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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