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Congo is a 1995 action, science fiction, and horror film directed by Frank Marshall. The screenplay was written by John Patrick Shanley and Michael Crichton, based on Crichton’s novel. The cast includes Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, and Tim Curry. Production was handled by The Kennedy/Marshall Company, with Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer serving as producers.
The movie was distributed by Paramount Pictures and released in the United States and the United Kingdom. It was filmed in the United States, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and Costa Rica, with a narrative setting in the African jungle. The runtime is 109 minutes, and the original language is English. Jerry Goldsmith composed the score, while Allen Daviau served as both director of photography and production designer.
The film features themes involving diamonds and gorillas within a diamond mine setting. Its tagline is "Where you are the endangered species." It has received an assessment regarding the Bechdel test. The production budget was 50,000,000, and it generated revenue of 152,022,101.
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5.6Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.
Cast
- Laura Linney as Dr. Karen Ross
- Dylan Walsh as Dr. Peter Elliot
- Ernie Hudson as Captain Monroe Kelly
- Tim Curry as Herkermer Homolka
- Grant Heslov as Richard
- Joe Don Baker as R.B. Travis
Themes
- based on novel or book
- diamond
- gorilla
- congo
- diamond mine
- tribe
- survival
- ancient civilization
- zoologist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Congo
- Director
- Frank Marshall
- Screenwriter
- Michael Crichton
- Cast member
- Peter Jason
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Sam Mercer
- Production company
- The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Cinematographer
- Allen Daviau
- Narrative location
- Africa
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 552646
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1995-08-17
- film editor
- Anne V. Coates
- title
- Congo
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- production designer
- Allen Daviau
- after a work by
- Michael Crichton
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 24/100
- capital cost
- 50000000
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