George of the Jungle

Brendan Fraser of the Mummy movies stars in this family comedy. After a jungle savage rescues a beautiful explorer from a rampant lion, she invites him back to San Francisco., Family comedy in which a clumsy jungle savage rescues a beautiful explorer from a rampant lion, and promptly falls in love with her. After he attempts every form of jungle courtship, she eventually relents and takes him to San Francisco. When the disaster-prone savage hits the streets, mayhem and wild comedy soon follow., George grows up in the jungle raised by apes. Based on the Cartoon series., Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby boy is raised by gorillas. He grows up to be the hunky, heroic, yet clumsy king of the jungle, George, who swings from one tree right into the trunk of the next. But when a beautiful career woman named Ursula stumbles into George’s unnatural habitat, he’s swept off his feet. Leaving behind his forest full of animal friends, including Ape, a talking gorilla and Shep., A bumbling jungle man falls for an heiress after saving her life., Raised in the jungle, George (Fraser) falls for a city girl’s heart while preventing poachers from capturing his animal friends., Family comedy in which a clumsy jungle savage rescues a beautiful explorer from a rampant lion, and promptly falls in love with her. After he attempts every form of jungle courtship, she eventually relents and takes him to San Francisco. When the disaster-prone savage hits the streets, mayhem and wild comedy soon follow, Vine-swinging mayhem ensues as George (Brendan Fraser), a clumsy but well-meaning jungle dweller, meets and falls in love with beautiful explorer Ursula., With its deft blend of slapstick, sharp humor and movie satire Jay Ward’s late ’60s cartoon George of the Jungle, provided a refreshing break from the insipidness of most Saturday morning cartoons. While many naysayers did not feel it possible, this charming and funny live-action Disney adaptation stays true to the spirit of the original cartoon. An animated prologue explains how George came to be raised in the jungles of Bukuvu by the highly-educated talking primate Ape (voiced by John Cleese). The story jumps ahead a couple decades and Tarzan-like George (Brendan Fraser) has grown up. Unlike Edgar Rice Burrough’s jungle man, George, while dashing and handsome, is a total klutz with a tendency to swing smack into trees or other immovable objects every time he takes to a vine. Ape and his faithful elephant Shep (who thanks to clever special effects acts exactly like an enthusiastic dog) are his primary companions until one day George rescues sexy San Francisco socialite Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann) from a deadly situation. This doesn’t set well with her fiance Lyle Van de Groot (Thomas Haden Church) who had earlier shown up to surprise her. Back at George’s tree house, the dashing swinger finds himself puzzled by the strange inner promptings that arise when Ursula is near. Ape does his best to explain, but simple doesn’t know enough about human reproductive rites to be much help. The vengeful Lyle (who was humiliated during the rescue) and his entourage eventually catch up with George and convince him to go to San Francisco where considerable hilarity ensues as he tries to adjust to life in the urban jungle., George is a clumsy klutz – a Tarzan style character who’s been raised by gorillas after a jungle plane crash, but isn’t as good at all the swinging through the trees stuff – and usually ends up crashing into the trees! One day he rescues the beautiful Ursula from a lion. She likes him and his lifestyle, but her fiance is jealous, which spells trouble for George and his jungle. Based on a well-known animated TV series from the ’60s, this major movie about the lovable George is full of fun-filled action., The lovable, bumbling jungle dude falls for an heiress after saving her life., Deep in the heart of the African jungle, a baby boy is raised by gorillas. He grows up to be the hunky, heroic, yet clumsy king of the jungle, George, who swings from one tree right into the trunk of the next. But when a beautiful career woman named Ursula stumbles into George’s unnatural habitat, he’s swept off his feet. Leaving behind his forest full of animal friends, including Ape, a talking gorilla and Shep, an elephant who aspires to be a dog., Live-action version of the TV classic, with Brendan Fraser as the bumbling jungle dude who falls for an heiress (Leslie Mann) after saving her life. Lyle: Thomas Haden Church. Kwame: Richard Roundtree. Directed by Sam Weisman., Ursula Stanhope has travelled to Bukuvu from San Francisco is search of adventure. Her intended, Lyle Van de Groot, pursues her in hopes of capturing the legendary White Ape who is supposed to exist in the mountains. Ultimately, a romance blooms between Ursula and George, an extremely clumsy gorilla boy raised by an erudite ape., Vine-swinging mayhem ensues as George (Brendan Fraser), a clumsy but well-meaning jungle dweller, meets and falls in love with beautiful explorer Ursula (Leslie Mann) after rescuing her from a rampaging lion. Unfortunately, George is too dense to see that Ursula has the hots for him and he tries all the jungle courtship rituals he knows to win her from her betrothed, aided by his faithful gorilla retainer (hilariously voiced by John Cleese) and his pet elephant, Shep. When baring his fangs and beating his chest fails, George tries being himself and, when Ursula finally calls off her wedding to the snooty Lyle Van de Groot (Thomas Haden Church), she returns to San Francisco with her new mate in tow. When the disaster-prone George is let loose on the streets of San Francisco the fun really starts!, Brendan Fraser stars as lovable jungle hero in this hit comedy. Rather like an accident-prone Tarzan, his good intentions don’t always work out!