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Synopsis:
A rich New York animal-lover fills her estate with a variety of creatures - including the 500lb gorilla of the title, which she dresses as a human and treats as her own son. Unfortunately, as Buddy grows, his behaviour gets out of hand, and his adoptive mum realises she must let him go. Bizarre and sweet-natured drama based on the true story of Twenties socialite Gertrude Lintz, starring Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane and Alan Cumming
Starring:
Rene Russo as Trudy Lintz, Robbie Coltrane as Dr Lintz, Alan Cumming as Dick, Irma P Hall as Emma, Peter Elliott as Buddy, Paul Reubens as Professor Spatz, John Aylward as Mr Bowman, Mimi Kennedy, Jon Simmons, Kathleen Klein, Russell Young, Frank Collison, Al Weber as Barker, Philip Baker Hall, Kyle Galyean, Dane Cook, Michael Reid Mackay, John Ennis, Jeff Hatz, Bradley J. Lesley, Julianna Wheeler
Credits:
Caroline Thompson - Director, Scriptwriter, William Joyce - Scriptwriter, Stephanie Allain - Executive-Producer, Francis Ford Coppola - Executive-Producer, Brian Henson - Executive-Producer, Fred Fuchs - Producer, Steve Nicolaides - Producer
