Mighty Joe Young Page #6

Synopsis: The baby gorilla left in her care grows up to become a hugely tall and broad specimen by the name of Joe, living in the mountains as a mostly unseen legend among people who live there. Along comes an eco-minded emissary from a California sanctuary, who talks the jungle girl into providing safe haven for Joe at the L.A. facility. The transition is not without discomfort, but everything is aggravated via a conspiracy of poachers to get Joe into their own greedy hands!
Director(s): Ron Underwood
Production: Buena Vista
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
51
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
PG
Year:
1998
114 min
761 Views


20 minutes late. Come on. Who's gonna pay for this?

What are you doing?

We can't go after the gorilla now.

- We need a car.

- What is your supervisor's name, huh?

- Would you please step out of the vehicle.

- What's the problem?

It's the fifth time this year. Hey.

Hey! Hey! Hey, I'm goin'! I'm goin'!

You don't have to be

so pushy about it!

Hello? County Animal Control?

- You're not gonna believe this.

- Honey, look at the birdbath.

- Yes! Yes, it was. It was a gorilla, a big one!

- Oh, my goodness!

- Did you guys see it?

- Andy, come on, sweetheart.

Andy. No, no.

It's a gorilla, honey.

SWAT One, SWAT One, this is Police 2-4.

We've found him.

Yeah, Police 2-4,

SWAT One's on the scene.

He's goin' in the brush.

Don't lose him.

Where'd he go?

- He must have gone under that overpass.

- Well, cut him off.

Bring 'er down.

Must've gone up

that access ramp.

Let's go find 'im.

Let's go.

Where's he headed?

Look. He thinks

it's my flashlight.

He's going towards the light.

He thinks I'm calling him. That's it!

- Daddy!

- Hi, Mommy!

- Mom, I don't think you should go on this ride.

- Why?

- Because you threw up last time. Remember?

- Yeah, but what if I promise to throw up over the side?

- I should go on this by myself.

- Okay. I'll get us some cotton candy.

- Okay.

- And no rocking, Jason!

- Okay.

- Have a good time.

All you gotta do is

hit the pig on the bottom!

That's all you gotta do!

Look!

Oh, my... Honey, come on. Come on

with Mommy. Give Mommy your hand.

- No, Mommy. No, Mommy, let's stay!

- No, no! No, honey!

Please!

Come on. Let's stop it!

Come on, kids, outta there.

There's a wild animal loose.

- Come on. Find your parents. Go! Go! Go!

- Whoa!

See that thing?

Holy...

Come on.

- There she is.

- Just what exactly are you aiming at?

No! You can't do that.

If that girl starts telling people

who we really are...

our whole cover operation

will be blown.

- She's not an animal. She's a human being.

- Joe!

Let's go this way.

- That was very stupid, Garth.

- What was that?

I don't know. Come on.

Fire!

- Go on! Find Joe!

- Joe!

The fire's spreadin' pretty fast. Keep this

wheel moving. We'll get 'em out on the run.

Come on, you guys.

All right. That's it.

- Okay, come on.

- Oh, my God.

- Keep running! Hurry!

- Move it!

Mommy!

Okay, we got everybody off!

Thanks!

Jason! Jason!

Joe!

Goodbye, Jill.

Meet your mother in hell.

Goodbye.

Bring the marksmen up here now!

- We need paramedics. Over.

- Move!

- Jill!

- Strasser was here. Joe just killed him. We gotta get out of here now.

- It's too late.

- No. We gotta stop 'em. Come on!

Mom! Mom!

- Evacuate the area! Get out of the way! - No,

you don't understand! - Don't shoot! Don't shoot!

- He's not dangerous!

- Get out of here now!

Mom!

Mommy, help me.

Joe?

- Joe!

- Fire upon my command!

Ready!

Officer, I can't find my son...

and I never saw him

get off the Ferris wheel.

- Look!

- Oh, my God!

- Jason!

- Mommy.

Mommy!

He's gonna try and save him.

Don't shoot!

Hold your fire!

Come on, Joe.

Get the trucks in place.

Help, please!

It's gonna be okay.

- Mom.

- Hang on.

He's got him.

Oh, no! Jason!

Come on, Joe.

Oh, my God, it's gonna tip!

It's gonna tilt!

- Everybody get back! Run!

- Joe!

- No! No!

- Joe!

No!

- Oh, please! Oh, baby!

- He's okay.

- Joe! Open your eyes.

- Easy does it.

- Easy does it. - Come on,

big guy. - Easy does it.

- Come on. - Mommy!

- Oh, yeah, honey.

- Ohh. I'm here.

- Come on, big guy.

- Open your eyes.

- Oh, I'm so sorry.

Come on, Joe!

Joe? No. No. No.

- Mommy, is he gonna be okay?

- I don't know, honey.

No. No! Joe!

Keep these people back!

Back it up!

No. No!

Don't leave me, big guy.

Joe?

Joe?

- He's alive!

- He's alive?

- Joe!

- He's alive!

- Joe.

- He's alive!

You big palooka.

That's no way to ride a Ferris wheel.

Joe! Big guy, you scared me.

We gotta get him outta here,

get him somewhere safe.

Somewhere safe?

Somewhere safe

means a new home for Joe.

Where are we gonna get

that kind of money?

I've got some money for Joe.

Here. For Joe.

- Come on, folks. Let's help him out.

- Thank you. Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

Dear Cecily, I promised to write you

when Joe was settled...

and now I finally can.

With all the contributions

people sent in for Joe...

we were able to buy a beautiful land

preserve that's even big enough for him.

We dedicated the Joe Young

Wildlife Park today...

and it was one of

the happiest days of my life.

At last, I have kept my promise

to my mother.

The people here are saying N'Gai Zamu,

the sacred guardian...

has returned

to protect the mountains.

Other people still say

N'Gai Zamu is just a legend.

I say legends live forever.

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Mark Rosenthal

Mark David Rosenthal is an American screenwriter and film director and long-time writing partner of Lawrence Konner. more…

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