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Congo movie storyline. A megalomaniac C.E.O. sends his son into the dangerous African Congo on a quest for a source of diamonds large enough and pure enough to function as powerful laser communications transmitters (or is it laser weapons?). When contact is lost with his son and the team, his sometime daughter- in-law is sent after them.
She is a former CIA operative and, accompanied by gee-whiz gadgetry and a few eccentric characters (including a mercenary, a researcher with a talking gorilla, and a a nutty Indiana-Jones-type looking for King Solomon’s Mines), sets out to rescue her former fiancé. What they all discover is that often what we most want turns out to be the source of our downfall.
Congo is a 1995 action adventure film loosely based on Michael Crichton’s novel of the same name. It was directed by Frank Marshall (a frequent collaborator of Steven Spielberg, who directed another film based on Crichton’s work, Jurassic Park). It stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, and Joe Don Baker. The film was released on June 9, 1995, by Paramount Pictures. Congo opened to negative reviews but performed better than Paramount expected.
Congo (1995)
Directed by: Frank Marshall
Starring: Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Ernie Hudson, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Tim Curry, Mary Ellen Trainor, Stuart Pankin, Carolyn Seymour, Romy Rosemont
Screenplay by: John Patrick Shanley
Production Design by: J. Michael Riva
Cinematography by: Allen Daviau
Film Editing by: Anne V. Coates
Costume Design by: Marilyn Matthews
Set Decoration by: Lisa Fischer
Art Direction by: Richard Holland
Music by: Jerry Goldsmith
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for jungle adventure terror and action and brief strong language.
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release Date: June 9, 1995
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