Mighty Joe Young

Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 Disney film starring Bill Paxton and Charlize Theron and directed by Ron Underwood. It is based on the 1949 film of the same name . In this version, the ape is much larger than in the original. Charlize Theron...

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...Communications with RKO Pictures Corporation in 1991, forming RKO Pictures, Inc. Their first major project was the 1998 remake of Mighty Joe Young . ''Peyton Place '', 1960s soap opera, Reverend Jerry Bedford Ice Station Zebra (1968),...

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...special effects drove production costs to around $90m, and ultimately global box-office takings fell short by about $20m. Following Mighty Joe Young, Underwood began work on Eddie Murphy fronted The Adventures of Pluto Nash. The film also...

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...we managed to break just about every one of them!" With her looks Theron could have had a nice career sticking to King Kong knock-offs like Mighty Joe Young (1998) or playing the wife with a big scream in thrillers like The Devil's Advocate...

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...said his client had spent more than $20 million on the Theron advertising campaign. Theron won a best actress Oscar for 2003's "Monster." Her films also include "North Country," "Mighty Joe Young" and "The Legend of Bagger Vance."

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