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Mighty Joe Young
Rated PG · 114 minutes · 1998
Adventure
Adventure
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young (Charlize Theron) saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser (Rade Serbedzija). Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Director: Ron Underwood
Writer: Merian Cooper, Ruth Rose, Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner
Producer: James Chory, Michael Fottrell, Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson, Gail Katz, Mark Lisson, Jackie Rubin, Gary Stutman and Ralph Winter
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Robert Wisdom, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, Mika Boorem, Scarlett Pomers, Terry Moore and Deborah Kellner
Writer: Merian Cooper, Ruth Rose, Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner
Producer: James Chory, Michael Fottrell, Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson, Gail Katz, Mark Lisson, Jackie Rubin, Gary Stutman and Ralph Winter
Cast: Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth, David Paymer, Regina King, Robert Wisdom, Naveen Andrews, Lawrence Pressman, Linda Purl, Mika Boorem, Scarlett Pomers, Terry Moore and Deborah Kellner