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Krippendorf's Tribe is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Todd Holland and based on Frank Parkin's 1985 novel of the same name. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Natasha Lyonne, and Lily Tomlin.
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New...
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- Todd Holland
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- Richard Dreyfuss
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Feb 27, 1998 · The movie stars Richard Dreyfuss as James Krippendorf, an anthropologist who has gone to New Guinea, failed to find a lost tribe and returned to his campus, having spent all of his grant money. Now it is time to produce results, of which he has none. Advertisement.
An anthropologist creates a fictitious lost New Guinea tribe using his family members to cover-up for his misuse of grant monies. A university professor is paid to find the last undiscovered tribe of New Guinea.
Instead of documenting a previously unknown tribe in New Guinea, Professor James Krippendorf (Richard Dreyfuss) has blown the last two years ... and all his grant money ... rearing his out-of...
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Feb 27, 1998 · Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
