Movie
1998
Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 American epic adventure film and remake of the 1949 film of the same title about a giant mountain gorilla brought to a wildlife preserve by a young woman who raised him and a zoologist to protect him from the threat of poachers until one decides to seek his revenge and capture and kill Joe. It was directed by Ron Underwood and starred Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Šerbedžija, Naveen…
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While most remakes in Hollywood don't make any sense, some show at least signs of intelligent reasoning in major studio offices that green-lighted them. This could be applied mainly to the remakes of movies that weren't particularly popular or successful. One such example is *Mighty Joe Young*, 1949 film about giant gorilla, today known only for Ray Harryhausen's stop motion animation. Almost half a century later, i…More
