Congo (film)

Congo is a 1995 action adventure film loosely based on Michael Crichtons novel of the same name. It was directed by Frank Marshall a frequent collaborator of Steven Spielberg, who directed another film based on Crichtons work, Jurassic Park and stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, and Joe Don Baker. The film was released on June 9, 1995 by Paramount Pictures. The film performed modestly at the box office and was heavily panned by critics.

Meanwhile, Dr. Peter Elliott Dylan Walsh, a primatologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and his assistant Richard Grant Heslov teach human communication to primates using a gorilla named Amy voiced by Shayna Fox. With a special backpack and glove, her sign language is translated to a digitized voice. Despite the success, Peter is concerned that Amy is having nightmares and psychological problems, due to several drawings Amy has made of jungles and the Eye of Providence. Peter attempts to gain funding to take Amy to Africa, but the university is reluctant, and Peter begins inquiring elsewhere. Romanian philanthropist Herkermer Homolka Tim Curry offers to fund the expedition Karen, having learned of the trip, offers to fund it as well and to come along, hoping to discover the fate of her team.In Africa, the group meets their expert guide Captain Munro Kelly Ernie Hudson but they are captured by the local authorities and militia leader named Captain Wanta Delroy Lindo who grants them passage for a sizable bribe. As the group boards another plane, Munro reveals that Homolka has led previous safaris in search of the Lost City of Zinj, with disastrous results. The group must parachute into the jungle after their plane is shot down by Zairean soldiers. ........

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