Congo Movie Review 1995

Communications company supervisor jets off to the African jungle along with a primatologist to search for a lost city's priceless diamonds, and to return Amy, a gorilla who communicates with sign language to her natural habitat. Why she would want to return to volcanoes and bloodthirsty mutant gray gorillas is anybody's guess. This appropriately technology-laden adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel delivers all the cliches of the old B-movie jungle flicks, but none of the thrills or fun of other Crichton adaptations.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 109 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Africa, Explorers, Going Native, Killer Apes and Monkeys, Jungle Stories, Monkeyshines, Books to Film: Michael Crichton, Mercenaries

Screenplay

John Patrick Shanley

Cast

Mary Ellen Trainor, Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker

Cinematography

Allen Daviau

Director

Frank Marshall

Music

Jerry Goldsmith

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy, Sam Mercer, Frank Yablans, Paramount Pictures