Release Year: 1998 Rating: PG Duration: 114 minutes Other Title: Mighty Joe Director: Ron Underwood Producer: Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson Distributor: Walt Disney Pictures
An enormous gorilla exhibits endless compassion and courage. In his native jungle he cares for and protects an orphaned girl who later brings him to Los Angeles to save him from ruthless poachers. However, once there, the man-made confines and threats from a new set of cruel and greedy trophy-hunters cause the otherwise gentle, but misunderstood, beast to totally flip out. Remake of the black and white classic.
cast
Bill Paxton as Gregg O'Hara Charlize Theron as Jill Young Rade Serbedzija as Andrei Strasser
Charlize Theron is the star of such movies as Sweet November with Keanu Reeves, The Astronauts Wife with Johnny Depp - lucky girl! - plus Reindeer Games, Mighty Joe Young & the Devils Advocate Source: Ezthemes Size: (119 Kb)
This Mighty Joe Young (1998) star was born 8775 in Benoni , Republic of South Africa. Noteable movies to her credit include That Thing You Do, The Astronauts Wife, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Reindeer Games, Men Of Honor, The Devils Advocate and many more. Free for Windows 95-XP 800 X 600 by CelebrityScreenSavers.com Source: Ezthemes Size: (2774 Kb)
Synopsis: An orphaned girl named Jill Young (Charlize Theron) has befriended an orphaned baby gorilla named Joe who carries within his genes the DNA for gigantism. Joe's parents were killed by poachers. Years later, Jill is a young woman living in Africa, and her animal friend Joe is 4.6 meters tall and weighs 905 kilograms, a magnificent, gentle, and intelligent giant. For Joe's safety, Jill and her friend Gregg (Bill Paxton) establish a place for Joe in the United States at a game reserve called the California Animal Conservancy.
