Funky Monkey (film)
| Funky Monkey | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Harry Basil |
| Produced by |
Moshe Diamant Frank Hübner Andrew Stevens |
| Written by |
Lance Kinsey Peter Nelson Byron Jelden Gene Quintano |
| Music by | Ceiri Torjussen |
| Cinematography | Michael Goi |
| Edited by |
Stephen Adrianson John Grover |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country |
United States Germany |
| Language | English |
Funky Monkey is a 2004 family film starring Matthew Modine and Roma Downey. It is written by Lance Kinsey and Peter Nelson. It is directed by Harry Basil. The tagline is "He's one high tech super chimp".
Synopsis
The story is about Alec McCall (Matthew Modine), a spy, who teams up with Clements, a chimp, to save the day. He has a change of heart when his boss, Flick, turns out to be bad and wants to perform experiments on the chimp. These experiments are to create chimp soldiers for the highest bidder. McCall takes Clements away on the run to his hometown where they meet a genius boy named Michael (Seth Adkins). Michael wants to impress a girl by playing on the football team. The coach (Jeffrey Tambor) allows him on the team only if he tutors the star players who are on the brink of being kicked off due to bad grades. Meanwhile Flick sends his goons out to find the chimp. Michael's single mom, a computer programmer, has her eye on McCall who rents out a room from her. She does not know about Clements, but Michael does. After the goons fail to get the chimp, Flick goes to get Clements himself by breaking in gassed Clements and Michael. Flick takes them back to his headquarters so the doctor (Gilbert Gottfried) can perform his experiments. McCall rescues them and they head back for the Homecoming football game. Michael hopes to play in order to impress the cheerleader he likes. Soon the bad guys show up and dress as football players to play in the game and get Clements. Clements and McCall join the team to stop Flick from winning. Michael wins the game and Flick is arrested for animal cruelty. Michael gets the girl and McCall gets Michael's mom. The movie ends with hope for the future.[1]
Cast
- Alec McCall - Matthew Modine
- Megan Dean - Roma Downey
- Michael Dean - Seth Adkins
- Dr. Spleen - Gilbert Gottfried
- Coach - Jeffrey Tambor
- J. Flick - Taylor Negron
- Drummond - Bodhi Elfman
- Christina - Kaleigh Krish
- Harland - Tommy Davidson
- Nathan Tolliver - Jeremy James Kissner
- Clemens Impersonator - Alexandre Aubry
- Clemens Action Impersonator - Jean Luc Orofino
References
- ↑ Funky Monkey at the Internet Movie Database