---
title: 'Mighty Joe Young (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Ron Underwood'
released: '1998-12-25'
runtime_minutes: 114
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Fantasy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mighty-joe-young-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120751/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mighty Joe Young (1998)

1998 · 114 min · Drama, Fantasy · United States


## Synopsis

Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 American epic live-action adventure film and remake of the 1949 film of the same title about a giant mountain gorilla brought to a wildlife preserve by a young woman who raised him and a zoologist to protect him from the threat of poachers until one decides to seek his revenge and capture and kill Joe. It was directed by Ron Underwood and starred Bill Paxton, Charlize Theron, Rade Šerbedžija, Naveen Andrews, Peter Firth, Regina King and David Paymer. Creature-suit actor John Alexander played the title character, who in this version, is much larger than the original. The film was released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution on December 25, 1998, received mixed reviews and was a box-office bomb, grossing only $50.6 million in the United States against a $90 million production budget.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Ron Underwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-underwood)
- **Screenplay:** [Lawrence Konner](https://cinepixo.com/people/lawrence-konner), [Mark Rosenthal](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-rosenthal)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Producer:** [Ted Hartley](https://cinepixo.com/people/ted-hartley), [Tom Jacobson](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-jacobson)
- **Director of Photography:** [Donald Peterman](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-peterman), [Oliver Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/oliver-wood)
- **Editor:** [Paul Hirsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-hirsch)

## Cast

- [Larry Brandenburg](https://cinepixo.com/people/larry-brandenburg)
- [Charlize Theron](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlize-theron)
- [Debbie Lee Carrington](https://cinepixo.com/people/debbie-lee-carrington)
- [Geoffrey Blake](https://cinepixo.com/people/geoffrey-blake)
- [Robert Wisdom](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-wisdom)
- [Verne Troyer](https://cinepixo.com/people/verne-troyer)
- [Terry Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/terry-moore)
- [Rade Šerbedžija](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-serbedzija) as Andrei Strasser
- [Rick Cramer](https://cinepixo.com/people/rick-cramer)
- [Marguerite Moreau](https://cinepixo.com/people/marguerite-moreau)
- [Tony Genaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-genaro)
- [Regina King](https://cinepixo.com/people/regina-king)
- [Dina Merrill](https://cinepixo.com/people/dina-merrill)
- [Peter Firth](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-firth)
- [Tracey Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-walter)

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Official site: http://movies.disney.com/mighty-joe-young
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/mighty-joe-young-1998
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