Born to Be Wild (film)

Infobox Film
name = Born to Be Wild


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director = John Gray
producer = Jennifer Graham Billings
Tony Gardner
Susan E. Novick
Brian Reilly
Jeffrey Silver
writer = Paul Young
John Bunzel
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starring = Wil Horneff
Helen Shaver
John C. McGinley
Peter Boyle
Gregory Itzin
Alan Ruck
music = Green Jellÿ
Mark Snow
cinematography = Donald M. Morgan
editing = Maryann Brandon
distributor = Warner Bros.
released = March 31, 1995
runtime = 100 minutes
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language = English
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amg_id = 1:134611
imdb_id = 0113533

"Born to Be Wild" is a 1995 American family comedy film.

Plot

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventureous journey to get her out of the country.

Cast

*Wil Horneff as Rick Heller
*Jean Marie Barnwell as Lacey Carr
*Helen Shaver as Margaret Heller
*John C. McGinley as Max Carr
*Marvin J. McIntyre as Bob the Paramedic
*Peter Boyle as Gus Charnley
*Gregory Itzin as Walter Mallinson
*Titus Welliver as Sergeant Markle
*Thomas F. Wilson as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
*Alan Ruck as Dan Woodley
*Janet Carroll as Judge Billings
*John Procaccino as Ed Price
*Obba Babatundé as Interpreter
*David Wingert as Gary James
*John Pleshette as Donald Carr
*Frank Welker as The Gorilla uncredited

Reception

Peter Stack of the "San Francisco Chronicle" said the animatronic gorilla looked phony, but concluded "The film has its moments of nutty fun" and "it also has a couple of touching scenes -- if you can get beyond that bogus ape look." [cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1995/04/03/DD3666.DTL |title=Robot Gorilla Doesn't Cut It in `Born' |accessdate=2007-08-30 |author=Peter Stack |date=1995-04-03 |publisher=San Francisco Chronicle] "Washington Post" critic Rita Kempley called it "a heart-yanking family yarn that resembles a simian adaptation of "Nell." and also compared the movie to "Free Willy". [cite web|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/borntobewildpgkempley_c00fad.htm |title= ‘Born to Be Wild’ |accessdate=2007-08-30 |author=Rita Kempley |date=1995-04-03 |publisher=Washington Post]

References

External links

*imdb title|0113533|title=Born to Be Wild
*rotten-tomatoes|id=1059867-born_to_be_wild|title=Born to Be Wild
*amg movie|id=1:134611|title=Born to Be Wild