MVP: Most Valuable Primate
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| MVP: Most Valuable Primate | |
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| Directed by | Robert Vince |
| Produced by | Ian Fodie Michael Strange Robert Vince Anne Vince |
| Written by | Anne Vince Robert Vince |
| Starring | Russell Ferrier Lomax Study Kevin Zegers Jamie Renée Smith Alexa Fox Jane Sowerby Ingrid Tesch Philip Granger Rick Ducommun Bernie, Mack, and Louie |
| Music by | Brian 'Hoot' Gibson Brahm Wenger |
| Cinematography | Glen Winter |
| Editing by | Kelly Herron |
| Distributed by | Keystone Family Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 20, 2000 |
| Running time | 93 min. |
| Language | English |
MVP: Most Valuable Primate is the 2000 feature film that sparked the MVP franchise. The film's title character, Jack, is a fictional chimpanzee.
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[edit] Plot
The plot revolves around Jack, a three-year-old chimpanzee who is the subject of an experiment involving sign language that is performed by Dr. Kendall. However, Dr. Kendall loses funding for his research and Mr. Kendall's boss, Mr. Peabody, sells Jack to a medical research lab, much to Dr. Kendall's dismay. Dr. Kendall takes it upon himself to sneak Jack out of the lab, but he accidentally sends Jack to Canada. In Canada, Jack befriends a lonely teenager named Steven Westover. Steven soon discovers that Jack has an uncanny ability to play the sport of hockey and Jack joins Steven's junior league hockey team when it is discovered that there is no rule that chimpanzees can't play hockey. However, just before the championship, Dr. Peabody returns to reclaim Jack.
[edit] Sequels
The movie generated one theater-released sequel and one direct-to-video sequel, but the reaction to these have not always been favourable, with most fans of the original expressing annoyance, reflecting the opinion the series had jumped the shark. In each film, Jack learns to play a different sport.
[edit] Movies
The following is a list of the films in the series:
- MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
- MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
- MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003)
[edit] Cast
- Russell Ferrier – Darren
- Lomax Study – Dr. Kendall
- Kevin Zegers – Steven Westover
- Jamie Renée Smith – Tara Westover
- Alexa Fox – Jane
- Jane Sowerby – Julie Beston
- Ingrid Tesch – Susie Westover
- Philip Granger – Mark Westover
- Rick Ducommon – Coach Marlow
- Bernie, Mack, and Louie – Jack
[edit] Title
- MVP was the working title of the 1997 film Air Bud, but the subtitle was Most Valuable Pooch, not Most Valuable Primate. Air Bud shares the same producers and they both star Kevin Zegers. Both films feature similar plots about an animal who can play sports, and they each spawned a number of sequels in which the title animal plays a different sport in each.
