Mighty Joe Young (1998)
Director:
Ron Underwood
Tagline:
« Survival is an instinct. »
Actors:
Jill Young
Gregg O’Hara
Strasser
Garth
Harry Ruben
Rating:
(32’719 votes)
(32’719 votes)
Quotes:
« Cecily Banks: [has just gotten word that Joe had arrived at the zoo] Okay, people! Elvis is in the building!
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« Elegant Woman at Party: She reminds me of somebody, but I can't think who it is.
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« Gentleman at Party: You, when we first met.
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« Jill Young: So, this is L.A., huh? Everything looks the same. How do you know where you are?
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« Greg O'Hara: It's easy. The ocean's that way, the mountains are that way, Mexico's that way, and Canada's thataway. You don't have to worry about the rest; you'll never see it through the smog.
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Runtime:114 minutes
Plots:
A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O’Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.
The baby gorilla left in her care grows up to become a hugely tall and broad specimen by the name of Joe, living in the mountains as a mostly unseen legend amongst the people who live there. Along comes eco-minded emissary Gregg O’Hara (Bill Paxton), who is from a California sanctuary, and who talks jungle girl Jill Young (Charlize Theron) into providing a safe haven for Joe at the Los Angeles facility. The transition is not without discomfort, but everything is aggravated via a conspiracy of poachers to get Joe into their own greedy hands.
Suffering from the same tragedy at such young ages, Jill Young (Charlize Theron) and Joe form an unbreakable bond. Joe, being a fifteen foot tall gorilla, Jill can only do so much to protect him from greedy poachers. In hopes of keeping him safe, Jill reluctantly moves Joe to an animal sanctuary. Things only become more difficult for Joe when an evil from the past tries to claim revenge.
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