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Plot

This feverishly energetic comedy combines stop-motion animation and live action from director Henry Selick, creator of The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) and James and the Giant Peach (1996). Brendan Fraser stars as Stu Miley, a cartoonist who created a randy monkey character called Monkeybone that has taken off in popularity, making him a celebrity. Stu's set to launch a TV series based on Monkeybone and marry his beautiful fiancée Julie (Bridget Fonda) when he's injured in a freak accident that puts him in a coma. He travels to Dark Town, a holding area for the comatose who wait to either regain consciousness or move on to the afterlife with the help of Death (Whoopi Goldberg). Dark Town is also a realm where fictional characters reside and before long Stu has met the vulgar Monkeybone, who travels back to the land of the living to inhabit Stu's body. Aided by Kitty (Rose McGowan), Stu must find a way to reclaim his body and put Monkeybone back in his place before the raunchy primate ruins his charmed life. Monkeybone is based on the cartoon graphic novel Dark Town by Kaja Blackley.
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 for crude humor and some nudity.
Genre(s):
Comedy
Run Time:
92min.
Theatrical Release Date:
02/23/2001
DVD Release Date:
05/21/2002
Distributor(s):
Fox
Director(s):
Henry Selick
Starring:
Brendan Fraser , Bridget Fonda , Whoopi Goldberg , Chris Kattan , Dave Foley
Themes:
Reincarnation,Assumed Identities,Monkeys,Trading Bodies
Tone:
Goofy,Madcap,Atmospheric,Fanciful,Hallucinatory,Frantic,Stylized
Keywords:
body-snatcher,cartoonist,celebrity,coma,injury,monkey,television-show
Country of Origin:
USA (02-23-2001)
Language:
English