---
title: 'Congo (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Frank Marshall'
released: '1995-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
certification: 'PG-13'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Horror'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Science Fiction'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/congo-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112715/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Congo (1995)

1995 · PG-13 · 104 min · Action, Horror, Adventure, Science Fiction · United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Congo is a 1995 American science fiction action-adventure film directed by Frank Marshall from a screenplay by John Patrick Shanley, based on the 1980 novel by Michael Crichton. It stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker and Tim Curry. The film tells the story of an expedition team and a mountain gorilla owned by one of its members who go to the Congolian rainforests to find a missing expedition and the ruins of an ancient civilization where diamonds might be located while encountering the undiscovered and violent gorilla species that lurks near there.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Frank Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [Michael Crichton](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-crichton), [John Patrick Shanley](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-patrick-shanley)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jerry Goldsmith](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-goldsmith)
- **Producer:** [Kathleen Kennedy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathleen-kennedy), [Sam Mercer](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-mercer)
- **Director of Photography:** [Allen Daviau](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-daviau)
- **Editor:** [Anne V. Coates](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-v-coates)

## Cast

- [Jimmy Buffett](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-buffett)
- [James Karen](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-karen)
- [John Hawkes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hawkes)
- [Joe Don Baker](https://cinepixo.com/people/joe-don-baker)
- [Tim Curry](https://cinepixo.com/people/tim-curry)
- [Romy Rosemont](https://cinepixo.com/people/romy-rosemont)
- [Thom Barry](https://cinepixo.com/people/thom-barry)
- [Laura Linney](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-linney)
- [Carolyn Seymour](https://cinepixo.com/people/carolyn-seymour)
- [Bruce Campbell](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-campbell)
- [Delroy Lindo](https://cinepixo.com/people/delroy-lindo)
- [Kevin Grevioux](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-grevioux)
- [Stuart Pankin](https://cinepixo.com/people/stuart-pankin)
- [Ernie Hudson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernie-hudson)
- [Peter Jason](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-jason)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/congo-1995
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