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Buddy (film)
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| Directed by | Caroline Thompson |
| Produced by | Fred Fuchs Steve Nicolaides |
| Written by | Gertrude Davies Lintz (book) William Joyce & Caroline Thompson (screenplay) |
| Starring | Rene Russo Robbie Coltrane Alan Cumming |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
| Cinematography | Steve Mason |
| Editing by | Jonathan Shaw |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) |  1997 |
| Running time | 84 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Buddy is a 1997 film directed by Caroline Thompson. It starred Rene Russo as Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz and Robbie Coltrane as her husband.
The film was based on the life of a gorilla called Massa[1] with elements of Gertrude Lintz's other gorilla Gargantua (who was called "Buddy" at the time). In real life, Massa became the oldest Gorilla on record while Buddy/Gargantua died young as a circus attraction and is now on display in a museum.
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Millionaire animal lover and overall spoiled rich girl Trudy adds the title animal, a gorilla, to her family. The ape, named Buddy, finds life in the city very difficult to deal with. Although Trudy raises him as her own son in her mansion (which also houses a few comical chimpanzees), he becomes hard to control due to his strength. A particularly bad experience in the Chicago World's Fair makes things even harder for Buddy.
Rene Russo began rehearsals with the chimps a month before principal photography even started.
In spite of the film's message, animal activists still objected over the depiction of chimpanzees as docile pets, happily carrying on wearing human clothes. Among their concerns, the perpetuation of the idea of chimps as acceptable pets is often cited.
The film has been criticised for its unrealistic animatronics, especially when compared to the real ape performers.
- ^ Massa the Gorilla at Find-a-Grave
- Buddy at the Internet Movie Database
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