Mighty Joe Young (1998 movie)
Mighty Joe Young is an 1998 adventure movie that was produced by Ted Hartley and Tom Jacobson and was directed by Ron Underwood. It is a remake of the 1949 movie, Mighty Joe Young. It stars Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, and creature suit actor John Alexander as the title character. In this version, the ape is much larger than in the original. Mighty Joe Young was released on December 25, 1998 in North America. The movie received mixed reviews with a 54% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The movie turned out to be a box office bomb grossing $50,632,037 with a budget of $90,000,000.
Plot
A giant mountain gorilla named Joe is brought from his jungle habitat in Uganda to a wildlife preserve in Los Angeles by a young woman (Charlize Theron) who raised him, and a zoologist (Bill Paxton), in order to protect him from the threat of poachers. An evil poacher (Rade Serbedzija) wants take his revenge on Joe, for not being able to kill him while Joe was small and for losing his two fingers during the hunt.
Cast
Bill Paxton as Professor Gregory "Gregg" O'Hara
Charlize Theron as Jill Young
John Alexander as Mighty Joe Young
Rade Serbedzija as Andrei Strasser
Regina King as Cecily Banks
Peter Firth as Garth-Strasser's right-hand man.
Naveen Andrews as Pindi-Gregg O'Hara's guide in Africa.
David Paymer as Harry Ruben
Robert Wisdom as Kweli
Christian Clemenson as Jack
Geoffrey Blake as Vern
Lawrence Pressman as Dr. Elliot Baker
Linda Purl as Dr. Ruth Young
Mika Boorem as Young Jill Young
Cory Buck as Jason
Liz Georges as Jason's Mother
Ray Harryhausen as Gentleman at Party
Terry Moore as Elegant Woman at Party
Other websites
1998 adventure movies
1990s American adventure movies
American family movies
1990s English-language movies
Giant gorilla movies
Jungle movies
Movies set in Uganda
Movies set in Los Angeles
Movies directed by Ron Underwood
Movies composed by James Horner
Disney movies