Congo

UPC: 097363303879

Studio: Paramount

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Violence, Questionable for Children, Profanity]

Summary: Good gorillas meet bad gorillas while human beings search for treasure in this jungle advnture saga. R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker) is the ruthless head of Travi-Com, a telecommunications firm on the cusp of a major breakthrough in laser communications technology. However, Travis needs diamonds to finish the project, so he sends a group of men to Zaire, where he's told that a large supply of the gems can be easily found. When the men go missing, Travis sends his trusted assistant Karen Ross (Laura Linney), a one-time CIA associate, into the jungle to find both his staff and the jewels. Hoping to keep her mission a secret, Karen travels to Zaire in the company of Peter (Dylan Walsh), a researcher on primate development who is hoping to return Amy, a gorilla who has been taught sign language and can "speak" English with the help of a glove-controlled computer device. Also travelling with them is Herkermer (Tim Curry), a Romanian with a secret agenda: he's convinced that Amy can guide him to the Lost City of Zinj, where he believes that King Solomon's Mines are located. Upon arrival, the group is met by Monroe Kelly (Ernie Hudson), a self-described "great white hunter who happens to be black," and they discover that the jungle holds a menace that they weren't counting on: a tribe of bloodthirsty gray gorillas. Congo was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Adventure

Features: Widescreen version enhanced for 16x9
Dolby Digital: English 5.1 Surround; English Dolby Surround; French Dolby Surround
English subtitles
Interactive menus
Scene selection
Two theatrical trailers

Congo

Format: DVD

Release Date: 07/27/1999

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDS Dolby Digital Surround

Runtime: 108 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
0. Scene Selection
1. The Big Find [1:01]
2. Hello Amy [1:49]
3. Jimmy's Flight [7:29]
4. Bad Day In Africa [1:02]
5. Sesame Cake [5:18]
6. Crossing The Border [3:29]
7. The Congo [2:57]
8. Levels Of Dead [4:54]
9. Taming The River [2:09]
10. Fork In The Road [3:38]
11. The Lost City Of Zinj [2:18]
12. We Are Watching You [6:53]
13. The Diamond Mines [2:13]
14. Endangered Species [4:07]
15. Home [5:49]
16. End Credits [6:29]

Cast and Crew: Peter Jason  Actor 
James Paradise  Actor 
Thom Barry  Actor 
Stuart Pankin  Actor 
Joel Weiss  Actor 
Bruce Campbell  Actor 
James Karen  Actor 
Carolyn Seymour  Actor 
Kathleen Connors  Actor 
William John Murphy  Actor 
Mary Ellen Trainor  Actor 
Philip Tan  Actor 
John Hawkes  Actor 
Taylor Nichols  Actor 
David Anthony  Actor 
Joe Pantoliano  Actor 
Lawrence T. Wrentz  Actor 
Jimmy Buffett  Actor 
Nicholas Kadi  Actor 
Romy Rosemont  Actor 
John Cameron  Actor 
Peter Elliott  Actor 
Jerry Goldsmith  Composer (Music Score) 
Kathleen Kennedy  Producer 
Frank Marshall  Director 
Frank Marshall  Executive Producer 
John Patrick Shanley  Screenwriter 
Frank Yablans  Executive Producer 
Sam Mercer  Producer 
Dylan Walsh  Actor 
Laura Linney  Actor 
Ernie Hudson  Actor 
Tim Curry  Actor 
Grant Heslov  Actor 
Joe Don Baker  Actor 

Country: USA