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- When he fails to find the tribe, he comes home, and rather than admitting that he's failed, he gives a lecture about the Shelmikedmu tribe (named after his children: Shelly, Mike, and Edmund) and then has his family dress like "Shelmikedmus," so that he can film them as proof of his discovery.
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Plot. Respected anthropologist James Krippendorf and his wife, Jennifer, bring their three children along during their much-enjoyed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe. The search fails, despite the family's best efforts. After Jennifer's death back in the U.S., James falls into academic stagnation, having spent all his foundation grant money ...
Feb 27, 1998 · When it comes to lost tribes, it’s “Krippendorf’s Tribe” that needs to get lost. * MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexual humor. Times guidelines: The sex jokes are exceptionally crude for a ...
Feb 27, 1998 · Terrified, Krippendorf improvises a lecture in which he claims to have found a lost tribe. He even produces one of its artifacts--a sexual aid, he claims, although sharp eyes might recognize it as a toy space shuttle.
Feb 27, 1998 · There once may have been a solid little satire lurking in “Krippendorf’s Tribe.” That was before the philistines got hold of it. Based on Frank Parkin’s 1986 novel, this comedy centers on ...
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. When he fails to find the tribe, he comes home, and rather than admitting that he's failed, he gives a lecture about the Shelmikedmu ...
Krippendorf's Tribe ★★ 1998 (PG-13) James Krippendorf (Dreyfuss), a widowed anthropology professor, returns from an expedition to New Guinea after squandering all his grant money on his kids. Since he didn't find the rare tribe he was sent there for, he makes up tribal stories based on his own kids. When skeptic Tomlin demands proof of his ...
Oct 29, 2010 · U.S. release date, 27 Feb. 1998. " Krippendorf's Tribe represents one of Hollywood's first ever adventures into the sexy, glamorous, ruthlessly competitive world of big league anthropology, but the disappointing results hardly suggest a speedy follow-up expedition." 1 "If I were an anthropologist, this film would insult me immensely."
