Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
- Terry Moore: Jill Young
- Ben Johnson: Gregg
- Robert Armstrong: Max O'Hara
- Frank McHugh: Windy
- Douglas Fowley: Jones
- Denis Green: Crawford
- Paul Guilfoyle: Smith
- Nestor Paiva: Brown
- Regis Toomey John Young
- Lora Lee Michel: Jill Young, as a young girl
- James Flavin: Schultz
Panic to King Kong ( original title: Mighty Joe Young). 's An American adventure and fantasy film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack from 1949, this second sequel to the original King Kong film is the first feature film in which Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the stop-motion animations.
Action
The little girl, Jill Young, who lives on a farm in Africa, along with her widowed father John Young, exchanged one day against some snacks and an expensive flashlight a small gorilla one. The initially slightly angry by the loss of the flashlight father allowed his daughter but the breeding and care of now Joe called primates.
It there pass 12 years and the seedy Max O'Hara, an American nightclub owner wants to capture his new Africa show lions and other wild animals to show them off to the paying public. For this purpose, he hires a couple of cowboys who want to get hold of with Lasso on their horses of the wild animals, which will also work initially.
One evening, however, there is unrest in the camp of the Cowboys, as the grown-up now to stately grandeur Joe ensures panic among humans and animals. Max O'Hara, however, sees in him an opportunity to get even more profit out of his scheduled show, and can hunt for the truck making big gorilla.
Given the superhuman strength of the giant ape but fails any attempt to capture him and O'Hara itself is packed by Joe. Only through the courageous intervention of Jill Young, grown into a young, attractive woman, Joe can be appeased.
After Jill's father died, she took over the management of the farm, taking care also continues to Joe, who now obeyed more or less.
By empty promises and the prospect of fame and gain Max O'Hara Jill can convince to act together with Joe in his new show at the nightclub " Golden Safari " in Los Angeles. The first appearance: The piano-playing Jill sits on a platform that floats slowly in the air. First, not visible, one finally sees Joe, who balances the platform, Jill and the piano with ease over his head.
The second appearance makes you look Joe's strength nor public appeal to advantage by tug lets him against the " 10 most powerful men in the world " ( Starring this scene was including former boxing champion Primo Carnera ). Naturally lose after initial yielding of the monkeys the muscle men and one after the other lands in an African torrent modeled water reservoir. The peaks of the degradation is reflected in one of the following performances. You can see how Jill as hurdy-gurdy player and Joe are pelted as hat wearing Compagnon from now drunken audience with Pappmünzen. Anyone can carry his coins in Joe's hat, gets a prize. Some of the drunken guests this performance is not enough and throw them instead of coins with ( empty ) bottles after him. Between these degrading show acts to disable a Joe in a much too small, cold cage.
Jill and Gregg, one of the cowboys, this situation does not like. Since both are now closer, they ask for the release of Joe O'Hara and returning to his African homeland.
But far as she is not even, as it a group of three completely drunken women succeed in penetrating to Joe's cage and make him too drunk several bottles of alcohol. When Joe also the last bottle has emptied on ex, one of the men gets angry about losing the selfsame and hurt Joe with a burning lighter. Joe, who is no longer in control, breaks out of his prison, and demolished the entire nightclub.
He is captured and it is judicially decided to shoot him. Max O'Hara then plaguing his conscience, and he organized the escape by means of several trucks. His vehicle is used as a distraction to allow said Joe, Jill and Gregg in another truck to escape.
On their way to freedom they get past a burning orphanage children, and Jill and Gregg decide to save the consecrated children being burned. Except for one they succeed also. Joe comes into play, which uses a large tree standing next to the house to get to the upper floors of the burning house. He grabs the child gently, downwards to reach about the tree in safety, but have to say that has already captured over half of the selfsame fire. The tree is slow and Joe, who clasped tightly, save by his act and risked his life to even the last of the orphans. Because of this, can you mercy before justice and Joe, Jill and Gregg allowed back on the farm in Africa.
Criticism
The lexicon of international film felt the film as " funny and sentimental " and attested to him only " occasional sensation highlights ". Marcus Littwin ( tierhorror.de ), however, says " Who does not know this movie has really missed something " and finds that the story was " told with a lot of heart and humor."
Background
- The original film title was Mr. Joseph Young of Africa.
- The film was shot from December 1947 to March 1948 in Technicolor on 35 mm format.
- As an example of the Cocoanut Grove night club served to the famous Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California.
- Willis O'Brien oversaw the stop-motion effects that were performed by Ray Harryhausen.
- Merian C. Cooper, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Willis O'Brien and Marcel Delgado worked for the first time since 1933 back together.
- It was the last film directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack.
- Disney turned in 1998 with a remake of Mighty Joe Young
Awards
Sources and links
- Panic to King Kong at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Panic to King Kong in the online movie database
- The film on Tierhorror.de ( accessed on 8 August 2008)
- Detailed information on Monstrula.de ( accessed on 8 August 2008)
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- Fantasy Film
- Adventure
- Science fiction film
- Horror movie
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