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 | Barefoot | San Francisco California

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

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:

In the scene where Ursula is going to rescue George from his rescue of the skydiver caught on the Bay Bridge, she is standing on the front of the tugboats bridge. The music being played is the opening bars for "Don't rain on my parade" - a direct reference to Barbara Streisand in "Funny Girl". Streisand sang this song, standing on the bridge of the tugboat as she was racing to meet Nicky Arnstein, her true love.

Goofs:

Continuity: When George is showing Ursula how to "swing, swing, swing", Ursula is not wearing the cereal box ring on her right hand - a ring she found and has worn since she was 10. She removes it from her right ring finger several scenes later when she gives it to George in the tree house.

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:

My Way

Hilarious!

What a zany, goofy, good time of a movie. Obviously, judging by the other comments, this type of humor is a matter of taste. But if you like inane humor, you'll love this flick. The plot is...well it's idiotic, but nobody really cares, that is the great thing. This is not a situation comedy! It has lots of tongue-in-cheek humor, slapstick, and of course, the infamous fake trees (this is a comedy...remember?). The narrator is the funniest character in the whole movie--he scolds the characters, adds smart-ass remarks and talks to the audience, reassuring them that "nobody dies in this story...they just get really big boo-boos!" If you are the type of person who just likes a big laugh, and aren't too worried about what kind of elephant Shep is, you will like this one.