Mighty Joe Young (1998)

5.5	Rating (311 ratings)
5.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Ron Underwood

Starring (View all)

Charlize Theron
Jill Young

Bill Paxton
Gregg O'Hara

Rade Serbedzija
Strasser

Peter Firth
Garth

David Paymer
Harry Ruben

Regina King
Cecily Banks

Robert Wisdom
Kweli

Naveen Andrews
Pindi

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Merian C. Cooper
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Ruth Rose
(earlier screenplay)

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An average movie

9 years, 11 months ago at Jan 7 9:12

johanlefourbe

Nowadays, Disney is pretty much ruling the box-office with their live-action fairy tales, Pixar, Marvel and soon Star Wars but some of their other features, especially their live action features like this one, usually used to tank pretty bad at the box-office. With this in mind, I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I always had a weak spot for Charlize Theron, I thought I might as w... read more

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After Mighty Joe Young is brought to America for safety reasons, he escapes and rampages through Hollywood, spurred by tormentors out for revenge.

Release date: 25 December 1998
UPC: 717951001641

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