Dunston Checks In Movie Review 1995

This just in: Hollywood thinks monkeys are funny. But, as far as "stupid people learn important life lessons from a monkey who wears clothes" movies go, this one's not bad. Robert Grant (Alexander) is the manager of a five-star hotel. His Leona Helmsley-esque boss (Dunaway) is convinced that aristocratic guest Lord Rutledge (Everett) is a travel guide critic who is there to bestow an elusive sixth star on the hotel. Actually he's a jewel thief, and Dunston the orangutan is his accomplice. When Dunston flees from his abusive owner, he's adopted by Grant's two children. Together, Dunston and the kids are left to straighten out the whole mess.

Distribution

Fox Home Entertainment, PO Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213, Phone: (310)369-3900, Toll-free: 888-223-4FOX, Fax: (310)369-5811, URL: http://www.foxmovies.com/index1.html, Remarks: Also known as Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 88 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Wild Kingdom, Grand Hotel, Monkeyshines, L.A., Heists

Screenplay

Bruce Graham, John Hopkins

Cast

Jason Alexander, Faye Dunaway, Eric Lloyd, Rupert Everett, Graham Sack, Paul (Pee-wee Herman) Reubens, Glenn Shadix, Nathan Davis, Jennifer Bassey

Cinematography

Peter Lyons Collister

Director

Ken Kwapis

Music

Miles Goodman

Producer

20th Century-Fox