Encino Man + George of the Jungle

DOUBLE BILL! The Brenaissance continues at Cinema Nova with a big-screen double feature full of hunky Brendan Fraser goodness.
“No weezing the ju-uice!” Pauly Shore and Sean Astin star opposite Brendan Fraser in quintessential 90s comedy ENCINO MAN (aka California Man for those playing along in the UK). Please read in your best comedy-trailer voiceover voice: “He’s a caveman who just stepped into the twentieth century! Now, two guys from Encino are going to teach him to be normal” (Cue Right Said Fred needle-drop). Putting Fraser on the map via his adorable perf as defrosted caveman Link, get ready for countless MTV references, shopping mall visits, makeover montages and high school hijinks. Plus some Robin Tunney and Ke Huy Quan for good measure.
Fun fact: when Disney needed another movie on their slate to help move McDonalds happy meals via family movie tie-ins, animated TV comedy adaptation GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE got a considerable boost in budget, a primo US summer release date and a CGI elephant that behaves like a friendly family dog. Brendan Fraser stars opposite Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree and (as An Ape Named ‘Ape’) John Cleese. Raised in the jungle by apes, man-child George (Fraser) falls in love with a wealthy American heiress (Mann). Watch out for that tree!
“No weezing the ju-uice!” Pauly Shore and Sean Astin star opposite Brendan Fraser in quintessential 90s comedy ENCINO MAN (aka California Man for those playing along in the UK). Please read in your best comedy-trailer voiceover voice: “He’s a caveman who just stepped into the twentieth century! Now, two guys from Encino are going to teach him to be normal” (Cue Right Said Fred needle-drop). Putting Fraser on the map via his adorable perf as defrosted caveman Link, get ready for countless MTV references, shopping mall visits, makeover montages and high school hijinks. Plus some Robin Tunney and Ke Huy Quan for good measure.
Fun fact: when Disney needed another movie on their slate to help move McDonalds happy meals via family movie tie-ins, animated TV comedy adaptation GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE got a considerable boost in budget, a primo US summer release date and a CGI elephant that behaves like a friendly family dog. Brendan Fraser stars opposite Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, Holland Taylor, Richard Roundtree and (as An Ape Named ‘Ape’) John Cleese. Raised in the jungle by apes, man-child George (Fraser) falls in love with a wealthy American heiress (Mann). Watch out for that tree!
Rating | PG |
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Genre | Comedy |
Running Time | 180 |
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