Mighty Joe Young | 
| Director: Ron Underwood
Actors: Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Serbedzija, Regina King, Peter Firth
Studio: Walt Disney Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  90 reviews
Sales Rank: 8801
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Letterboxed, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 114 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DISD16538D
ISBN: 6305320950
UPC: 717951001641
EAN: 9786305320951
ASIN: 6305320950
Theatrical Release Date: December 25, 1998
Release Date: March 23, 1999
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Chaos ensues when might joe is moved from africa to los angeles to escape poachers. Features awesome computer-generated effects and action sequences that will thrill movie fans of all ages.
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Charlize Theron is the latest stunning blonde to be hanging around some big ape in a Hollywood movie, this one a remake of the 1949 semi-classic with echoes of the superior King Kong. Theron plays the daugher of an American researcher killed by poachers in Africa. The baby gorilla left in her care grows up to become a hugely tall and broad specimen named Joe, living in the mountains as a mostly unseen legend among people who live there. Along comes an eco-minded emissary (Bill Paxton) from a California sanctuary, who talks the jungle girl into providing safe haven for Joe at the L.A. facility. The transition is not without discomfort, but everything is aggravated via a conspiracy of poachers to get Joe into their own greedy hands. Director Ron Underwood (City Slickers) uses a combination of special-effects techniques to give Joe life and personality, and he succeeds quite effectively. The requisite giant-ape-goes-amok scenes are all in place--a couple of them pretty intense--as is a conclusion that finds the simian hero performing a stunning feat of escalation. Underwood attempts to give a little modern spin to some classic Hollywood conventions regarding wild hearts lost in civilization, and the results are pretty agreeable family fare. --Tom Keogh
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 mighty joe young January 29, 2009
T. Greenhaw (somewhwere over the rainbow!)
umm...well i really didnt watch this one..my faimly did they seemed to like it! and my other nephew has watched it a cazillion times so i guess its good!
 Execellent remake of a good movie October 24, 2008
Lawrence Meklemburg (Solon, OH United States)
A rare case of where we may have enjoyed this movie more than the original. At the very least, it's a remake worth watching compared to most Hollywood re-runs.
GREAT MOVIE! May 27, 2008
Monica M. Erickson (Northglenn, CO)
I received this product in perfect condition even for being a used item - and in a timely manner as well. Thank you for the order.
Remarkable Remake April 13, 2008
David A. Rodriguez (West Hollywood, CA USA)
As a fan of the 1949 Mighty Joe Young, this Disney remake, with it's life-like Mighty Joe, was fun to watch. The storyline is updated from the original, with shades of Jane Goodall in the beginning and the special effects are great. And you can't go wrong with beautiful Charlize Theron! It is just a fun family film with a message.
A fine remake March 28, 2008
Douglas Millhoff (Los Angeles, CA United States)
Sweet, and faithful to the 1949 original Mighty Joe Young, this is one of the better remakes I have seen.
While the original movie about a girl and her giant gorilla friend remains entertaining enough to stand on its own, this remake strives to do it justice, and succeeds. The two movies complement each other almost perfectly!
A fairly faithful, straightforward update of the original plot (which itself is something of an upbeat remake of King Kong), someone definitely did their homework in re-creating Mighty Joe. The computer effects and animatronics are believable, but the facial expressions and primate mannerisms are what make him so absolutely convincing.
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While the "giant-gorilla-on-the-loose-in-the-big-city" scenes don't compare to their truly outrageous counterparts in the original MJY (real, live African lions being catapulted about the Coconut Grove!), they're entertaining enough for audiences of all ages.
The remake also felt some politically-correct need to add bad guys that weren't necessary in the original, but by introducing poachers that leave the girl and Joe orphaned, they also seem to offer an ironic apology for what alsmost certainly happened in acquiring the baby gorilla for the original movie.
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