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Mighty Joe Young

Alternate titles

Mighty Joe (1999)
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Directed by

Ron Underwood

Producer

Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson

Written by

Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner

Music by

James Horner

Production company

RKO Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, The Jacobson Company

Distributor

Buena Vista Pictures^US,
Buena Vista International^JP

Rating

Budget

$90,000,000^[1]

Box office

$50,632,037^[1]

Running time

114 minutes
(1 hour, 54 minutes)

Aspect ratio

1.37:1

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Mighty Joe Young is a 1998 American monster film co-produced by RKO Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and The Jacobson Company, and based on the 1949 film of the same name. it was released to American theaters on December 25, 1998.

Plot

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Staff

Staff role on the left, staff member's name on the right.

Directed by Ron Underwood
Written by Mark Rosenthal, Lawrence Konner
Based on Mighty Joe Young by Merian C. Cooper, Ruth Rose
Produced by Ted Hartley, Tom Jacobson
Executive producer Gail Katz
Music by James Horner
Cinematography by Donald Peterman, Oliver Wood
Edited by Paul Hirsch

Cast

Actor's name on the left, character played on the right.

Bill Paxton as Professor Gregory "Gregg" O'Hara
Charlize Theron as Jill Young
Rade Šerbedžija as Andrei Strasser
Regina King as Cecily Banks
Peter Firth as Garth
Naveen Andrews as Pindi
David Paymer as Harry Ruben
Robert Wisdom as Kweli
Christian Clemenson as Jack
Geoffrey Blake as Vern
Lawrence Pressman as Dr. Elliot Baker
Linda Purl as Dr. Ruth Young
Mika Boorem as Jill Young (young)
Cory Buck as Jason
Richard Riehle as Commander Gorman
Ray Harryhausen as Man at party
Terry Moore as Woman at party
Judson Mills as Driver
Tony Genaro as Man in boxer shorts
Marguerite Moreau as Lisa
Tracey Walter as Conservancy guard
Larry Brandenburg as Animal control duty officer
Damien Leake as Police officer
Richard McGonagle as Panda owner
Reno Wilson as Poacher
Dina Merrill as Society woman
Lily Mariye as Ticket clerk
Debbie Lee Carrington as Gorilla
Scarlett Pomers as Charlotte
John Alexander as Joe Young
Verne Troyer as Joe Young (infant)

Japanese video dub

Mahito Oba as Gregg O'Hara
Machiko Kojima as Jill Young
Shin Omori as Andrei Strasser
Urara Takano as Cecily Banks
Tetsuo Goto as Garth
Taro Arakawa as Pindi
Hiroshi Masuoka as Harry Ruben
Yumi Sudo as Jill Young (young)

Japanese TV Asahi dub

Yoshito Yasuhara as Gregg O'Hara
Rika Matsumoto as Jill Young
Shinji Ogawa as Andrei Strasser
Rika Fukami as Cecily Banks
Hiroshi Iwasaki as Garth
Issei Futamata as Pindi
Shigeru Ushiyama as Harry Ruben
Masaru Ikeda as Kweli
Takeshi Aono as Elliott Baker
Gara Takashima as Ruth Young
Ikue Otani as Jill Young (young)

Appearances

Monsters

Joe Young

Production

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While teaser posters promised a summer release date, the film was released on Christmas Day in 1998.

Gallery

Main article: Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)/Gallery.

Alternate titles

Mighty Joe (マイティ・ジョー, Maiti Jō, Japanese title)

References

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Films

Godzilla films

Showa era

Godzilla (1954) • Godzilla Raids Again (1955) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) • Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) • Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) • Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) • Son of Godzilla (1967) • Destroy All Monsters (1968) • All Monsters Attack (1969) • Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) • Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) • Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) • Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)

Heisei era

The Return of Godzilla (1984) • Godzilla vs. Biollante (1989) • Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991) • Godzilla vs. Mothra (1992) • Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II (1993) • Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla (1994) • Godzilla vs. Destoroyah (1995)

Millennium era

Godzilla 2000: Millennium (1999) • Godzilla vs. Megaguirus (2000) • Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack (2001) • Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002) • Godzilla: Tokyo SOS (2003) • Godzilla Final Wars (2004)

Reiwa era

Live action	Shin Godzilla (2016) • Godzilla Minus One (2023)

Animated	GODZILLA: Planet of the Monsters (2017) • GODZILLA: City on the Edge of Battle (2018) • GODZILLA: The Planet Eater (2018)

American films

GODZILLA (1998) • Godzilla (2014) • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Short films

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Gamera films

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Heisei period	Gamera the Guardian of the Universe (1995) • Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996) • Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999) • Gamera the Brave (2006)

Short films	Gamera vs. Garasharp (1991) • GAMERA (2015)

King Kong films

King Kong (1933) • Son of Kong (1933) • King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) • King Kong Escapes (1967) • King Kong (1976) • King Kong Lives (1986) • The Mighty Kong (1998) • Kong: King of Atlantis (2005) • King Kong (2005) • Kong: Return to the Jungle (2006) • Kong: Skull Island (2017) • Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) • Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Other Toho films

Shōwa period	Ramayana (1940s) • Invisible Man (1954) • Half Human (1955) • Rodan (1956) • The Mysterians (1957) • The H-Man (1958) • Varan (1958) • The Three Treasures (1959) • Battle in Outer Space (1959) • The Secret of the Telegian (1960) • The Human Vapor (1960) • Mothra (1961) • The Last War (1961) • Gorath (1962) • Matango (1963) • Atragon (1963) • Dogora (1964) • Frankenstein vs. Baragon (1965) • The War of the Gargantuas (1966) • The Killing Bottle (1967) • Latitude Zero (1969) • Konto 55: The Great Outer Space Adventure (1969) • Space Amoeba (1970) • Daigoro vs. Goliath (1972) • Submersion of Japan (1973) • ESPY (1974) • Prophecies of Nostradamus (1974) • The War in Space (1977) • Magnitude 7.9 (1980) • Bye-Bye Jupiter (1984) • Princess from the Moon (1987)

Heisei period	Cyber Cop (1989) • Gunhed (1989) • Mikadoroid (1991) • Reiko, Psyche Resurrected (1991) • Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon (1994) • Rebirth of Mothra (1996) • Rebirth of Mothra 2 (1997) • Rebirth of Mothra 3 (1998) • Super Fleet Sazer-X the Movie (2005) • Sinking of Japan (2006) • Go! Godman (2008) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 (2015) • Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2 (2015)

Reiwa period	Monster Hunter (2020) • The Great Yokai War: Guardians (2021) • Shin Ultraman (2022) • yokaipedia (2022)

Other Daiei films

The Invisible Man Appears (1949) • Warning from Space (1956) • The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly (1957) • Killer Whale (1962) • Daimajin (1966) • Return of Daimajin (1966) • Wrath of Daimajin (1966) • Yokai Monsters: Along with Ghosts (1969)

Other Japanese films

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Heisei period	The Cat (1991) • Sakuya (2000) • Wanigon vs. Gamaron (2000) • The Great Yokai War (2005) • Negadon: The Monster from Mars (2005) • Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (2008) • Monster X Strikes Back: Attack the G8 Summit (2008) • Geharha: The Dark and Long Haired Monster‎ (2009) • Demeking, the Sea Monster (2009) • Raiga: God of the Monsters (2009) • Death Kappa (2010) • The God of Clay (2011) • A Giant Warrior Descends on Tokyo (2012) • Jellyfish Eyes (2013) • Day of the Kaiju (2014) • Love & Peace (2015) • Kaiju Mono (2016) • The Great Buddha Arrival (2018) • Kaiju Ward Gallas (2019)

Reiwa period	God Raiga vs. King Ohga: War of the Monsters (2019) • The Great Actress Reiko Inui (2019) • Howl from Beyond the Fog (2019) • Monster Seafood Wars (2020) • The 12 Day Tale of the Monster that Died in 8 (2020) • Nezura 1964 (2021) • Yatsuashi (2021) • What to Do with the Dead Kaiju? (2022) • Yuzo the Biggest Battle in Tokyo (2022) • AKARI (2022) • Hoshi 35 (2023) • Brush of the God (2024) • "Foodlosslla: What Should Humanity Do!?" (2024) • Kaiju: Island of Fire (TBA)

Miscellaneous

Films	The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) • The Giant Behemoth (1959) • Gorgo (1961) • Bulgasari (1962) • Gogola (1966) • Space Monster Wangmagwi (1967) • Yongary, Monster from the Deep (1967) • APE (1976) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Pulgasari (1985) • Reptilian (1999) • Cloverfield (2008) • 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) • Colossal (2016) • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018) • Rampage (2018) • Notzilla (2019) • untitled Cloverfield sequel (TBA)

Documentaries	Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection (1986) • Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1998) • GAMERA1999 (1999) • Bringing Godzilla Down to Size (2008) • The Dawn of Kaiju Eiga (2019) • Yonggary Chronicle Project (2019) • Godzilla's Leading Ladies (2020)

Fan films	Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) • Gamera 4: Truth (2003) • Waiting for Gorgo (2009) • G vs. G (2019) • Godziban (2019) • Heritage (2020) • Coming Out (2020) • Wolfman vs. Godzilla (TBA)

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Mighty Joe Young (1998)

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