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Born to Be Wild

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1995 film by John Gray

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5.3

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

Released: 1995-03-31100 minDir: John GrayDrama, Family

Cast

  • Wil Horneff as Rick Heller
  • Helen Shaver as Margaret Heller
  • John C. McGinley as Max Carr
  • Jean Marie Barnwell as Lacey Carr
  • Peter Boyle as Gus Charnley
  • Leif Tilden as Katie The Gorilla

Themes

  • gorilla
  • sign languages

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Ratings

IMDb

5.2/10

1,814 votes

Year
1995
Runtime
100 min
Genres
Adventure, Comedy, Drama

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Director
John Gray
Cast member
Frank Welker
Composer
Mark Snow
Narrative location
Arizona
Filming location
California
Duration
100
FilmAffinity ID
195542
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1995-01-01
distributed by
Netflix
title
Born to Be Wild
review score
3.4/10
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