A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress.A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress.A man raised in the jungle by apes falls in love with a wealthy American heiress.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations total
Kelly Miracco
- Betsy
- (as Kelly Miller)
Lydell M. Cheshier
- Bateke
- (as Lydell Cheshier)
Keith Scott
- The Narrator
- (voice)
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Brilliant smashing comedy movie! The characters are original and fun. As if you're seeing a big family in a movie, everyone's interacting perfectly.
The animals are definitely the best. The ape, especially the elephant. Very funny and spectacular!
Just watch it with the whole family. It's really fun. I promise.
The animals are definitely the best. The ape, especially the elephant. Very funny and spectacular!
Just watch it with the whole family. It's really fun. I promise.
Laugh it up you insensitive ruffians but I actually like this movie. Yeah, it's really stupid but the film does have some semblance of charm. How can you not laugh at the ridiculousness of it all? I say, watch this movie when you're not functioning normally and you'll dig it. I don't know, I'll chalk it up to guilty pleasure. If you think I'm an idiot for digging this one, so be it. I don't mind watching someone swing face first into a tree from time to time, just to stray from the norm. Or to see a lion get clotheslined. Rating: *** out of *****.
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!
Even though it's a Disney movie and can be viewed by the whole family, the movie was quite funny. Not Naked Gun funny, but still funny nonetheless. It is definitely worth the price of rental or purchase, so long as you like silly/unrealistic circumstances, talking animals, etc.
For those of you keeping score, this movie was much funnier than Dudley Do-Right, which had some similarities.
For those of you keeping score, this movie was much funnier than Dudley Do-Right, which had some similarities.
This was a pretty entertaining comedy with a few twists added, such as a talking gorilla, which made it fun to watch. We also see an elephant act like a dog and along the way our hero (Brendan Fraser) is a likable boob. Sometimes it's just plain stupid but that's what you get with any comedy.
Disney has this in the "PG" mode so we get some of the standard peeing, farting, sex jokes and innuendos, kicking people in the groin....you know, all those supposedly-hilarious gags that have become so commonplace in modern family comedies. There is enough original material in here, though, to enjoy this a couple of times.
Disney has this in the "PG" mode so we get some of the standard peeing, farting, sex jokes and innuendos, kicking people in the groin....you know, all those supposedly-hilarious gags that have become so commonplace in modern family comedies. There is enough original material in here, though, to enjoy this a couple of times.
Did you know
- TriviaAlmost every element from the George of the Jungle (1967) cartoon series is included in this movie... even the "Never argue with the Narrator" line that shows up in Jay Ward's cartoons.
- GoofsShep is clearly an Indian elephant, none of which are found in the wild in Africa. The two species that inhabit Africa would be bush elephants (residents of Africa's savanna grasslands) and forest elephants (residents of African jungles).
- Crazy creditsAs the credits begin to roll, "Ape" suddenly calls out, "Hey, doesn't anyone want to know what happened to me?!" We then see a wild Las Vegas show with Ape dressed up in blue sequens singing "My Way."
- Alternate versionsOn-screen subtitles were provided for Lyle's European mercenaries in the VHS release. These subtitles have been removed from the DVD version
- SoundtracksGeorge Of The Jungle (Main Title)
(1996)
Written by Stan Worth and Sheldon Allman
Produced by Don Was
Additional production by Marc Shaiman
Performed by The Presidents of the United States of America
Courtesy of Columbia Records
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- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- George de la selva
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $55,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $105,263,257
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $16,540,791
- Jul 20, 1997
- Gross worldwide
- $174,463,257
- Runtime
- 1h 32m(92 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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