Bye Bye Monkey

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Bye Bye Monkey

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Directed by Marco Ferreri
Produced by Maurice Bernart
Written by Rafael Azcona
Gérard Brach
Marco Ferreri
Starring Gérard Depardieu
Marcello Mastroianni
James Coco
Gail Lawrence
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Music by Philippe Sarde
Cinematography Luciano Tovoli
Editing by Ruggero Mastroianni
Release date(s) 1978
Running time 114 min.
Country France
Italy
Language English
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Bye Bye Monkey (It:Ciao maschio, Fr: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is about a man who brings King Kong's orphaned son to the city to raise it. It was filmed in English and shot in Long Island, New York. As this was a French-Italian co-production, French and Italian dubbed versions were made for their respective countries' theatrical releases.

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The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) at Cannes Film Festival in 1978 and received the Grand Prize of the Jury, in tie with Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout.

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Preceded by
Cría Cuervos tied with
La Marquise d'O...
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes
1977
tied with The Shout
Succeeded by
Siberiade
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