George of the Jungle (film)

George of the Jungle is a live-action feature film adaptation of the 1967 Jay Ward animated series. The film starred Brendan Fraser in the title role. As with The Flintstones, another cartoon-based movie, the Creature Shop supplied animatronic puppet characters, including a lion, the Tookie Tookie Bird, snakes, and assorted gorillas. The most prominent puppet character was An Ape Named Ape, voiced by John Cleese.
==Cast==
*Brendan Fraser as George of the Jungle
*Leslie Mann as Ursula Stanhope
*Thomas Haden Church as Lyle van de Groot
*Richard Roundtree as Kwame
*Greg Cruttwell as Max
*Abraham Benrubi as Thor
*Holland Taylor as Beatrice Stanhope
*John Cleese as An Ape Named Ape (voice)
*Tai as Shep the elephant
*Samantha Harris as Ursula's friend
*Frank Welker as special vocal effects
==Puppeteers==
*Nameer El-Kadi as Ape (suit performer)
*Gorilla Suit Performers: Tom Fisher, Philip Tan, Jody St. Michael, Leif Tilden
*Robert Tygner as Ape (puppeteer)
*Puppeteers: Michelan Sisti, Julianne Buescher, Pons Maar, Peter Hurst, Peter Abrahamson, Duke K. W. Cullen, Gil Correa, Michael Scanlan
==Creature Shop credits==
*Gorilla choreographer: John Alexander
*Special creature effects by Jim Henson's Creature Shop
*Creative supervisor: David Barrington-Holt
*General manager: Matt J. Britton
*Project manager: Sally Ray
*Lead designer: Peter Brooke
*Sculptors: John Brown, Ralph Cordero, Chris Hanson, Steve Koch, Mark Wahlberg
*Mold department supervisor: Phil Jackson
*Moldmakers: Larry Addison Bortolott, Matt "Chief" Flesher, Matt Singer
*Foam tech: Josh Yates
*Gorilla costume designer: Camilla Henneman
*Lead set gorilla Designer: Carol Jones
*Gorilla costumers: Leah Aiken, Susan Cox, Erica Freeman, Marian Keating, Julie Zobel
*Fabricators: Rick Cedillo, Lisa Cordero, Susan Spector, Mariana Tiana
*Finishers: Duke Cullen, Robin Dufay
*Hair techs: Karin Hanson, Jeff Himmel, Kate Studley
*Seamers: Karen Carmichael, Brian Dooley, Carl Swanson
*Lead mechanic: Mike Scanlan
*Mechanics: Peter Abrahamson, John Biggs, Gil Correa, Ken Walker
*Machinists: Mark Goldberg, Jake Lee
*Electronics department supervisor: Jeff Forbes
*On set electronics department supervisor: Mark Ross
*Electronics tech: Cheryl Blake
*Hair and cosmetics techs: Jack Bricker, Marlene Stoller
*Special lens optometrist: Dr. Jonathan Gording
*Contact lens tech: David Hogan Bauer
*Production coordinator: Jim Edson 
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