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George of the Jungle

Year:

1997

Duration:

92 min

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Romance

IMDB rate:

5.4

Director:

Sam Weisman

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-07-16

Filming Locations: 755 Vallejo Street, San Francisco, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $55,000,000

Opening Weekend: $22,878,989 (USA) (20 July 1997)

Gross: $105,263,257 (USA) (4 January 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Brendan Fraser

George

Leslie Mann

Ursula Stanhope

Thomas Haden Church

Lyle Van de Groot

Richard Roundtree

Kwame

Greg Cruttwell

Max

Abraham Benrubi

Thor

Holland Taylor

Beatrice Stanhope

Kelly Miller

Betsy

John Bennett Perry

Arthur Stanhope

John Cleese

An Ape Named 'Ape'

Michael Chinyamurindi

N'Dugo

Abdoulaye NGom

Kip

Lydell M. Cheshier

Baleto

Keith Scott

The Narrator (voice)

Spencer Garrett

Male Guest at Party

Jon Pennell

Male Guest at Party

Lauren Bowles

Ursula's Friend

Afton Smith

Ursula's Friend

Samantha Harris

Ursula's Friend

Joseph

Lion

Kaleb

Lion

Bongo

Lion

Tai

Shep

Tookie

Scooper

Tookie

Hopper

Tookie

Binx

Little Monkey

Zakery

Little Monkey

Emely

Little Monkey

Nicholas Kadi

Ape Suit Performer

Hans Schoeber

Mercenary

Alexander Denk

Mercenary

Sven-Ole Thorsen

Mercenary

Rodney Louis Johnson

Jailer

Peter F. Giddings

TV Weatherman

Terilyn Joe

TV Anchor

Michel Camus

Cameraman

Valerie Perri

TV Reporter

Willie Brown

Himself (as Mayor Willie L. Brown Jr.)

Carrie Zanoline

Perfume Lady

Garrett Griffin

Fireboat Captain

Harve Cook

Bongo Drummer at Dance Studio

Richard Elfman

Bongo Drummer at Dance Studio

Noah John Cardoza

George Jr.

Benjamin John Cardoza

George Jr.

Denise Holland

Dancer

Anne Fletcher

Dancer

Kristie J. Canavan

Dancer (as Kristie Canavan)

Sal Vassalo

Dancer

Melanie Gage

Dancer

Aurorah Allain

Dancer

Diane Mizota

Dancer

Lisa Ratzin

Dancer

Joie Shettler

Dancer

Sharon Ferrol-Young

Dancer (as Sharon Ferrol)

Tara Nicole Hughes

Dancer (as Tara Schwartz)

Robin Tasha-Ford

Dancer

Margo Blas

Caterer (uncredited)

Juan Canopii

Stand In for Lydell M. Cheshier

Jake Gentry

Caterer with Tray

Tim Glenn

Waiter

Jeannette Kerner

(uncredited)

Jewel McDonald

Shop Owner

Bob Quinn

Party Attendant

Mary Ann Schmidt

Customer at Department Store

Did you know?

Trivia

Almost every element from the George of the Jungle cartoon series is included in this movie... even the "Never argue with the Narrator" line that shows up in Jay Ward's cartoons.

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In the scene where Ursula is going to rescue George from his rescue of the skydiver caught on the Bay Bridge, she is standing on the front of the tugboats bridge. The music being played is the opening bars for "Don't rain on my parade" - a direct reference to 'Barbara Streisand' in "Funny Girl". Streisand sang this song, standing on the bridge of the tugboat as she was racing to meet Nicky Arnstein, her true love.

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Dana Olsen's screenplay began as a spec script titled "Gorilla Boy" (Olsen's nickname for his son). While shopping the screenplay to the studios, he intentionally avoided Disney because he knew they had the film rights to George of the Jungle, and figured they wouldn't be interested in another Tarzan-type spoof. As it turned out, Disney didn't have a script for the movie and happily looked at (and bought) Olsen's story.

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Goofs

When Lyle is dragging Ursula into the cave, she kicks his left leg and he grabs onto his right leg.

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Shep is clearly an Indian elephant, none of which are found in the wild in Africa.

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When George is paddling down a river, going to save his ape-friend, who was abducted, we can see, on the left side of George's boat a stream of water that comes from the camera towards George's boat. It can't be generated by his boat, it's from the crew's boat.

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Quotes

George: Something funny about this fella.

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George: No, no! It's all right! Ape friend! Ape make your breakfast!

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Lyle: Hey! The important thing, Kwame, is that I was outnumbered.

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