The story follows George (Brendan Fraser), a clumsy but gentle man raised by apes in the heart of the African jungle after his parents perished in a plane crash. His best friend and surrogate father is the sharp-tongued, neurotic ape, Ape (voiced with exasperated brilliance by John Cleese). George’s simple life of swinging into trees and wrestling lions (where he always says "sorry" to the lion afterward) is upended when he rescues a beautiful, wealthy San Francisco socialite, Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann), from a near-death encounter with a crocodile.
The film breaks the fourth wall constantly, thanks to a deadpan narrator (voiced by Keith Scott) who directly comments on the action. When George gets lost, the narrator says, "He’s not sure where he is, and frankly, neither are we." When a character is about to die, the narrator warns, "Don’t worry—nobody dies in this story. It’s a family film." This meta-humor was ahead of its time, anticipating the tone of later movies like The Emperor’s New Groove or the Lego Movie . george of the jungle 1997
The Mummy (1999), Crocodile Dundee , UHF , or any movie where a grown man says "Sorry" to a lion. The story follows George (Brendan Fraser), a clumsy
The story follows George (Brendan Fraser), a clumsy but gentle man raised by apes in the heart of the African jungle after his parents perished in a plane crash. His best friend and surrogate father is the sharp-tongued, neurotic ape, Ape (voiced with exasperated brilliance by John Cleese). George’s simple life of swinging into trees and wrestling lions (where he always says "sorry" to the lion afterward) is upended when he rescues a beautiful, wealthy San Francisco socialite, Ursula Stanhope (Leslie Mann), from a near-death encounter with a crocodile.
The film breaks the fourth wall constantly, thanks to a deadpan narrator (voiced by Keith Scott) who directly comments on the action. When George gets lost, the narrator says, "He’s not sure where he is, and frankly, neither are we." When a character is about to die, the narrator warns, "Don’t worry—nobody dies in this story. It’s a family film." This meta-humor was ahead of its time, anticipating the tone of later movies like The Emperor’s New Groove or the Lego Movie .
The Mummy (1999), Crocodile Dundee , UHF , or any movie where a grown man says "Sorry" to a lion.