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Mighty Joe Young
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Mighty Joe Young is a fantasy drama film directed by Ron Underwood and produced by Ted Hartley. The screenplay was written by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner, with music composed by James Horner. The cast includes Marguerite Moreau, Mika Boorem, Ray Harryhausen, and Richard Riehle. Filming took place in Hawaii, and the narrative is set in Africa. The movie was distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Netflix, and Disney+.
The film has a runtime of 114 minutes and was released on December 25, 1998. It was produced by Walt Disney Pictures, RKO Pictures, and The Jacobson Company with a budget of 90,000,000. The movie received a PG rating. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and won a Genesis Award. Review scores include a 6/10, 51/100, and 55%.
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6.3As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Cast
- Charlize Theron as Jill Young
- Bill Paxton as Gregg O'Hara
- Rade Šerbedžija as Strasser
- Peter Firth as Garth
- David Paymer as Harry Ruben
- Regina King as Cecily Banks
Themes
- dying and death
- gorilla
- uganda
- poacher
- remake
- primatologist
- giant ape
- king kong
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Ratings
IMDb
5.7/10
31,958 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
55%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Family
- Rated
- PG
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 4 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Genesis Award
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Mighty Joe Young
- Director
- Ron Underwood
- Screenwriter
- Lawrence Konner
- Composer
- James Horner
- Cinematographer
- Donald Peterman
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Filming location
- Hawaii
- Duration
- 114
- FilmAffinity ID
- 238254
- Performer
- James Horner
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- movies.disney.com/mighty-joe-young
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- publication date
- 1999-07-01
- film editor
- Paul Hirsch
- title
- Mighty Joe Young
- distributed by
- Disney+
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- review score
- 55%
- form of creative work
- feature film
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