BUDDY 35mm Theatrical Trailer 1997 Rene Russo Jim Henson Pictures

Description

35mm Theatrical Trailer
BUDDY
1997
RENE RUSSO
/ A JIM HENSON STUDIO GORILLA / ALAN CUMMING / DANE COOK / PEE-WEE HERMAN
Run Time:  2:08
COLUMBIA PICTURES / JIM HENSON PICTURES / SONY
Aspect ratio:  Scope
On original core with leader and studio/distributor label - likely never screened
.
SYNOPSIS:
Thanks to the indulgence of her patient husband, Dr. Bill Lintz (Robbie Coltrane), wealthy eccentric Trudy (Rene Russo) has already accumulated a large collection of wild animals by 1931 when she is introduced to Buddy, a sickly young gorilla. Trudy raises Buddy as her own child, dressing him in hum
an clothes, and the ape responds with absolute obedience. But as Buddy grows older and larger,
Trudy is unable to restrain him from turning increasingly violent.  😳
HISTORY:
Buddy
was the first movie vehicle for Rene Russo, who had landed her breakout supporting role in
Lethal Weapon 3
(1992) and then co-starred in a series of hits —
In the Line of Fire
(1993),
Outbreak
(1995),
Get Shorty
(1995),
Tin Cup
(1996) and
Ransom
(1996).  After
Buddy
flopped,
she never toplined another studio project.
Sony dated
Buddy
for June 6, 1997 and the marketplace was bereft of kids fare and it was expected to have legs since it had no competition.  However, buzz was low on the picture and polling was showing that
kids viewed the movie as cheap looking and low rent since none of the animals were enhanced by computer graphics.
😂 The baby gorilla Buddy was animatronic and when he aged in the movie, it was very obviously a man in a gorilla suit.  Along with offering kids none of the technical wizardry from animal pics like
Babe
(1995), youngsters had completely rejected two recent monkey movies in 1996:
Dunston Checks In
and
Ed
.
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