Mighty Joe Young
by Ernest B. Schoedsack
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Actor: Ben Johnson, Douglas Fowley, Frank McHugh, Robert Armstrong, Terry MooreDirector: Ernest B. Schoedsack
Brand: TURNER HM ENTERTAINM
Cinematographer: J. Roy Hunt
Editor: Ted Cheesman
Producer: John Ford
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
Writer: Merian C. Cooper
Writer: Ruth Rose
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Swahili (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-11-22
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Movie Reviews of Mighty Joe Young
Movie Review: A delightful classic
Summary: 5 Stars
The same crew that brought us the original King Kong must have decided it was something of a downer, so they offered us a different, more upbeat (and very funny) variation on the theme, complete with happy ending.
Mighty Joe is a huge 2000-pound gorilla, raised as an orphan by a human girl companion. Joe is no King Kong, he's a gentle, good-natured giant.
One of Ray Harryhausen's first stop-motion projects, Joe's expressive face and mannerisms - body language, personality quirks and the like - make for the most believable stop-motion gorilla on film.
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Mighty Joe and the girl get "discovered" and end up as a truly remarkable act in an African-themed 'coconut grove' night club, complete with a dozen African lions behind glass partitions..
It doesn't take long for a pair of drunks from the audience decide to go backstage to Mighty Joe's pen and introduce him to the joys of alcoholic intoxication, leading to what may be the single most outrageous scene ever filmed.
The ensuing "giant-gorilla-on-the-loose" scene pulls all the stops: A drunken, berserk Mighty Joe proceeds to demolish the night club, throwing lions around as the audience scrambles for the exits. The stop-motion Mighty Joe is, of course, throwing stop-motion lions, but those are real, live lions we see flying about, crashing into tables and running off!
This has got to be the only film where you can actually see live, very-confused 500-pound African lions being catapulted across the room into furniture!
Everything works out for the best, of course. Plenty of good gags and cute touches, fun for adults and kids alike.
Summary of Mighty Joe Young
MIGHTY JOE YOUNG, A GORILLA, IS BROUGHT BACK TO THE UNITEDSTATES BY A YOUNG GIRL.Similar DVD Movies
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