Going Bananas (film)

Going Bananas
Going Bananas
Directed by	Boaz Davidson
Written by	Menahem Golan
Produced by	Yoram Globus; Menahem Golan
Starring	Dom DeLuise; Jimmie Walker; David Mendenhall; Deep Roy; Warren Berlinger; Herbert Lom
Cinematography	Joseph Wein
Edited by	Bruria Davidson; Natan Zahavi
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Production; company	The Cannon Group
Distributed by	Cannon Film Distributors
Release date	August 5, 1987 (France); February 12, 1988 (United States);
Running time	95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Going Bananas is a 1987 American comedy film directed by Boaz Davidson and written by Menahem Golan. The film stars Dom DeLuise, Jimmie Walker, David Mendenhall, Deep Roy, Warren Berlinger and Herbert Lom. The film was released on February 12, 1988, by Cannon Film Distributors.^[1]^[2]

Plot[]

A boy (David Mendenhall), his guardian (Dom DeLuise) and an African guide (Jimmie Walker) try to save a talking chimp called Bonzo from bad guys.

The role of Bonzo was offered to real apes named Stephen Harviston and Clyde before being given to dwarf actor Deep Roy. The role of Big Bad Joe Hopkins was advertised to be played by Bud Spencer before changed to Dom DeLuise. Directors considered were Menahem Golan and Sam Firstenberg.

Cast[]

Dom DeLuise as Big Bad Joe Hopkins
Jimmie Walker as Mozambo
David Mendenhall as Ben McNamara
Deep Roy as Bonzo
Warren Berlinger as Palermo
Herbert Lom as Captain Mackintosh
Fats Dibeco as Sergeant Abdul
Graham Armitage as Cake Waiter
Mike Westcott as Robert Anderson

References[]

^ "Going Bananas (1987) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.
^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Going-Bananas - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

External links[]

Going Bananas at IMDb
Going Bananas at Rotten Tomatoes

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[1] "Going Bananas (1987) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

[2] Hal Erickson (2015). "Going-Bananas - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-12-17.

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