a5c7b9f00b Baby George got into a plane crash in a jungle, stayed alive and was adopted by a wise ape. Ursula Stanhope, US noble woman is saved from death on safari by grown-up George, and he takes her to jungle to live with him. He slowly learns a rules of human relationships, while Ursula&#39;s lover Lyle is looking for her and the one who took her. After they are found, Ursula takes George to the USA. Heiress Ursula Stanhope treks off to Africa for adventure, and to get away from fiance Lyle Vandergroot. He follows her anyway. Ursula is rescued from a lion attack by George, who whisks her to his jungle tree house. There they are smitten by each other. Returning with her to San Francisco, it is George&#39;s turn to be bewildered by the urban jungle. Meanwhile, Lyle and his devious trackers pursue schemes of their own to kidnap George&#39;s elephant &quot;doggie.&quot; I remember seeing this movie in the movies and enjoying it a lot. It was justsillythe cartoon I had watched when I was younger. This weekend,I sat down on the couch, and was flipping channels, I landed upon that movie and began to start laughing almost immediately at all the silly jokes, stunts, and effects. I noticed some people have a lot of problems with the maturity level of this movie but isn&#39;t a little senseless humor a good thing from time to time? I mean at the movie this December (Christmas season for crying out loud) beside the run of the mill Christmas comedy&#39;s, you have movies about end of civilizations, and diamond trafficking, and other over dramatic Oscar seeking films that turn up the drama. Well no thanks. I mean this past year has been nothing but hum drum action and drama films. If there is a comedy it is usually R and filled with sex and gross out humor. I can handle a little of that stuff but it gets old real fast. Where are the up beat screw ball comedies? Well I&#39;ll just say for what the film makers were trying to capture they got it perfectly down on the film. The comedy acting, the clever narrator and the spot on pacing of the film. Good for 9 or 90. This is a great slapstick comedy film (and to think I used to think Hollywood had forgotten how to do these!); and I haven&#39;t even seen the original cartoon.<br/><br/>Brendan Frazer has such an amazing sense of comic timing it&#39;s uncanny. He can really deliver the most outrageous situations with totally deadpan mock seriousness, which is the clue how to make these stories work. You have to be convinced the characters totally believe in what they&#39;re doing - otherwise nobody will. In fact I have a saying that you know you&#39;re watching a great comic performance when you get the impression that the actors know they&#39;re in a comedy, while the characters think they&#39;re in a drama. I also agree the Narrator is one of the highlights of this story, and adds a lot to the fun.<br/><br/>I think Thomas Haden Church is actually slightly under-appreciated in this movie; making a comic villain work is rather tough, especially in a G-rated movie. You don&#39;t want to come on too strong and be a completely gut-wrenching psycho (though I know a lot of you sadists out there would prefer that), but you still have to come acrossa legitimate threat.<br/><br/>(Spoiler warning)<br/><br/>My all-time favorite scene from this movie is the climactic leap George does. Brendan Frazer&#39;s delivery is spot-on. The dialog goes something like; &quot;George is about to make the biggest leap in the history of the world. George knows it is going to hurt a great deal, but George must do it.&quot; Brendan then gives an extremely pained wince at the camera. That&#39;s pure comic gold. Hits you on the head until you laugh.
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