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94 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. Box office. $7,571,115. 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.
- Charlie Peters
- Dean Cundey
- Krippendorf's Tribe, by Frank Parkin
- Todd Holland
A comedy about a con artist who creates a fake tribe in New Guinea to get funding for his research. See ratings, reviews, trailer, cast, and where to watch this 2002 film directed by Todd Holland and starring Richard Dreyfuss.
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- Todd Holland
- PG-13
- Richard Dreyfuss
Feb 27, 1998 · Richard Dreyfuss plays an anthropologist who fakes a lost tribe to impress his colleagues and students. The movie has one hilarious scene of a backyard circumcision ritual, but suffers from weak characters and plot.
A professor given a grant to document a tribe in New Guinea finds himself far more immersed in his family's antics than in research. Desperate to appease his impatient colleagues, he attempts to pass his own offspring off as a wilderness tribe! 569 IMDb 5.1 1 h 34 min 1998. X-Ray 16+.
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A comedy about an anthropologist who invents a fictitious tribe to cover up his failure to find a real one in New Guinea. He involves his family and a lover in his hoax, but faces exposure when a rival researcher uncovers the truth.
Feb 27, 1998 · Screenplay. After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall ...
