Congo (1995)

Regisseur:

Frank Marshall

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Michael Crichton (novel)
John Patrick Shanley (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

9. Juni 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Abenteuer | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

Where you are the endangered species

Plot:

Greed is bad, this simple morality tale cautions. A megalomaniacal C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous...

Plot Keywords:

Simian Fiction | Studio Logo Segues Into Film | Animal | Legend | Skydiving

Filmpreise:

2 wins & 11 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Slightly above average

Besetzung

Laura Linney	...	Dr. Karen Ross
Dylan Walsh	...	Dr. Peter Elliot
Ernie Hudson	...	Captain Munro Kelly
Tim Curry	...	Herkermer Homolka
Grant Heslov	...	Richard
Joe Don Baker	...	R.B. Travis
Lorene Noh	...	Amy
Mary Ellen Trainor	...	Moira
Misty Rosas	...	Amy the Gorilla
Stuart Pankin	...	Boyd
Carolyn Seymour	...	Eleanor Romy
Romy Rosemont	...	Assistant
James Karen	...	College President / Elliot's Boss
Bill Pugin	...	William
Lawrence T. Wrentz	...	Prof. Arliss Wender

Alternativ:

Congo - Wo der Mensch zur bedrohten Art wird (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for jungle adventure terror and action and brief strong language.

Länge:

109 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33485) | Philippines:PG-13 | Australia:M | South Korea:12 | Finland:K-12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:15 | UK:12

Drehorte:

Costa Rica

Firma:

Kennedy/Marshall Company, The

Dies und das:

Dylan Walsh plays Dr. Peter Elliot, a primatologist who's returning a gorilla to the wild. The real Peter Elliot is a gorilla choreographer and ape performer in many movies, including this one.

Pannen:

Filmfehler: A large boulder can be seen bouncing off a man.

Dialogzitate:

Dr. Karen Ross: Why teach an ape to talk?
Dr. Peter Elliot: "A lonely impulse of delight."
Dr. Karen Ross: William Butler Yates.
Dr. Peter Elliot: Very good.
Dr. Karen Ross: Did it work? You're not lonely anymore?
Dr. Peter Elliot: Why are *you* going to Africa?
Dr. Karen Ross: To find something I lost...

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Soundtrack:

Celebrated Minuet

Slightly above average

It is a fairly mindless piece of work, not as good as the novel, but this film isn't too bad. The monkey scenes are good, as is the plot which is: Working for a company mining diamonds out of Congo, Karen Ross, whose previous team had been killed, goes to the Congo with Peter Elliott, who has trained a gorilla to talk using sign language, who is planning to release her. Special-effects aren't great, but I enjoyed it. I don't really understand why the gorillas were simply jumping into lava at the end. It only rates a 5 out of 10 on my ratings.