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MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Family film with a runtime of 93 minutes, released in 2000. Presented in English.
At a Glance
Synopsis
A chimp learns the blue lines rules of hockey (which is more than can be said for many fans) in this family oriented comedy from the creative team behind Air Bud. Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall (Lomax Study), a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. Jack, however, has not been making progress fast enough for Dr. Kendall's sponsor, Dr. Peabody (Oliver Muirhead), who has cut off his funding and sold Jack to a medical research lab. Afraid of what could happen to his simian friend, Dr. Kendall sneaks Jack out of his home in the lab; however, Jack is accidentally sent to Canada, where he gets loose and is discovered by Tara (Jamie Renee Smith), a deaf girl who recognizes Jack's sign language. Jack has an even bigger surprise for Tara's older brother Steven (Kevin Zegers); Jack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game. With Jack on the team, Steven's team is on their way to a league championship, but Jack's notoriety attracts the unfortunate attention of Dr. Peabody, who are determined to send Jack back to his new owners. Jack is played on screen by three different chimps, Bernie, Mac, and Louie; the suppoirting cast also features former SCTV regular Dave Thomas.
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Cast
- Kevin Zegers
- Jamie Renée Smith
- Rick Ducommun
- Ingrid Tesch
- Philip Granger
- Jane Sowerby
- Alexa Benette Fox
- Lomax Study
- Russell Ferrier
- Aaron Smolinski
- Dave Thomas
- Shane Vajda
- Trevor Roberts
- Ray Galletti
- Jim Hughson
- Ann Warn Pegg
- Stanley Katz
- Patrick Cranshaw
- David Lewis
- Oliver Muirhead
- Miles McNamara
- Nick Misura
- Jay Brazeau
- Ralph J. Alderman
- Frank C. Turner
- Kirby Morrow
- Debra Donohue
- Dolores Drake
- Christine Willes
- Darryl David
- John B. Lowe
- Lois Dellar
- John Harris
- Helen Hoenywell
- Dana Hamel
- Cali Newcomen
- Liz Shelton
- Anne Vince
- Robert Vince
- Lorna Johnson
- Ellie Kanner
- Brian Davie
- Kelly Herron
- Michael Strange
- Glen Winter
- Marc Chiasson
