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Quick Info

Rating

6.3/10

Release1998

Runtime1h 54m

StatusReleased

Budget$90,000,000

RevenueN/A

Production

Walt Disney Pictures

RKO Pictures

The Jacobson Company

Movie

Mighty Joe Young

1998

1h 54m

6.3

Adventure

Family

Action

Fantasy

Synopsis

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.

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