Movie
Mighty Joe Young
Synopsis
Ron Underwood's remake of the 1949 cult classic stars Charlize Theron as Jill Young, who runs a game reserve in Africa that is home to Mighty Joe Young, a paranormally large gorilla. But both of them are in danger from big game hunter Strasser, who was also responsible for orphaning Jill and Joe. When Gregg O'Hara, a Californian zoologist, offers them both a haven in his reserve in America, Jill accepts but Strasser won't be thwarted and pursues Joe. And when Joe escapes and starts running amok in Hollywood, it seems the hunter's moment may have come... Since the film is produced by Disney, it is heart-warming throughout, but fans of special effects will enjoy the realisation of Joe, the work of expert Rick Baker, who also worked on King Kong (1976) and Gorillas in the Mist.
Cast
- Bill Paxton
- Charlize Theron
- Rade Serbedzija
- Regina King
- Peter Firth
- Naveen Andrews
- David Paymer
- Linda Purl
- Mika Boorem
- Robert Wisdom
- Lawrence Pressman
- Geoffrey Blake
- Christian Clemenson
- Cory Buck
- Liz Georges
- Richard Riehle
- Cynthia Allison
- Ken Taylor
- Ray Harryhausen
- Terry Moore
- Judson Mills
- Tony Genaro
- Flo Di Re
- Kaylan Romero
- Hernan Ruiz
- Jenilee Deal
- Matt Deal
- Bethany Bassler
- Vicki Davis
- Deborah Kellner
- Marguerite Moreau
- Tracey Walter
- Larry Brandenburg
- Damien Leake
- Neal Kopit
- Janet Eilber
- Wiley Pickett
- John T. Bower
- Hannah Swanson
- Laurie Kilpatrick
- Richard McGonagle
- Reno Wilson
- Theodore R. Hartley
- Dina Merrill
- Lily Mariye
- John Alexander
- Lawrence Konner
- Gary Stutman
- Charles Daboub
- Pam Dixon
- Jim Mitchell
- Rick Baker
- Mark Rosenthal
- Molly Maginnis
- Michael Corenblith
- Don Peterman
- Jackie Rubin Levine
- Holly Goldberg Sloan
- Ruth Rose
- Terry Leonard
- Jim Chory
- Merideth Boswell
- Hoyt Yeatman
- Paul Hirsch
- Michael Fottrell
- Deborah Larsen
- Mark Lisson
- Charlie Daboub
- Allen Hall
- Gail Katz
- Oliver Wood
