Born to Be Wild (1995)
What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.
1995 · PG · 1h 40m · Drama, Family
Genres: Drama, Family
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language.
Director: John Gray
Writers: Paul Young, John Bunzel
Music by: Mark Snow
Cinematography: Donald M. Morgan
Editor: Maryann Brandon
Cast
Wil Horneff as Rick HellerHelen Shaver as Margaret HellerJohn C. McGinley as Max CarrJean Marie Barnwell as Lacey CarrPeter Boyle as Gus CharnleyLeif Tilden as Katie The GorillaGregory Itzin as Walter MallinsonTitus Welliver as Sergeant Bo MarkleThomas F. Wilson as Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)Marvin J. McIntyre as Bob the ParamedicAlan Ruck as Dan WoodleyJanet Carroll as Judge BillingsMore like this
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