Buddy (1997 film)

Buddy is a 1997 New ZealandAmerican film directed by Caroline Thompson and produced by Columbia Pictures with help from Jim Henson Pictures. It starred Rene Russo as Mrs. Gertrude Trudy Lintz and Robbie Coltrane as her husband.

Millionaire animal lover and overall spoiled rich girl Trudy Rene Russo adds Buddy, a gorilla, to her family. 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, a kitten, a horse, a cheeky, talking green parrot, her prizewinning champion pack of Briards, a raccoon and a flock of geese, he becomes hard to control due to his strength. A particularly bad experience in the Chicago Worlds Fair makes things even harder for Buddy. After he goes on an aggressive rampage and nearly destroys Trudys home, Buddy is taken to an ape sanctuary to live among his own kind in peace.Buddy operated by Peter Elliott adult Buddy, Lynn Robertson Bruce juvenile Buddy, Peter Hurst, Mark Sealey toddler Buddy, Michelan Sisti, Leif Tilden, Star Townsend, Robert Tygner, and Mak Wilson facial controls ........

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