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Synopsis: A megalomaniac C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). When contact is lost with his son and the team, his sometime daughter- in-law is sent after them. She is a former CIA operative and, accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a a nutty Indiana-Jones-type looking for King Solomon's Mines), sets out to rescue her former fiancé. What they all discover is that often what we most want turns out to be the source of our downfall.
Director(s): Frank Marshall
Production: Paramount Home Video
  2 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.1
Metacritic:
22
Rotten Tomatoes:
23%
PG-13
Year:
1995
109 min
2,162 Views


- That's right. Jungle. Home.

- Tickle me. Tickle me.

Come on, time to go.

Someone looking for me?

Herkermer Homolka, hello.

Uh, the transport.

Oh, yeah. Um...

- ls there a problem?

- Not unless there's a problem.

Are you excited, sweetheart? That's a

camera. Be careful, it's expensive.

I think she's got a real eye.

- Karen Ross. Professor Karen Ross.

- Professor Peter Elliot.

- Doctor.

- Doctor.

Have you got my faxes,

Fed Exes and phone calls?

- I'm sorry, you're the one.

- Yes, I'm the one.

We've put together a hasty expedition.

To the Congo, with a talking gorilla.

- Jungle me. Jungle. Tickle Amy.

- That's right, jungle. Just a minute, Amy.

- I'm sorry... I'm afraid that's impossible.

- I need to join up with you.

- Excuse me.

- Yeah?

- I have all the visas.

- Go ahead and load this stuff on the plane.

- We're taking this stuff off the plane.

- Off the plane?

- I can pay part of the cost.

- Why take stuff off the plane?

- I'm sorry, we don't need any money.

- You're flying way under capacity.

You can easily find room for me.

- It's not a matter of that. It's Amy.

- Ugly woman.

- The gorilla?

- She gets jealous very easily.

Somebody tell me

why you're unloading the plane.

- Talk to the operations guy.

- Can't you tell me?

- No.

- I've gotta get on this plane.

I've got to be listed with your manifest,

or my visas are worthless. Name your price.

I don't have a price. I'm not a pound

of sugar, I'm a primatologist.

Don't be hasty, Dr. Elliot.

Herkermer Homolka,

formerly of Romania.

- Dr. Karen Ross.

- There seems to be some glitch.

- They're unloading the plane.

- Yes.

Unfortunately there has been

a slight interruption in my credit flow.

- I am unable to pay for the fuel.

- I'll pay for the fuel.

- I'll pay for it. How much is the fuel?

- Fifty-six thousand dollars.

Fifty-six thousand?

What are you smiling about?

You need me, Dr. Elliot.

Taxi to

runway, three-one left.

This is your captain speaking.

- Hey.

- We've been cleared for take-off.

Please make sure that your seat belts

are fastened and that all carry-on...

We're returning her to the jungle

from whence she came.

From the look of it, not a moment too soon.

- You're the reason she's upset.

- Me? What did I do?

- Ugly woman.

- Yes, very ugly.

Now let's get your seat belt on.

Forgive me. I'll explain later.

See? I'm buckling my seat belt.

- We're all buckling our seat belts.

- You can do it.

That's it. Good girl. Here's an egg.

Unh.

We do not throw things.

- ls that animal dangerous?

Humans are dangerous,

gorillas are very gentle.

So you think the gorilla

may be dangerous? Maybe so.

- Don't perpetuate a myth.

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John Patrick Shanley

John Patrick Shanley is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. His play Doubt: A Parable won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama as well as the 2005 Tony Award for Best Play. more…

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