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Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 American epic adventure film based on the 1949 film of the same name about a giant mountain gorilla brought to a wildlife preserve in Los Angeles by a young woman who raised him, and a zoologist, to protect him from the threat of poachers until one seeks Joe out in order to take his revenge.
- $90 million
- James Horner
- December 25, 1998
- Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson
Dec 25, 1998 · With Charlize Theron, Bill Paxton, Rade Serbedzija, Peter Firth. A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up.
- Ron Underwood
- 109
- 41 sec
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Mighty Joe Young (1998) Movie Info Synopsis As a child living in Africa, Jill Young (Charlize Theron) saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei...
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- Ron Underwood
- PG
- Charlize Theron
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Dec 25, 1998 · Roger Ebert December 25, 1998. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. "Mighty Joe Young" is an energetic, robust adventure tale: not too cynical, violent or fragmented for kids, not too tame for adults. After all the calculation behind "Godzilla" or " Armageddon ," it has a kind of innocence.
Summaries. A legendary fifteen-foot tall mountain gorilla named Joe is taken to an animal sanctuary in California by zoologist Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) and Jill Young (Charlize Theron), with whom he grew up. Poacher Strasser (Rade Serbedzija) returns from the past to seek vengeance on Joe.