Monkey Trouble

Monkey Trouble
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Franco Amurri
Produced by	Mimi Polk Heidi Rufus Isaacs
Written by	Franco Amurri Stu Drieger
Starring	Thora Birch Harvey Keitel Christopher McDonald Mimi Rogers Alison Elliott Adam LaVorgna and Finster as Dodger the monkey
Music by	Mark Mancina
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Editing by	Ray Lovejoy
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Release date(s)	March 18, 1994
Running time	87 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

Monkey Trouble is a 1994 family film directed by Franco Amurri starring Thora Birch.^[1][2]

Plot

Nine-year-old Eva Gregory (Thora Birch) longs for a pet to call her own, but her mother (Mimi Rogers) does not think she is responsible enough, and her stepfather (Christopher McDonald) is allergic to fur. She cannot keep the pet at her father's house because he is a pilot and travels a lot.

One day a capuchin monkey runs away from his drunken master Shorty (Harvey Keitel), a thief, who blames him for his domestic woes. He meets Eva in the park, and she names him Dodger. At home, she finds that keeping him a secret is trouble. She only allows her little half-brother Jack, who cannot speak yet, into her room with him.

At a grocery store, Dodger steals food and hides it in Eva's backpack but she returns it. On her return home, she discovers he has also stolen golden jewelry and wallets. So she teaches him not to steal.

Shorty (who has been looking for him all this time) kidnaps him at a pet shop where Eva had left him while she was at school. He discovers that he does not steal anymore. Angry, he confronts Eva while her mother, stepfather, father, and the police look for her. Dodger saves her and Shorty is arrested. Shorty's son Mark tries taking him back but fails. He ends up living with Eva, after she shows her mother that she is responsible and her stepfather discovers that he is not allergic to the fur of monkeys.

Cast

• Thora Birch as Eva Gregory
• Mimi Rogers as Amy Gregory
• Christopher McDonald as Tom Gregory
• Harvey Keitel as Shorty

Soundtrack

1. Sold for Me – (The Aintree Boys)
2. Posie – (The Aintree Boys)
3. Who Gets the Loot - (Josh Debear)
4. VB RAP - (Gee Boyz)
5. Girls - (Gee Boyz)
6. "Monkey Shines - (Robert J. Walsh)

References

1. ^ Los Angeles Times
2. ^ New York Times

External links

• Monkey Trouble at the Internet Movie Database
• Monkey Trouble at AllRovi