Mighty Joe Young Page #3

Harry, I think it's time you met Joe.

I know it looks small,

but this is just the entrance.

- He has the entire hill to roam.

- Okay.

Jack, Vern, what, are we gonna

have to hose you guys down too?

- Come on, get the sedatives ready.

- No, no, no.

- We don't need any of that. He... That...

- Miss Young, don't worry. We know what we're doing here.

- But what... I... - The best way to

handle... - Hey, hey, wh... Hold on.

Harry, you and I had an agreement.

The lady's in charge of Joe.

- Well, how is she gonna handle...

- Easy, tiger. Come on.

Calm down. Come on.

- Okay, guys, I got it.

- All right.

You sure you got everything

under control?

Yeah. Come on.

- You sure she knows what she's doing?

- She knows.

You want me to come in there

and get you?

There you go. Come on.

Come look at your new home.

Come on. There you go.

Come on, Joe.

Come on. Come on.

Hey, come on, Vern. What am I

paying you for? Get some pictures.

- All right.

- And get me in there too.

You know, for perspective.

Okay. It's okay, Joe.

Hey. Hey, Joe, come on.

Nothing happened.

You're not scared of those people,

are you?

I promise nothing

will happen to you, okay?

- Come on, Joe.

- Come on, Joe. Come on.

Okay, there you go.

Yeah, you big guy.

Come on, Joe.

There you go.

Come on, big guy.

Come on.

- I think he's gonna be fine.

- I'm glad.

Jack, let's move that platform

out of there, okay?

- Oh, no. I'm going back in there with him.

- Oh, no, no, I'm sorry. We can't allow that.

You see, we don't have insurance to cover

anyone in there who's not an employee.

- You're not serious.

- But... But I'm supposed to be in charge of Joe.

Yes, you are,

and I'm in charge of this facility.

Let's go. Take it up.

Okay, swing it up.

"And I'm in charge of this facility. "

I mean, who does he think he is?

I bet that man has never spent

one night outside in his entire life.

Probably not.

Well, here are your new

deluxe accommodations.

I should be out there with Joe,

not here, not in this...

this cage.

Look, I know how you feel. It's not

exactly my idea of home, sweet home either.

But at least you're close to Joe.

- Doin' a lot better.

- Oh. - Where's Gregg?

Talk to you later. I-I don't know.

You know, he collected his paycheck.

He's probably in some jungle by now

looking for giant sheep.

Well, I think he should be here.

I mean, this is his discovery.

Excuse me. Gregg's expertise

is crashing Humvees.

It's not explaining primate behavior to

the chairman of the conservancy board.

You know what I think, Harry?

I think you're jealous.

I'm crippled with envy, yes.

I mean, you know, just once I wanted to

go into the field and find a new species.

- You know? Anything. A mollusk.

- Here we go.

- Huh. - Harry.

Dr. Banks. - Hi.

So, let's go see him.

See, the gorillas in the Pangani carry this recessive

gene that pops up every four or five generations...

- Huh.

- With this rare form of gigantism.

And that's where the legend comes from.

But I knew it was more than a legend,

so I followed my gut instinct.

I just had a hunch

that this thing was true.

- Pretty damn sharp, Harry.

- All right, here we are.

- Pretty cool, huh?

- My, my, I should say so.

- Where is he?

- Um...

Uh, Joe!

Come here, Joe!

Come here, boy!

Gorillas. There's never one around

when you need 'em.

- Even for the chairman of the board.

- Well, I came here to see him.

You know what? Maybe... Maybe...

You know what? I'll feed him.

- That'll... That'll get him to come out.

- Um, Harry...

No, no, no. No, no. Don't worry.

I know what I'm doing.

Elliot, you stay here.

I'm gonna go open the gate. Okay?

Silver, brown, blond, white. There are

nine different colors to choose from.

And naturally, Ron, you have to ask

things like toxicity. Uh, is it safe?

This product has been tested

for ten years.

It's not just a colored spray,

like some of you might be thinking.

It's just a plain, ordinary cosmetic,

and it just washes out in the evening.

- I was coming to get you.

- What's that noise?

The security alarm in Joe's habitat.

Come on!

- Joe... Joe... - What's happening?

- He's been... He's going crazy!

Open the gate!

Open it! Open it!

- Hold it! Don't shoot!

- No!

Oh, God.

- Harry, it's okay.

- It doesn't feel okay.

Listen to me.

Just jump out from behind the trees.

No... No, I'd rather not.

Just jump out and say,

"You found me. "

Well, he knows he's found me!

That's the problem!

Harry, do what she says.

You found me!

Oh, God!

He's playing with him.

Harry, he's playing with you.

- Hide-and-seek.

- What?

Shh. Watch.

Joe! Where are you?

Now, where could Joe be?

Here he is!

- Feeding time over, Harry? - You wanted

me to find you, didn't you? - Very funny.

Good thing Joe didn't

want to play doctor.

Look at you, all happy. Huh, Joe?

That makes me so happy.

- Harry.

- You know what? That never happened before.

- Th... It was weird, wasn't it, the way...

- Put that girl in charge of the gorilla.

Elliot,

she has no scientific training.

That ape is the best fund-raising tool

this conservancy has ever had.

He's happy, I'm happy.

So you really think

that she's gonna be able to, you know...

- Put her on the payroll, Harry.

- Okay.

- Did you see that? Did you see that?

- I saw it.

- He was playing hide-and-seek with him!

- It's great.

Oh, my God!

You were right. He likes it here.

Oh, my God! On his second day,

he's playing! He likes it here!

- You got it bad.

- What are you talking about?

- You know what I'm talking about.

- No, no, no, no, no.

Usually you are out the door

as soon as the animal's in its habitat.

You have a very active imagination.

- I don't think so.

- Oh, I think so.

No, I don't think so.

I think Mr. World Traveler

has goo-goo eyes for the gorilla girl.

Just close your eyes, and then he's gonna do

that, and then you say, "You found me!" Come on!

Behind me is the habitat

of what the experts are calling...

one of the worlds most important

zoological finds of this century.

This is the home of what is believed

to be the world's largest primate...

a 2,000-pound gorilla named Joe.

Joe has been at the California Animal

Conservancy for a little over a month now.

He was brought here from Africa

by Dr. Gregory O'Hara...

- who told me that because of Joe's remarkable size...

- My God.

- Pindi was right.

- He is a natural target for poachers.

Fortunately, the California

Animal Conservancy's programme...

- He's beautiful.

- Is rescuing animals and bringing them here so they...

It's the most beautiful animal

I ever seen.

And the most valuable,

that's for sure.

And he can't escape

because it's surrounded by a moat...

and there are also some electrical wires

around the entire perimeter.

- Isn't that the... - Wait. Be quiet.

- Joe was raised from infancy...

by Jill Young, the daughter of

famed primatologist Ruth Young.

Their closeness stems

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