Buddy (film)

Buddy (film)

Infobox Film
name = Buddy


image_size =
director = Caroline Thompson
producer = Fred Fuchs
Steve Nicolaides
writer = Gertrude Davies Lintz (book)
William Joyce &
Caroline Thompson (screenplay)
starring = Rene Russo
Robbie Coltrane
Alan Cumming
music = Elmer Bernstein
cinematography = Steve Mason
editing = Jonathan Shaw
distributor = Columbia Pictures
country = USA
language = English
released = Flagicon|USA1997
runtime = 84 min.
amg_link = 1:51351
imdb_id = 0118787

"Buddy" is a 1997 film directed by Caroline Thompson. It starred Rene Russo as Mrs. Gertrude 'Trudy' Lintz and Robbie Coltrane as her husband.

The film was based on the life of a gorilla called Massa [ [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8595720 Massa the Gorilla] at Find-a-Grave] with elements of Gertrude Lintz's other gorilla Gargantua (who was called "Buddy" at the time). In real life, Massa became the oldest Gorilla on record while Buddy/Gargantua died young as a circus attraction and is now on display in a museum.

ynopsis

Millionaire animal lover and overall spoiled rich girl Trudy adds the title animal, a gorilla, to her family. The ape, named Buddy, finds life in the city very difficult to deal with. Although Trudy raises him as her own son in her mansion (which also houses a few comical chimpanzees), he becomes hard to control due to his strength. A particularly bad experience in the Chicago World's Fair makes things even harder for Buddy.

Production notes

Rene Russo began rehearsals with the chimps a month before principal photography even started.

Reception

In spite of the film's message, animal activists still objected over the depiction of chimpanzees as docile pets, happily carrying on wearing human clothes. Among their concerns, the perpetuation of the idea of chimps as acceptable pets is often cited.

The film has been criticised for its unrealistic animatronics, especially when compared to the real ape performers.

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