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{{Short description|1995 film by Frank Marshall}}
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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| name = Congo
| name = Congo
| image = Congo ver1.jpg
| image = Congo movie poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Frank Marshall (film producer)|Frank Marshall]]
| director = [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]]
| producer = [[Kathleen Kennedy (film producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]<br>[[Sam Mercer]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]
* [[Sam Mercer]]
}}
| writer = [[John Patrick Shanley]]<br>[[Michael Crichton]] (novel)
| screenplay = [[John Patrick Shanley]]
| starring = [[Laura Linney]]<br>[[Dylan Walsh]]<br>[[Ernie Hudson]]<br>[[Tim Curry]]<br>[[Bruce Campbell]]
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Congo (novel)|Congo]]''|[[Michael Crichton]]}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing.-->
* [[Laura Linney]]
* [[Dylan Walsh]]
* [[Ernie Hudson]]
* [[Grant Heslov]]
* [[Joe Don Baker]]
* [[Tim Curry]]
}}
| music = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| music = [[Jerry Goldsmith]]
| cinematography = [[Allen Daviau]]
| cinematography = [[Allen Daviau]]
| editing = [[Anne V. Coates]]
| editing = [[Anne V. Coates]]
| studio = [[The Kennedy/Marshall Company|Kennedy/Marshall]]
| studio = [[The Kennedy/Marshall Company]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]
| released = {{start date|1995|6|9}}
| released = {{Film date|1995|6|9}}
| runtime = 109 minutes
| runtime = 108 minutes
| country = United States
| country = United States
| language = English<br>[[American Sign language]]<br>[[Swahili language|Swahili]]
| language = English
| budget = $50 million
| budget = $50 million
| gross = $152,022,101
| gross = $152 million
}}
}}
'''''Congo''''' is a 1995 American [[science fiction]] [[action film|action]]-[[adventure film]] based on the [[Congo (novel)|1980 novel]] by [[Michael Crichton]]. It was directed by [[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]] and stars [[Laura Linney]], [[Dylan Walsh]], [[Ernie Hudson]], [[Grant Heslov]], [[Joe Don Baker]] and [[Tim Curry]]. The film was released on June 9, 1995, by [[Paramount Pictures]] and tells the story of an expedition team and a [[mountain gorilla]] owned by one of its members who go to the [[Congolese rainforests|Congo jungles]] to find a missing expedition and the ruins of an ancient civilization where diamonds might be located while encountering the gray gorillas that lurk near there.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-09-ca-11117-story.html|title=MOVIE REVIEW : They Took Crichton Out of the 'Congo'|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|date=June 9, 1995|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-10-13-vl-49562-story.html|title=REEL LIFE / FILM & VIDEO FILE : Crichton 'Congo' Crew Beats a Path to Simi Ranch : A menagerie helps create the setting of a jungle airstrip. Another thriller is shot at a Potrero Road house.|last=Doll|first=Pancho|date=October 13, 1994|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref>
'''''Congo''''' is a [[1995 in film|1995 film]], based on the 1980 [[novel]] ''[[Congo (novel)|Congo]]'' by [[Michael Crichton]]. It was directed by [[Frank Marshall (film producer)|Frank Marshall]] and stars [[Dylan Walsh]], [[Laura Linney]], [[Tim Curry]], [[Ernie Hudson]], [[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]], [[Grant Heslov]] and [[Joe Don Baker]]. The [[screenplay]] was written by [[John Patrick Shanley]]. The music was composed by [[Jerry Goldsmith]].

It received negative reviews, but performed better than expected at the box office.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-12-ca-12192-story.html|title=800-Pound Gorilla Takes a Seat on Box-Office Bus : Movies: Ape tale 'Congo' opens huge despite bad reviews, bumping 'Casper' to second place. 'Bridges of Madison County' takes third, shows promise of a long life.|last=Natale|first=Richard|date=June 12, 1995|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=August 2, 2016}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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The film begins with Charles Travis ([[Bruce Campbell]]), the ex-fiancé of Doctor Karen Ross ([[Laura Linney]]), going missing after testing a laser gun in a remote part of the Congo under the orders of TraviCom CEO R.B. Travis ([[Joe Don Baker]]). When Charles's crew is discovered dead, an enraged R.B. reveals that the purpose of exploring the Congo is to find the local diamond mines and expand his satellite technologies. Meanwhile, a young scientist named Peter Elliott ([[Dylan Walsh]]) has devised a way to communicate with gorillas through sign language. He has even invented a machine to give the gorillas a voice, using his own gorilla Amy (voiced by [[Shayna Fox]]) in his demonstration. However, Peter is concerned over the fact that Amy is constantly painting the same picture of an eye surrounded by trees. Peter figures out that she is painting a jungle and decides to return her to Africa, but his father is reluctant to fund the procedure. Peter is then approached by the [[Romania]]n [[Philanthropy|philanthropist]] Herkermer Homolka ([[Tim Curry]]), who offers to fund the expedition. Karen, hoping to find Charles, joins Peter and provides additional funding for his trip.
Searching for rare blue diamonds that could enable a revolutionary communications laser, TraviCom employees Charles Travis and Jeffrey Weems discover the ruins of a lost city near a remote volcano in the [[Congolian rainforests|Congo jungle]]. Karen Ross, Charles's ex-fiancée and a former [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] operative, and R.B. Travis, Charles's father and the CEO of TraviCom, lose contact with the team while tracking their progress at the company headquarters. A remote camera shows the camp destroyed and strewn with corpses, before an [[ape]]-like creature destroys the camera. Travis asks Karen to lead another expedition to the site.


[[Primatology|Primatologist]] Peter Elliott and his assistant Richard teach human communication to a [[mountain gorilla]] named Amy, whose [[sign language]] is translated into a digitized voice. Peter is concerned by Amy's drawings of jungles and the [[Eye of Providence]], and wants to return her to Africa. Karen and Romanian philanthropist Herkermer Homolka join the expedition.
Upon arriving in Africa, the group is guided by the "Great White Hunter" Captain Munro Kelly ([[Ernie Hudson]]). However, they are soon captured by the Congolese government and are confronted by a military leader who holds an aggressive tea party. The group boards another plane, but they are almost shot down and Peter contemplates calling off the expedition. The next day, they are met by members of a ghost tribe who claim they have seen a dead white man with the TraviCom logo on his clothes. The ghost tribe members lead the team to the man, who is a member of the original TraviCom expedition, and is not actually dead, but in a catatonic state. As they attempt to revive him, he catches a glimpse of Amy, and begins to scream uncontrollably, before coughing up blood and dying. The group heads upstream, where Homolka reveals that as a young man, he found a book in Soviet Georgia that contained a detailed drawing of the City of Zinj, where King Solomon is believed to have kept a diamond mine in. The drawing featured a peculiar decoration that resembled an open eye, the same eye that Amy has been painting. Homolka comes to the conclusion that Amy has been seeing Zinj in her dreams and that she will take the group there.


The group flies to [[Uganda]] and meets wilderness guide Monroe Kelly. Military leader Captain Wanta warns them not to trust Homolka and lets them proceed only upon receipt of a large bribe. On their journey via [[Tanzania]] and then [[Zaire]], Monroe reveals that Homolka has led previous, disastrous [[safari]]s in search of the "Lost City of Zinj". Their plane is shot down as they parachute into the jungle.
That night, the group is attacked by hippopotami and decide to continue their travels on foot. They later encounter a savage group of gorillas, which Amy persuades into leaving. The group finally discover the camp that Charles was stationed at as well as the lost city of Zinj. While searching the city, they come across the room of diamonds but are unable to leave. They also discover Charles's corpse in the temple. Before they are given time to mourn, they are ambushed by the guardians of the temple, a group of aged and angry gorillas, who kill most of the group, including Homolka. However, Amy arrives and protects the injured Peter from the gorillas, giving Karen enough time to load one of the diamonds into her own powerful laser gun and fend off the gorillas. Just then, a volcano explodes, giving the group time to escape as the obliging killer gorillas hop into the boiling lava. Upon escaping the collapsed city, Karen contacts R.B. and informs him that Charles is dead. However, she realizes that R.B. only values the diamonds and decides to use her laser gun to destroy the satellite keeping TraviCom alive. Amy gives Peter a flower and sets off into the wild with a group of silverback gorillas as the group floats off in a hot air balloon.


A native tribe leads them to Bob Driscoll, a wounded member of Charles's expedition who dies screaming upon sight of Amy. The group continues by boat and they learn that Homolka believes Amy can lead them to the mine. They find the ruined camp near the City of Zinj. Richard and some porters are killed by a gray gorilla. The group keeps the gray gorillas at bay with automated sentry guns.
== Cast==
* [[Laura Linney]] as Doctor Karen Ross, a member of TraviCom who wishes to find her ex-fiancé lost in a previous expedition to the eastern Congo.
* [[Dylan Walsh]] Doctor Peter Elliott, a [[primatologist]] of [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]], [[California]] who wants to return his gorilla, Amy, to her birth place in the Virunga region of the Congo.
* [[Ernie Hudson]] as Captain Munro Kelly, the "Great White Hunter" and mercenary.
* [[Lorene Noh]], [[Misty Rosas]], and the voice of [[Shayna Fox]] as Amy, a female [[Mountain Gorilla|mountain gorilla]], born in the [[Virunga Mountains|Virunga]] region, who is studied by Peter in the United States. She likes to draw scenes from her dreams, in which the Lost City of Zinj often appears.
* [[Tim Curry]] as Herkermer Homolka, an eccentric rich man from [[Romania]] who offers to finance the expedition. He explains this action presenting himself as a [[philanthropy|philanthropist]], but it is soon revealed that his real aim is to find the mythical Lost City of [[Zinj]], where he lost another expedition some years ago.
* [[Grant Heslov]] as Richard, Peter's assistant and friend.
* [[Joe Don Baker]] R. B. Travis, the CEO of TraviCom and Karen's boss. He wants to find the diamond mines to finance and expand his satellite technologies.
* [[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]] as Kahega: Monroe's guide and leader of the African porters in the expedition.
* [[Bruce Campbell]] as Charles Travis: Karen's ex-fiance.


At daybreak, they explore the city and surmise from [[Egyptian hieroglyphs|hieroglyphs]] that the inhabitants bred the gray gorillas to guard the mine. At the mine, Homolka begins collecting diamonds, only to be killed by the gray gorillas. Monroe, Karen, and Peter flee deeper into the mine, where they discover Jeffrey and Charles's bodies, with the latter still holding a giant blue diamond. Karen fits the diamond into a portable laser and uses it to kill several gray gorillas. The volcano erupts, and the four escape as lava floods the city killing the gray gorillas.
== Differences from the book==
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There are significant differences between the book and movie:
* The characters Homolka and Richard, are not in the book.
* Dr. Karen Ross and her aims were greatly changed in the film version. In the book, she is a cold-blooded business woman who wants to find the diamond mines for industrial purposes, more or less like Travis or Homolka in the film version. In the movie Ross is searching for her boyfriend, lost with the first expedition.
* In the novel, the company that Karen works for is called Earth Resources Technology Services, Inc. or ERTS, while in the film, the company is called TraviCom.
* Dr. Ross does not destroy the communications satellite in the book.
* In the book, the [[catatonic]] survivor of the first expedition doesn't wake up and die after seeing Amy. He has a reaction to Peter's gorilla smell but never recovers consciousness. Karen says that she will tell his position to the ERTS staff before leaving him in the African village, in order to recover and bring him later to a hospital.
* In the novel, Peter Elliott and Amy join the expedition led by Karen Ross after the latter asks the earlier for consult. In the movie, it is the female scientist who joins Elliott and his associates.
* The gorillas in the book kill using stone paddles. The stone paddles are not present in the film
* The book contained a competing faction known as the [[Consortium]]. This group included investors from [[Japan]], [[Germany]] and other foreign nations also looking for [[King Solomon's Mines]]. This element was not present in the film.
* The book has an epilogue describing Amy's behavior after returning to the wild, teaching her own young sign language, which is not mentioned in the film.
* Munro is white African in the book. The transliterated joke in the movie is that Munro is their "great white hunter" that happens to be black.
* The aforementioned character's full name in the book was "Charles Munro", whereas in the movie it is "Munro Kelly."
* The character Kahega lives in the book, while in the film he is killed by the gray gorillas.
* The gorillas attacked the camp repeatedly in the book whereas the attack in the film only lasted for a few minutes.
* While phisically different than ordinary gorillas, the Zinj apes in the novel aren't as monstrous in appearance as their movie counterpart.
* The endings differed greatly between the film and the book. The crashed plane discovered by the group in the book belonged to the Consortium, not another TraviCom expedition. Additionally in the book the group suffered an attack by a local native cannibal tribe before they could escape, using the crashed plane as shelter.
* In the film, the only diamond recovered was thrown away; in the book, Munro completes a sale of a small collection of blue diamonds.
* In the film, the diamonds are used for an optical communications array that happens to double as a laser based portable weapon but in the book they were all about semiconductor properties.
* In the film, Amy the gorilla uses a voice box to translate her signing, but in the novel, Peter Elliott translates for her.


Karen reports to Travis. Realizing Travis was only interested in the diamond, Karen destroys the TraviCom satellite. They find a hot-air balloon in one of Travis's wrecked cargo planes. Seeing Amy with a troop of mountain gorillas, Peter bids her goodbye. The three take off in the balloon, and Karen has Peter throw the diamond into the jungle below. Amy watches the departing balloon, then joins the other mountain gorillas.
== Reception ==
=== Box office ===
Congo opened with a weekend total of $24,642,539, eventually going on to gross $152,022,101 worldwide ($81,022,101 domestic) theatrically versus a $50,000,000 budget. The critical reaction was less successful.


=== Critics ===
==Cast==
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Roger Ebert said that Congo is a splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story. He gave it 3 out of 4 stars. Rotten Tomatoes gave it an aggregate rating of 22% based on 41 reviews.<ref>{{rotten-tomatoes|id=congo|title=Congo}}. {{Retrieved|accessdate=2009-10-09}}</ref>
* [[Laura Linney]] as Karen Ross, an electronics expert and former CIA operative
* [[Dylan Walsh]] as Peter Elliott, a [[Primatology|primatologist]]
* [[Ernie Hudson]] as Captain Monroe Kelly, a mercenary guide
* [[Tim Curry]] as Herkermer Homolka, a [[Romania]]n [[philanthropy|philanthropist]]
* [[Grant Heslov]] as Richard, Peter's research assistant.
* [[Joe Don Baker]] as R.B. Travis, the [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] TraviCom
* [[John Hawkes (actor)|John Hawkes]] as Bob Driscoll
* [[Mary Ellen Trainor]] as Moira
* [[Stuart Pankin]] as Boyd
* [[Carolyn Seymour]] as Eleanor Romy
* [[Romy Rosemont]] as Assistant
* [[James Karen]] as College President
* [[Jimmy Buffett]] as 727 Pilot
* [[Thom Barry]] as Samahani, a truck driver
* Michael Chinyamurindi as Claude, a porter from Mombasa
* Fidel Bateke as Mizumu
* [[Kevin Grevioux]] as Roadblock Officer
* Darnell Suttles as Hospital Interrogator
* Robert Almodovar as Rudy, TraviCom head of security
* [[Peter Jason]] as Mr. Janus
* Kathleen Connors as Sally
* Lola Noh & Misty Rosas as the in-suit performers of Amy, a mountain gorilla owned by Peter who wears a special backpack and high-tech glove that translates her sign language.
* [[Delroy Lindo]] as Captain Wanta (uncredited), a Ugandan military officer
* [[Joe Pantoliano]] as Eddie Ventro (uncredited), a tour guide
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The mountain gorillas and gray gorillas are in-suit performed by Christopher Antonucci, David Anthony, John Munro Cameron, Jay Caputo, Nicholas Kadi, John Alexander Lowe, Garon Michael, Peter Elliott, Brian La Rosa, David St. Pierre, and Philip Tan.
A significant cause of disappointment among fans was that the "gorillas" were costumes and puppets<ref name="ahafilm">[http://www.ahafilm.info/movies/moviereviews.phtml?fid=6948 Movie Review - Congo] by American Humane Association (AHA) Film</ref>, whereas the 1993 film ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' had familiarized audiences with [[Computer-generated imagery|CG]] dinosaurs. CGI was originally planned for the grays,{{Citation needed|date=November 2008}} but the technology had not yet been developed to the point where realistic hair could be created. While smooth skinned dinosaurs were possible, hairy apes would have looked inappropriately cartoonish. Therefore, [[Audio-Animatronics|animatronics]], masks and puppetry had to be used.


===Featuring===
The film has garnered a cult following in the years since its release, from fans who appreciate the adaptation despite its divergence from the source material.{{cite}} One of the reasons the film was slated in 1995 was because it came out in the shadow of ''Jurassic Park'', a much more high-profile Michael Crichton adaptation; had it been released before or significantly after, it probably would have faced less severe criticism.{{cite}}<!-- speculation needs something to back it up-->
The following were listed under this section in the credits:


* [[Bruce Campbell]] as Charlie Travis, a TraviCom employee, Karen's ex-fiancé, and R.B.'s son.
The "new millennium culture blog" ''Charge Shot!!!'' has developed a movie rating system based on ''Congo'' known as the "Congo Movie Rating System" in which a movie is rated based on its relative enjoyability to ''Congo'', ''Congo'' itself being worth a single Congo.<ref>http://www.charge-shot.com/2009/09/congo-movie-rating-system-official.html</ref>
* [[Taylor Nichols]] as Jeffrey Weems, a TraviCom employee who accompanied Charlie to Congo
* [[Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje]] as Kahega, Monroe's deputy


===Voices===
[[The Nostalgia Critic]] reviewed Congo, criticizing its nonsensical plot and the obviously fake ape costumes, making fun of Tim Curry's Romanian accent, and admitting that he liked Bruce Campbell, Ernie Hudson, and an ape-zapper gun being in the movie.<ref>http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/13185-congo</ref>
* [[Shayna Fox]] as the voice of Amy
* [[Frank Welker]] as the gorilla vocal effects
* Gary A. Hecker & Peter Elliott provide the gorilla vocalization


=== Awards ===
==Production==
===Development and writing===
Won 2 and nominated for a further 11 awards.
After the success of ''[[The First Great Train Robbery]]'', Crichton decided to write a screenplay specifically for [[Sean Connery]] as the character Charles Munro, an archetypal "great white hunter" akin to [[H. Rider Haggard]]'s hero [[Allan Quatermain]].<ref name="denofgeek">{{cite web|url=http://www.denofgeek.com/uk/movies/congo/43576/the-strange-prehistory-of-1995s-congo|title=The strange prehistory of 1995's Congo|last1=Lambie|first1=Ryan|date=September 12, 2016|website=Den of Geek|access-date=September 29, 2016}}</ref> The film was envisioned as an homage to classic [[Pulp fiction (genre)|pulp adventure]] tales, and Crichton successfully pitched the movie to 20th Century Fox in 1979 without a fleshed out story.<ref name="denofgeek"/> Crichton left the project when he learned that he could not use a real gorilla to portray the character of Amy.<ref name="denofgeek"/> It was offered to several directors including [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[John Carpenter]].<ref name="denofgeek"/> A brief attempt was made to revive the project in the late 1980s.<ref name="denofgeek"/> Eventually, Frank Marshall directed the film with little, if any, involvement from Crichton.<ref name="denofgeek"/> The film's [[Teaser campaign|teaser]] credits [[John Patrick Shanley]] and Crichton as co-screenwriters, but the [[Trailer (promotion)|trailer]] and the film itself credit Shanley alone.
; Wins
'''[[BMI Film & TV Awards]]:'''
* BMI Film Music Award ([[Jerry Goldsmith]])
'''[[Sci-Fi Universe Magazine, USA]]:'''
* Best Supporting Actor in a Genre Motion Picture ([[Ernie Hudson]])


Originally, [[Delroy Lindo]] was set to shoot his scene in the [[Dominican Republic]], but ended up shooting it in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/congo-sesame-cake-delroy-lindo-reaction/|title='Stop Eating My Sesame Cake!': Delroy Lindo Revisits His Unforgettable Scene in 'Congo'|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|first=Perri|last=Nemiroff|date=2 March 2021|access-date=25 February 2022}}</ref>
; Nominations
'''[[Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA]]'''
* Best Director ([[Frank Marshall (movie producer)|Frank Marshall]])
* Best Science Fiction Film ([[Paramount Pictures]])
* Best Special Effects ([[Scott Farrar]]) ([[Stan Winston]]) ([[Michael Lantieri]])
'''[[Kids' Choice Awards]]'''
* Favorite Animal Star - "Amy, the gorilla"
'''[[Razzie Awards]]'''
* Worst Director (Frank Marshall)
* Worst New Star "Amy the Talking Gorilla"
* Worst Original Song (Jerry Goldsmith) ([[Lebo M]]) For the song "(Feel The) Spirit of Africa"
* Worst Picture ([[Kathleen Kennedy (movie producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]) ([[Sam Mercer]])
* Worst Screenplay ([[John Patrick Shanley]])
* Worst Supporting Actor ([[Tim Curry]])
* Worst Supporting Actress "Amy the Talking Gorilla"


The gorilla suits for Amy the mountain gorilla and the gray gorillas as well as the hippopotamus puppet were created by [[Stan Winston]]'s company Stan Winston Studio.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/blog/congo-movie-gorilla-suit-behind-the-scenes | title=Stan Winston School of Character Arts }}</ref>
== References ==
{{refs}}


==Release==
== External links ==
===Marketing===
* {{imdb title|id=0112715|title=Congo}}
A teaser trailer for ''Congo'' debuted in theaters on November 18, 1994, with the release of ''[[Star Trek Generations]]''. It was also attached to the [[VHS]] release of ''[[Forrest Gump]]''. Promotional partners included [[Taco Bell]], [[Pepsi]], and [[Kenner Products]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Kilday|first=Gregg|title=''Congo''{{'}}s surprise box office success|url=https://ew.com/article/1995/06/30/congos-surprise-box-office-success/|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=July 10, 2022|date=June 30, 1995|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710030245/https://ew.com/article/1995/06/30/congos-surprise-box-office-success/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{Amg movie|134770|Congo}}

* {{rotten-tomatoes|id=congo|title=Congo}}
===Home media===
* {{mojo title|id=congo|title=Congo}}
''Congo'' was released on [[VHS]] and [[LaserDisc]] on November 21, 1995. The LaserDisc release is [[THX]] certified and consists of widescreen and [[pan and scan]] fullscreen versions, while also featuring a [[Dolby Digital]] AC-3 track.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98513897/apollo-13-soars-into-the-vcr-universe/ |title='Apollo 13' Soars Into The VCR Universe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407171440/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98513897/apollo-13-soars-into-the-vcr-universe/ |date=November 24, 1995 |access-date=April 7, 2022 |archive-date=April 7, 2022 |page=131 |publisher=[[Newsday (Nassau Edition)]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> A widescreen VHS release debuted a year later on September 10, 1996.<ref>{{cite news |last=King |first=Susan |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107891272/letterbox-brings-wide-screen-home/ |title='Letterbox' Brings Wide Screen Home |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311215357/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107891272/letterbox-brings-wide-screen-home/ |date=August 16, 1996 |access-date=March 11, 2023 |archive-date=March 11, 2023 |page=96 |work=Times Staff Writer |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> The [[DVD]] was released on July 27, 1999.

In 2024, ahead of the film's 30th anniversary, [[Vinegar Syndrome]] announced a [[Ultra HD Blu-ray|4K Blu-ray]] release of the film as part of their "Ultra" sub-label, under license from Paramount and newly remastered from the original film elements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congo |url=https://vinegarsyndrome.com/collections/frontpage/products/congo |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=Vinegar Syndrome |language=en}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Congo'' was estimated to gross $13–$15 million in its opening weekend, but surprised the industry when it grossed $24.6 million for the weekend, placing [[List of 1995 box office number-one films in the United States|number one at the US box office]] ahead of ''[[Casper (film)|Casper]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-12-ca-12192-story.html|title=800-Pound Gorilla Takes a Seat on Box-Office Bus : Movies: Ape tale 'Congo' opens huge despite bad reviews, bumping 'Casper' to second place. 'Bridges of Madison County' takes third, shows promise of a long life.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 12, 1995 }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=June 19, 1995|page=11|last=Klady|first=Leonard|title='Bat' blitz bodes new B.O. era}}</ref> It was overtaken by ''[[Batman Forever]]'' during its second weekend.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-19-ca-14726-story.html|title='Batman' Takes a Bite Out of 'Jurassic' Record: Movies: Third Bat film soars to an estimated opening weekend gross of $53 million. 'Pocahontas' makes a staggering $2.7 million in just six--albeit large--theaters.|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 19, 1995}}</ref> In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $81,022,101. The final worldwide gross was $152,022,101 versus a $50,000,000 budget.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-06-13-fi-12769-story.html|title=Company Town : At the Box Office, Literary Prestige Is One for the Books|last=Eller|first=Claudia|date=June 13, 1995|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=October 24, 2010}}</ref>

===Critical response===
{{Anchor|Critics|Critical reaction}}[[Rotten Tomatoes]] collected 52 reviews to give the film an approval rating of 23% with a rating average of 4.1/10. The site's consensus states: "Mired in campy visual effects and charmless characters, ''Congo'' is a suspenseless adventure that betrays little curiosity about the scientific concepts it purports to care about."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rottentomatoes.com/m/congo/|title=Congo|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date=August 30, 2024}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] rated it 22/100 based on 19 reviews, meaning "generally unfavorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/congo|title=Congo|date=2016-08-02|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=March 26, 2019}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' rated it 3 out of 4 stars. He called the film a splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rogerebert.com/reviews/congo-1995|title=Congo Movie Review & Film Summary (1995)|last=Ebert|first=Roger|date=June 9, 1995|website=[[RogerEbert.com]]|access-date=September 17, 2017}}</ref> It was nominated for seven [[Golden Raspberry Awards]]. [[Hal Hinson]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' called the film a "[[Steven Spielberg|Spielberg]] knockoff...shamelessly lifting themes and ideas from a handful of Steven's greatest hits." He criticized Amy the gorilla as "the most disappointing 'performance' of all" and opined that the supporting actors, Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson, stood out more than the lead actors.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/congopg13hinson_c01a7b.htm|title=Congo Review|last=Hinson|date=June 9, 1995|access-date=March 9, 2018|first=Hal|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>

''[[The A.V. Club]]''{{'}}s Ignatiy Vishnevetsky said ''Congo'' was full of "goofy pleasures" like "delectably goofy" lasers and "mutant killer apes", calling it one of the most enjoyable films that came out of the post–''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' period. He said he enjoyed the film more as a campy comedy than as the thriller the trailers made it out to be, and concluded with "Is ''Congo'' a good film? It's certainly a good time."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Vishnevetsky |first1=Ignatiy |title=It's no ''Jurassic Park'', but fellow Crichton adaptation ''Congo'' has goofy pleasures galore |url=https://www.avclub.com/it-s-no-jurassic-park-but-fellow-crichton-adaptation-c-1846771406 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |date=April 28, 2021|access-date=2 May 2021}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Subject
! Result
|-
|rowspan=7|[[Golden Raspberry Award]]
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star|Worst New Star]]
|rowspan=2|Amy the Talking Gorilla
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress|Worst Supporting Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actor|Worst Supporting Actor]]
|[[Tim Curry]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Original Song|Worst Original Song]]
|[[Jerry Goldsmith]] "(Feel) the Spirit of Africa"
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Screenplay|Worst Screenplay]]
|[[John Patrick Shanley]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture|Worst Picture]]
|[[Kathleen Kennedy (producer)|Kathleen Kennedy]]<br />[[Sam Mercer]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director|Worst Director]]
|[[Frank Marshall (filmmaker)|Frank Marshall]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Saturn Award]]
|[[Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film|Best Science Fiction Film]]
|Kathleen Kennedy<br />Sam Mercer
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Saturn Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|Frank Marshall
|{{nom}}
|}

==Other media==
===Video game===
A [[video game]] based on the film, ''[[Congo the Movie: The Lost City of Zinj]]'', was released for [[Sega Saturn]] in 1996. A different game for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] and [[Sega Genesis]] was in development, but was cancelled.<ref name="NESWORLDa1">{{cite web|last1=Nielsen|first1=Martin|last2=Hedger|first2=Greg|url=http://www.nesworld.com/snes-unreleased-congo.php|title=CONGO: THE SECRET OF ZINJ - UNRELEASED, FORGOTTEN AND REDISCOVERED...|work=NESWORLD|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=2020-12-04}}</ref> Another adventure game was released for PC and Macintosh called ''[[Congo: Descent Into Zinj|Congo the Movie: Descent into Zinj]]''.

===Pinball===
A Williams [[pinball]] machine named ''[[Congo (pinball)|Congo]]'' was produced in 1995 that was based on the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=3780|title=Williams Pinball machine 'Congo' in the Internet Pinball Machine Database|website=Internet Pinball Machine Database|access-date=April 8, 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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Congo
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrank Marshall
Screenplay byJohn Patrick Shanley
Based onCongo
by Michael Crichton
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAllen Daviau
Edited byAnne V. Coates
Music byJerry Goldsmith
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • June 9, 1995 (1995-06-09)
Running time
108 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50 million
Box office$152 million

Congo is a 1995 American science fiction action-adventure film based on the 1980 novel by Michael Crichton. It was directed by Frank Marshall and stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker and Tim Curry. The film was released on June 9, 1995, by Paramount Pictures and tells the story of an expedition team and a mountain gorilla owned by one of its members who go to the Congo jungles to find a missing expedition and the ruins of an ancient civilization where diamonds might be located while encountering the gray gorillas that lurk near there.[1][2]

It received negative reviews, but performed better than expected at the box office.[3]

Plot

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Searching for rare blue diamonds that could enable a revolutionary communications laser, TraviCom employees Charles Travis and Jeffrey Weems discover the ruins of a lost city near a remote volcano in the Congo jungle. Karen Ross, Charles's ex-fiancée and a former CIA operative, and R.B. Travis, Charles's father and the CEO of TraviCom, lose contact with the team while tracking their progress at the company headquarters. A remote camera shows the camp destroyed and strewn with corpses, before an ape-like creature destroys the camera. Travis asks Karen to lead another expedition to the site.

Primatologist Peter Elliott and his assistant Richard teach human communication to a mountain gorilla named Amy, whose sign language is translated into a digitized voice. Peter is concerned by Amy's drawings of jungles and the Eye of Providence, and wants to return her to Africa. Karen and Romanian philanthropist Herkermer Homolka join the expedition.

The group flies to Uganda and meets wilderness guide Monroe Kelly. Military leader Captain Wanta warns them not to trust Homolka and lets them proceed only upon receipt of a large bribe. On their journey via Tanzania and then Zaire, Monroe reveals that Homolka has led previous, disastrous safaris in search of the "Lost City of Zinj". Their plane is shot down as they parachute into the jungle.

A native tribe leads them to Bob Driscoll, a wounded member of Charles's expedition who dies screaming upon sight of Amy. The group continues by boat and they learn that Homolka believes Amy can lead them to the mine. They find the ruined camp near the City of Zinj. Richard and some porters are killed by a gray gorilla. The group keeps the gray gorillas at bay with automated sentry guns.

At daybreak, they explore the city and surmise from hieroglyphs that the inhabitants bred the gray gorillas to guard the mine. At the mine, Homolka begins collecting diamonds, only to be killed by the gray gorillas. Monroe, Karen, and Peter flee deeper into the mine, where they discover Jeffrey and Charles's bodies, with the latter still holding a giant blue diamond. Karen fits the diamond into a portable laser and uses it to kill several gray gorillas. The volcano erupts, and the four escape as lava floods the city killing the gray gorillas.

Karen reports to Travis. Realizing Travis was only interested in the diamond, Karen destroys the TraviCom satellite. They find a hot-air balloon in one of Travis's wrecked cargo planes. Seeing Amy with a troop of mountain gorillas, Peter bids her goodbye. The three take off in the balloon, and Karen has Peter throw the diamond into the jungle below. Amy watches the departing balloon, then joins the other mountain gorillas.

Cast

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The mountain gorillas and gray gorillas are in-suit performed by Christopher Antonucci, David Anthony, John Munro Cameron, Jay Caputo, Nicholas Kadi, John Alexander Lowe, Garon Michael, Peter Elliott, Brian La Rosa, David St. Pierre, and Philip Tan.

Featuring

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The following were listed under this section in the credits:

Voices

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  • Shayna Fox as the voice of Amy
  • Frank Welker as the gorilla vocal effects
  • Gary A. Hecker & Peter Elliott provide the gorilla vocalization

Production

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Development and writing

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After the success of The First Great Train Robbery, Crichton decided to write a screenplay specifically for Sean Connery as the character Charles Munro, an archetypal "great white hunter" akin to H. Rider Haggard's hero Allan Quatermain.[4] The film was envisioned as an homage to classic pulp adventure tales, and Crichton successfully pitched the movie to 20th Century Fox in 1979 without a fleshed out story.[4] Crichton left the project when he learned that he could not use a real gorilla to portray the character of Amy.[4] It was offered to several directors including Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter.[4] A brief attempt was made to revive the project in the late 1980s.[4] Eventually, Frank Marshall directed the film with little, if any, involvement from Crichton.[4] The film's teaser credits John Patrick Shanley and Crichton as co-screenwriters, but the trailer and the film itself credit Shanley alone.

Originally, Delroy Lindo was set to shoot his scene in the Dominican Republic, but ended up shooting it in Pasadena, California.[5]

The gorilla suits for Amy the mountain gorilla and the gray gorillas as well as the hippopotamus puppet were created by Stan Winston's company Stan Winston Studio.[6]

Release

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Marketing

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A teaser trailer for Congo debuted in theaters on November 18, 1994, with the release of Star Trek Generations. It was also attached to the VHS release of Forrest Gump. Promotional partners included Taco Bell, Pepsi, and Kenner Products.[7]

Home media

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Congo was released on VHS and LaserDisc on November 21, 1995. The LaserDisc release is THX certified and consists of widescreen and pan and scan fullscreen versions, while also featuring a Dolby Digital AC-3 track.[8] A widescreen VHS release debuted a year later on September 10, 1996.[9] The DVD was released on July 27, 1999.

In 2024, ahead of the film's 30th anniversary, Vinegar Syndrome announced a 4K Blu-ray release of the film as part of their "Ultra" sub-label, under license from Paramount and newly remastered from the original film elements.[10]

Reception

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Box office

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Congo was estimated to gross $13–$15 million in its opening weekend, but surprised the industry when it grossed $24.6 million for the weekend, placing number one at the US box office ahead of Casper.[11][12] It was overtaken by Batman Forever during its second weekend.[13] In the United States and Canada, the film grossed $81,022,101. The final worldwide gross was $152,022,101 versus a $50,000,000 budget.[14]

Critical response

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Rotten Tomatoes collected 52 reviews to give the film an approval rating of 23% with a rating average of 4.1/10. The site's consensus states: "Mired in campy visual effects and charmless characters, Congo is a suspenseless adventure that betrays little curiosity about the scientific concepts it purports to care about."[15] Metacritic rated it 22/100 based on 19 reviews, meaning "generally unfavorable reviews".[16] Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times rated it 3 out of 4 stars. He called the film a splendid example of a genre no longer much in fashion, the jungle adventure story.[17] It was nominated for seven Golden Raspberry Awards. Hal Hinson of The Washington Post called the film a "Spielberg knockoff...shamelessly lifting themes and ideas from a handful of Steven's greatest hits." He criticized Amy the gorilla as "the most disappointing 'performance' of all" and opined that the supporting actors, Tim Curry and Ernie Hudson, stood out more than the lead actors.[18]

The A.V. Club's Ignatiy Vishnevetsky said Congo was full of "goofy pleasures" like "delectably goofy" lasers and "mutant killer apes", calling it one of the most enjoyable films that came out of the post–Jurassic Park period. He said he enjoyed the film more as a campy comedy than as the thriller the trailers made it out to be, and concluded with "Is Congo a good film? It's certainly a good time."[19]

Accolades

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Award Category Subject Result
Golden Raspberry Award Worst New Star Amy the Talking Gorilla Nominated
Worst Supporting Actress Nominated
Worst Supporting Actor Tim Curry Nominated
Worst Original Song Jerry Goldsmith "(Feel) the Spirit of Africa" Nominated
Worst Screenplay John Patrick Shanley Nominated
Worst Picture Kathleen Kennedy
Sam Mercer 		Nominated
Worst Director Frank Marshall Nominated
Saturn Award Best Science Fiction Film Kathleen Kennedy
Sam Mercer 		Nominated
Best Director Frank Marshall Nominated

Other media

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Video game

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A video game based on the film, Congo the Movie: The Lost City of Zinj, was released for Sega Saturn in 1996. A different game for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis was in development, but was cancelled.[20] Another adventure game was released for PC and Macintosh called Congo the Movie: Descent into Zinj.

Pinball

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A Williams pinball machine named Congo was produced in 1995 that was based on the film.[21]

References

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  1. ^ Turan, Kenneth (June 9, 1995). "MOVIE REVIEW : They Took Crichton Out of the 'Congo'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  2. ^ Doll, Pancho (October 13, 1994). "REEL LIFE / FILM & VIDEO FILE : Crichton 'Congo' Crew Beats a Path to Simi Ranch : A menagerie helps create the setting of a jungle airstrip. Another thriller is shot at a Potrero Road house". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  3. ^ Natale, Richard (June 12, 1995). "800-Pound Gorilla Takes a Seat on Box-Office Bus : Movies: Ape tale 'Congo' opens huge despite bad reviews, bumping 'Casper' to second place. 'Bridges of Madison County' takes third, shows promise of a long life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Lambie, Ryan (September 12, 2016). "The strange prehistory of 1995's Congo". Den of Geek. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Nemiroff, Perri (March 2, 2021). "'Stop Eating My Sesame Cake!': Delroy Lindo Revisits His Unforgettable Scene in 'Congo'". Collider. Retrieved February 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Stan Winston School of Character Arts".
  7. ^ Kilday, Gregg (June 30, 1995). "Congo's surprise box office success". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on July 10, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "'Apollo 13' Soars Into The VCR Universe". Newsday (Nassau Edition). November 24, 1995. p. 131. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  9. ^ King, Susan (August 16, 1996). "'Letterbox' Brings Wide Screen Home". Times Staff Writer. Los Angeles Times. p. 96. Archived from the original on March 11, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  10. ^ "Congo". Vinegar Syndrome. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
  11. ^ "800-Pound Gorilla Takes a Seat on Box-Office Bus : Movies: Ape tale 'Congo' opens huge despite bad reviews, bumping 'Casper' to second place. 'Bridges of Madison County' takes third, shows promise of a long life". Los Angeles Times. June 12, 1995.
  12. ^ Klady, Leonard (June 19, 1995). "'Bat' blitz bodes new B.O. era". Variety. p. 11.
  13. ^ "'Batman' Takes a Bite Out of 'Jurassic' Record: Movies: Third Bat film soars to an estimated opening weekend gross of $53 million. 'Pocahontas' makes a staggering $2.7 million in just six--albeit large--theaters". Los Angeles Times. June 19, 1995.
  14. ^ Eller, Claudia (June 13, 1995). "Company Town : At the Box Office, Literary Prestige Is One for the Books". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 24, 2010.
  15. ^ "Congo". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved August 30, 2024.
  16. ^ "Congo". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. August 2, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
  17. ^ Ebert, Roger (June 9, 1995). "Congo Movie Review & Film Summary (1995)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved September 17, 2017.
  18. ^ Hinson, Hal (June 9, 1995). "Congo Review". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 9, 2018.
  19. ^ Vishnevetsky, Ignatiy (April 28, 2021). "It's no Jurassic Park, but fellow Crichton adaptation Congo has goofy pleasures galore". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  20. ^ Nielsen, Martin; Hedger, Greg (September 12, 2003). "CONGO: THE SECRET OF ZINJ - UNRELEASED, FORGOTTEN AND REDISCOVERED..." NESWORLD. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  21. ^ "Williams Pinball machine 'Congo' in the Internet Pinball Machine Database". Internet Pinball Machine Database. Retrieved April 8, 2017.
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