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Genres:
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Adventure /
Comedy /
Drama /
Family
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Release:
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Director:
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Caroline Thompson
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Actors:
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Rene Russo,
Irma P. Hall,
Michelan Sisti,
Leif Tilden,
Peter Elliott,
Mak Wilson,
Lynn Robertson Bruce,
Mark Sealey,
Robert Tygner,
Peter Hurst,
Star Townsend,
Robbie Coltrane,
Alan Cumming,
Paul Reubens,
John Aylward
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Duration:
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80 min.
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Rating:
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(4.6/10)87
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Plot Summary:
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A gentle, m‚nage-oriented dramatization of the autobiography ("Animals Are My Pastime") of daffy Gertrude Lintz (Rene Russo,) a softhearted, softheaded 1920s New York socialite who transformed her upstate mansion into a in person menagerie containing cats, dogs, birds, chimps, and the self-styled cosset gorilla, all of whom were trained to bear up clothing and function as humans. Produced on the Jim Henson Cast.
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Tags:
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Enjoyable Family Film
We really enjoyed this film, which is a true story about G.Lintz who loved animals and she and her husband had chimps, dogs, cats, and many other pets. The chimps and a gorilla!! She dressed them up in clothes!
Our children, really loved it and watched it a few times over. They liked the chimps who got up to alot of tricks!!
It is a funny and interesting film. Well worth watching.
Buddy
True life tale which centres on the extraordinary relationship between eccentric American millionairess Gertrude Linz and the baby gorilla which she adopted in the 20s and raised as her own child. Linz clearly shared a singular understanding with her pets, but there is a nagging suspicion that it may have been at the cost of her sanity. With little kiddie or commercial appeal the audience for this picture is most likely to be limited to fanatical animal activists and psychotherapists. That said, Russo, Coltrane and Cumming are eminently watchable and the period setting proves a welcome diversion.
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