asia, and Sulfur Crested Cockatoos are found naturally only in Australia.

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:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Brendan Fraser/Björk (#23.3)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

Bombastic (Sting Remix)

George is a very funny movie

Really, i don't understand because the rating of this movie is low. In my country, this movie bring on the theatre thousands. I give to this movie rating 8. "George of the Jungle" is a adaptation of the cartoon that has the same name. Really, i prefer a thousand times the movie than the cartoon. This movie it's very funny, Brendan Frasier is hilarious played George also his co-star Leslie is lovely. Also, we don't forget the George's friends, Ape and Elephant that are responsible for very good moments in this movie. There are few movies that i laugh so many times as "George of the Jungle".

"George of the Jungle" is a very funny movie.