Born to Be Wild

"What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes."

Mar 31 1995 PG 1h 40m
Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

Plot

Margaret teaches a gorilla sign language etc. When the gorilla owner takes it back to make money from shows, Margaret's rebellious teenage son steals it. They're off on a road trip to the Canadian border.

Written by

Paul Young, John Bunzel

Directed by

John Gray

Cast

Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, Jean Marie Barnwell

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America, Japan

Production Companies

Outlaw Productions (I), Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination

Trailers
Born To Be Wild Trailer 1995
Scores
# of Votes
1,813
Average Rating
5.2 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA