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Buddy is a 1997 American biographical comedy-drama family film written and directed by Caroline Thompson, produced by Jim Henson Pictures and American Zoetrope, and released by Columbia Pictures on June 6, 1997.
Jun 6, 1997 · Buddy: Directed by Caroline Thompson. With Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall. A depiction of the true life story of Gertrude Lintz, an eccentric 1920's socialite who tries to raise a gorilla, like many chimps before him, as part of her family.
- (2.8K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Caroline Thompson
- 1997-06-06
This is a fact based story about a socialite and her husband who live in a mansion with a brood of animals including chimpanzees who are raised as her children. When she discovers an ailing baby gorilla, she decides to care for it as well.
Jun 6, 1997 · It could be a study of undiagnosed mental illness, if it weren't shot on perky 1930s sets, scored with upbeat music and played by the actors like a "Thin Man" movie with Nick and Nora on Prozac. The film, "based on a true story,'' stars Rene Russo as Trudy Lintz, who fills her home with animals.
Buddy is a 1997 film directed by Caroline Thompson and produced by Columbia Pictures with help from Jim Henson Pictures. It was released on June 6, 1997. The film was based on the life of a gorilla called Massa with elements of socialite Gertrude Lintz's other gorilla Gargantua (who was called...
Thanks to the indulgence of her patient husband, Dr. Bill Lintz (Robbie Coltrane), wealthy eccentric Trudy (Rene Russo) has already accumulated a large collection of wild animals by 1931 when she...
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- Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama, Adventure
- PG
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The true story of Gertrude "Trudy" Lintz, an eccentric socialite in the 1920s likened to a modern-day Noah. On her New York estate, she, her physician husband Bill and her assistant Dick care for a menagerie as extensive as a zoo's.
