Mighty Joe Young
PG · 1998 ‧ Family/Adventure ‧ 1h 54m
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young (Charlize Theron) saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser (Rade Serbedzija). Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a...
Release date: December 25, 1998 (USA)
Director: Ron Underwood
Distributed by: Walt Disney Pictures, RKO Pictures, and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Height: 15 feet
Based on: Mighty Joe Young; by Merian C. Cooper; Ruth Rose
Box office: $50.6 million (US)
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The story starts in the jungle where gorilla hunter "Strasser" shoots and kills the baby gorilla's mom, and Jill Young's (Carlize Theron) mom is also killed.
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