Plot Summary
On a flight to the Bukuvu, a baby named George becomes stranded after a plane crash and is raised by the jungle, becoming the “White Ape”. Twenty-five years later, while touring Burundi with local guide Kwame and a trio of porters, San Francisco heiress Ursula Stanhope encounters her spoiled fiancé Lyle van de Groot, who wishes to take her home and has hired two poachers, Max and Thor, to track her down. Ursula refuses to go home until she sees an ape, so Lyle enters the jungle to find them. The two encounter a lion, and when Lyle knocks himself unconscious while ostensibly fleeing to get help, Ursula is saved by George.
After taking Ursula to his tree house home and caring for her, George introduces her to his three animal friends: Ape, the intellectual talking gorilla who raised him; Shep, his pet African forest elephant that acts like a dog; and Tookie, a toco toucan who gives him news involving the jungle’s animals. George is smitten with Ursula and attempts to woo her; Ursula’s time spent with George makes her grow fond of him, and she soon reciprocates his attraction. Lyle, Max, and Thor soon arrive at the treehouse, but Ursula berates Lyle for trying to abandon her during the lion attack.
Max and Thor try to shoot Shep for his ivory, and Ape shouts at Shep to run. Everyone is stunned by the sight of the talking ape, and Max and Thor decide to tranquilize and capture him. George runs to stop them, and is accidentally shot by Lyle. Lyle is imprisoned after being identified as the shooter by the porters. Max and Thor are deported but resolve to return to the treehouse to capture Ape and make a fortune off of him in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Ursula takes George to San Francisco to get medical help for his gunshot wound and to show him the human world.
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Info & Stats
Director:
Sam Weisman
Writers:
Jay Ward, Dana Olsen, Audrey Wells
Stars:
Brendan Fraser, Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church
Categories:
Adventure, Comedy, Family, Romance
Budget:
$55,000,000.00
Revenue:
$174,463,257.00
Age: PG | Duration: 1h 32m
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