Born to Be Wild

5.3 1995 1h 40m United States of America

Drama Family

Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

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What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes. Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.

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Directors

John Gray

Writers

Paul Young, John Bunzel

Cast

Wil Horneff, Helen Shaver, John C. McGinley, Jean Marie Barnwell, Peter Boyle, Leif Tilden, Gregory Itzin, Titus Welliver, Thomas F. Wilson, Marvin J. McIntyre, Alan Ruck, Janet Carroll, John Procaccino, Obba Babatundé, David Wingert

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Outlaw Productions

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America