Post by Zone Fighter on May 27, 2006 8:36:35 GMT -8
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Executive producer John Ford
Producer Merian C. Cooper
Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Story by Merian C. Cooper
Screenplay by Ruth Rose
Special effects by Ray Harryhausen & Willis H. O'Brien
Starring
Terry Moore as Jill Young
Ben Johnson as Gregg
Robert Armstrong as Max O'Hara
and
Mr. Joseph Young as himself
with
Frank McHugh as Windy
Douglas Fowley as Jones
Denis Green as Crawford
Paul Guilfoyle as Smith
Nestor Paiva as Brown
Regis Toomey as John Young
Lora Lee Michel as Jill Young, as a Girl
James Flavin as Schultz
Won 1950 Academy Award Best Effects, Special Effects Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Living in Africa, young Jill Young trades her money, necklace and father's flashlight for a baby gorilla which she names Joe. Tweleve years later Hollywood promoter Max O'Hara talks the now grown up Jill into allowing him to make the now grown up, and extra large, gorilla the star of his night club show. The exploited gorilla eventually escapes and destroys the nightclub.
I had seen a rerelease of this in a theater, but it was so long ago I didn't remember much about the film, except that I liked it. Watching the DVD I enjoyed it again.
Mighty Joe Young is available on DVD, bundled with "King Kong" and "Son of Kong" or on its own.
DVD feature the full 94 minute version of the film (apparently it was cut to 84 minutes in US theaters), audio commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Ken Ralston and Terry Moore, video interview between Ray Harryhausen and The Chioda Brothers.
Remade in 1998.
Executive producer John Ford
Producer Merian C. Cooper
Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Story by Merian C. Cooper
Screenplay by Ruth Rose
Special effects by Ray Harryhausen & Willis H. O'Brien
Starring
Terry Moore as Jill Young
Ben Johnson as Gregg
Robert Armstrong as Max O'Hara
and
Mr. Joseph Young as himself
with
Frank McHugh as Windy
Douglas Fowley as Jones
Denis Green as Crawford
Paul Guilfoyle as Smith
Nestor Paiva as Brown
Regis Toomey as John Young
Lora Lee Michel as Jill Young, as a Girl
James Flavin as Schultz
Won 1950 Academy Award Best Effects, Special Effects Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Living in Africa, young Jill Young trades her money, necklace and father's flashlight for a baby gorilla which she names Joe. Tweleve years later Hollywood promoter Max O'Hara talks the now grown up Jill into allowing him to make the now grown up, and extra large, gorilla the star of his night club show. The exploited gorilla eventually escapes and destroys the nightclub.
I had seen a rerelease of this in a theater, but it was so long ago I didn't remember much about the film, except that I liked it. Watching the DVD I enjoyed it again.
Mighty Joe Young is available on DVD, bundled with "King Kong" and "Son of Kong" or on its own.
DVD feature the full 94 minute version of the film (apparently it was cut to 84 minutes in US theaters), audio commentary by Ray Harryhausen, Ken Ralston and Terry Moore, video interview between Ray Harryhausen and The Chioda Brothers.
Remade in 1998.
Does anyone remember in the '80s, when WOR Channel 9 (the New York/Secaucus, NJ cable station) used to show all 3 films every Thanksgiving afternoon? That became quite a tradition in our house. In fact, last Thanksgiving we ran all 3 from the new box set for old time's sake.
Oh well, but it's great to hear Terry telling her experiences in MJY, and talking about Armstrong, and Ben Johnson, Merian C. Cooper, Ernest Shoedsack, Obie and Ray.