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Summer of the Monkeys (1998)

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Michael Anderson directed this Canadian coming-of-age adventure that generates nostalgia for rural America at the turn of the century. Farmer John Lee (Michael Ontkean) and wife Sarah (Leslie Hope) have two children, Jay Berry (Corey Sevier) and crippled Daisy (Katie Stuart). Hoping to buy a pony, Jay Berry works during the summer at the town's general store, run by Gramps (Wilford Bramley). After a train wreck, circus monkeys escape. Jay Berry spots them and sees an opportunity to earn extra

May 6, 2003

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A heartwarming chimp tale.

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summer of the monkeys... ha oh my god i used to love this. Not because its a good movie, but because i used to like monkeys.

December 21, 2009
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I think that I liked it... I saw it a long time ago. I remember that the book was really good.

May 18, 2006
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