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Congo Poster
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Release Date: June 9th, 1995

DVD Release Date: July 27th, 1999

PG-13|1 hr 48 min

Plot Summary
Scientist Karen Ross (Laura Linney) is sent by her father-in-law, mogul R.B. Travis (Joe Don Baker), to the Congo to determine the whereabouts of his son's missing diamond-hunting team. Led by expert guide Kelly (Ernie Hudson), Ross and a mismatched search party -- including primatologist Dr. Peter Elliot (Dylan Walsh), treasure hunter Herkermer Homolka (Tim Curry) and a gorilla -- discover a danger far more sinister than anything they expected to find, even in the heart of the jungle.

Cast: Dylan Walsh, Laura Linney, Ernie Hudson, Tim Curry, Grant Heslov, Joe Don Baker, Lorene Noh, Misty Rosas

Director: Frank Marshall

Genres: Adventure, Action

Production Co: Paramount Pictures, Kennedy/Marshall

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  • 75
    Roger EbertChicago Sun-Times

    The result is not a movie that is very good, exactly, but it's entertaining and funny. show more

  • 50
    Mike ClarkUSA Today

    As in "Arachnophobia", director Frank Marshall can't decide whether he's making a thriller or a laff-it-up lark. [09 Jun 1995, Pg.03.D]

  • 50
    TV Guide Magazine

    Congo, adapted by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Stephen Spielberg protege Frank Marshall, is not one of the better silly action pictures set in gratuitously fake jungles and featuring nefarious foreigners, threatening natives, and talking gorillas. show more

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