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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 genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) 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.

1998 · 1h 54m
Director Ron Underwood

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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 genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara (Bill Paxton) 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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Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Released
1998
Run Time
1 hr 54 min
Rated
PG For Some Menacing Action Violence And Mild Language
Region of Origin
United States
© 0 1998 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

Subtitles

English (CC), Hebrew , Portuguese (Brazil) , Spanish (Latin America) , Ukrainian

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.