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Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
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| Directed by | Ron Underwood |
| Produced by | Ted Hartley Tom Jacobson |
| Written by | Merian C. Cooper Ruth Rose Mark Rosenthal Lawrence Konner |
| Starring | Bill Paxton Charlize Theron |
| Music by | James Horner |
| Cinematography | Donald Peterman |
| Editing by | Paul Hirsch |
| Distributed by | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 25 December 1998 |
| Running time | 114 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $90,000,000 (estimated) |
| Gross profits | $50,632,037 (USA) |
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Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 Disney family film starring Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron and directed by Ron Underwood. It is a remake of the 1949 film Mighty Joe Young. In this version, the ape is somewhat larger and astonishingly realistic looking, very closely resembling a male mountain gorilla.
Charlize Theron plays Jill Young who as a child witnesses the death of a Joe's mother by game hunters, led by Andrei Strasser as played by Rade Šerbedžija. Jill raises Joe and both are living in relative peace and solitude until a wildlife refuge director Bill Paxton convinces Jill that they would be safer from poachers if they relocated to the States.
The pair go to Hollywood, California (instead of New York as in the original film) and in a poignant scene (reminiscent of King Kong falling from the Empire State building) Joe falls from a collapsing ferris wheel located at the Santa Monica pier while saving a child.
The ape was created through a combination of computer animation and an actor in a suit. The film had a better debut than the other big monster remake of the year, Godzilla, however it was ultimately judged as a disaster by some critics as being typically 'Disney' in plot and outcome. It grossed $50,632,037 with a production budget of $90,000,000.
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