Going Ape! (1981)


Going Ape!
Release Date10 April 1981
TaglineThere were 3 conditions to the 5 million dollar inheritance, and they had to be bathed once a week.
GenreComedy, Crime, Family, Romance
CountryUSA
UK
Filming LocationsSan Diego, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassAnimal Picture
ThemesMonkeys, Inheritance at Stake
TagsAnimal, Inheritance, Marriage, Orangutan, Zoo

Going Ape! is a 1981 comedy film directed by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg and produced by Paramount Pictures. The original music score was composed by Elmer Bernstein (who would later composed music for a later similarly ape-themed comedy Buddy). This film starred Tony Danza as Foster, Jessica Walter as Fiona, Danny DeVito as Lazlo, and three orangutans.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Foster

Cynthia

Lazlo

Bad Habit

Brandon

Howard Mann
Jules Cohen

Gridley

Zebrewski

Jacquelyn Hyde
Zaida

Ted White
Goon #1

Bob Terhune
Goon #2

Jaye Durkus
Goon #3

Angus Duncan
Farley

Ellen Gerstein
Sister

Poppy Lagos
Sister

Marji Martin
Sister

Donna Ponterotto
Sister

D.J. Sullivan
Sister

Ruth Gillette
Marianne

Henry Charles
Ringmaster

Gene LeBell
Faraday

Merie Earle
Binocular Lady

Luke Andreas
Carter

Boy at Funeral

Roger Arroyo
Midget

Andrea Bell
Clown

Mark Yerkes
Clown

Chris Bricker
Clown

John Daheim
Clown

Sosimo Hernandez
Flugist

Beth Nufer
Elephant Girl

Jay S. York
Strong Man

Bobby Berosini's Orangutan
Orang-Utans

Manis
Main Monkey

Director

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
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Writer

Jeremy Joe Kronsberg

Producer

John Daly
executive producer

Robert L. Rosen
producer

Original Music

Elmer Bernstein
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Cinematographer

Frank V. Phillips
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Editor

John W. Wheeler
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Casting Director

Wallis Nicita

Art Director

Robert Kinoshita
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Set Decorator

Richard C. Goddard

Costume Designer

Robert Harris Jr.
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Makeup Department

Ken Chase
makeup artist

Vivienne Walker
hair stylist

Production Manager

Chuck Murray
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Paul Chavez
second assistant director

D. Scott Easton
second assistant director

Albert M. Shapiro
assistant director

Art Department

Barry Bedig
property master

Sound Department

Charles E. Moran
sound effects editor

Richard Oswald
sound effects editor

Charles M. Wilborn
sound mixer

John Wilkinson
sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects

Henry Millar
special effects

Stunts

Fred Brookfield
stunts

David S. Cass Sr.
stunts

Roydon Clark
stunts

Bill Couch
stunts

Bennie E. Dobbins
stunts

Richard Drown
stunts

George Fisher
stunts

John Hudkins
stunts

Vic Hunsberger
stunts

Bill Madden
stunts

Denver Mattson
stunts

Bill McIntosh
stunts

stunts

Stephanie Nellhaus
stunts

mary peters
stunts

John Romano
stunts

Philip Romano
stunts

George Marshall Ruge
stunts

Walter Scott
stunts

Neil Summers
stunts

Tommy Trama
stunts

Rock A. Walker
stunts

Henry Wills
stunts

Jerry Wills
stunt coordinator

Bob Yerkes
stunts

Jesse Wayne
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Lloyd Ahern II
camera operator

Carl Boles
gaffer

Don Capel
key grip

Gemma La Mana
still photographer

Editorial Department

Steven Polivka
assistant editor

Music Department

Kathy Durning
music editor

Other Crew

Bobby Berosini
choreographer: orang-utan stunts

Sheridan Dar Reid
location manager

Eric Sherman
production executive

Margaret Tary
script supervisor

Steve Cohen
production assistant

James F. Cornick
lot best boy

Production Company

City Films
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Hemdale
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Paramount Pictures
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Distributor

Paramount Pictures

National Broadcasting Company (NBC)

Miscellaneous

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