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Buddy (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 5  Rotten:13 Average Rating: 5.4/10

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Runtime: 85 mins

Synopsis: A gentle, family-oriented dramatization of the autobiography ("Animals Are My Hobby") of daffy Gertrude Lintz (Rene Russo,) a softhearted, softheaded 1920s New York socialite who transformed her upstate mansion into a personal menagerie containing cats, dogs, birds, chimps, and the... A gentle, family-oriented dramatization of the autobiography ("Animals Are My Hobby") of daffy Gertrude Lintz (Rene Russo,) a softhearted, softheaded 1920s New York socialite who transformed her upstate mansion into a personal menagerie containing cats, dogs, birds, chimps, and the titular baby gorilla, all of whom were trained to wear clothing and behave as humans. Produced by the Jim Henson Company. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall, Peter Elliott

Director: Caroline Thompson
Story: Gertrude Davies Lintz, William Joyce
Screenwriter: Caroline Thompson
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
Producer: Stephanie Allain, Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Fuchs, Brian Henson, Steve Nicolaides

DVD Info

Release:

Feb 6, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Digital 2.0 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Featurette - 1. MAKING OF BUDDY
  • Text/Photo Gallery
  • Talent Files

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Rene Russo provides a welcome dose of starpower, but there is only so much acting she can do opposite a guy in a gorilla suit.

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12/21/04
Michael Dequina
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Light entertainment.

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A fine family film filled with rich lessons about animal and human interaction.

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Stifled by quaint Masterpiece Theatre-for-tykes pretensions, Buddy only comes alive when its quartet of real-life chimps go ape.

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