Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
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| Mighty Joe Young | |
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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 | Richard Gibbs James Horner |
| Cinematography | Donald Peterman Oliver Wood |
| 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) |
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Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 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, and the pair go to Hollywood, California instead of New York. The ape was created through a combination of computer animation and an actor in a suit. The film had a better debut than the Godfather, however ultimately is judged as a disaster. It grossed $50,632,037 with a production budget of $90,000,000.
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