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08/09/1976 Adventure, Fantasy, Horror 2h 14m
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The most exciting original motion picture event of all time.

Overview

An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.

  1. John Guillermin

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jeff Bridges

    Jack F. Prescott

  2. Jessica Lange

    Dwan

  3. Charles Grodin

    Fred S. Wilson

  4. John Randolph

    Captain Ross

  5. René Auberjonois

    Roy Bagley

  6. Julius Harris

    Boan

  7. Jack O'Halloran

    Joe Perko

  8. Ed Lauter

    Carnahan

  9. John Agar

    City Official

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Full Cast & Crew

Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-04
OK, so it was always going to be very difficult to get anywhere near the 1933 version so I suppose the question here is - why bother? Well, they did - and what we have here is a bit of a shocker. The character names have been changed and the plot line updated to suggest this is more about oil exploration than beastie hunting, but thereafter the story is the same as the glamorous "Dwan" (Jessica Lange) becomes the apple of the eye of our eponymous giant ape. Taken deep into his jungle lair, the pair are pursued by Jeff Bridges ("Prescott") and Charles Grodin ("Wilson") who face all sorts of per...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$23,000,000.00

Revenue
$90,614,445.00

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