Mighty Joe Young

About Mighty Joe Young

As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall.

Ron Underwood's Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 fantasy film. The film is filed under dying and death, gorilla, poacher, and giant ape.

Charlize Theron appears as Jill Young, Bill Paxton as Gregg O'Hara, Rade Šerbedžija as Strasser, and Peter Firth as Garth. At 114 minutes long, it arrived in December 1998.

The screenplay is by Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal. It was produced by RKO Pictures, The Jacobson Company, and Walt Disney Pictures. American members can watch it on Disney Plus.

King Kong and Mighty Joe Young make useful companions to Mighty Joe Young, all filed under king kong. TMDB voters put it at 6.3 out of 10 across 908 votes and it carries a PG rating.