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| Directed by | Sam Weisman |
| Cast | Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, John Cleese, Richard Roundtree, Abraham Benrubi, Greg Cruttwell, Spencer Garrett, John Bennett Perry, Afton Smith and Holland Taylor |
| Theatrical Release | July 16, 1997 |
| DVD Release | December 12, 2000 |
| Running Time | 92 minutes |
| MPAA Rating | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| UPC Code | 717951000101 |
| Buy this item | $9.99 at Amazon.com
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Languages: English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
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 |  | great comedy for all ages |  |
Good-natured, family-oriented comedy about a clumsy ape man who lives in the jungle amongst the animals and never seems able to stop crashing into trees. During a safari, he encounters a beautiful damsel in distress (Mann) and immediately falls in love with her. Despite their differences in lifestyles, he leaves his beloved jungle and travels to the big city where he tries to win her affections and adapt to civilization. It more ways than one this inherently goofy, episodic film resembles an extended television series with zany characters and a predictable setup, but it's smart, funny, and the gags are right on target. Fraser, never more likable, is perfectly cast, aided by a sly narrator and an over-the-top Cleese who really scores as the voice of ape.
September 4, 2008 | | By George this movie is fun! | |
This movie is good, innocent fun for all ages. It has a silly bad guy, an even sillier good guy, and a monkey that talks. Very entertaining and family friendly.
April 21, 2008I really enjoy the dvd, its wondeful, i would definetly recommend it to anyone who enjoys George Of The Jungle.
February 9, 2008| | | George of the Jungle critique | |
This is an excellent family film. More so, for those of us who remember the original 1960s cartoon. One of the many ways that this film works is that it has humor for the kids and for the adults.
The morality lessons are also important. The value of friendship and loyalty are the most important messages in the movie.
All in all, a fun film all around.
January 7, 2008| | | About the DVD... Widescreen or pan-and-scan? | |
This film is only available in full screen but you are not missing anything because the widescreen version is the same 4:3 picture cropped for 1.77:1. How do I know this? Because I actually invested a lot of money for a rare "widescreen" laserdisc of this film on eBay only to find out that the "widescreen" image was really a cropped version of the (original) 4:3 version. Disney's favourite aspect ratio is 1.66:1, which means that films are filmed in 4:3 and then hard matted down to 1.66:1 for theatrical release and then to 1.77:1 for DVD. It would have been nice to have the added resolution of an "enhanced for widescreen" 1.77:1 DVD since I own a widescreen TV, but at least now I know the film is full screen and NOT pan-and-scan. And this format shows a lot more Brendan Fraser, if you know what I mean...:-)
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