Monkeys, Go Home!

Director: Andrew V. McLaglen Andrew V. McLaglen

Overview

"Andrew McLaglen's slapstick comedy Monkeys, Go Home! comes to DVD with a standard full-frame transfer. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Surround. There are no subtitles, but the soundtrack is closed-captioned. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, making this disc difficult to recommend to anyone who is not a Disney enthusiast. Those looking for a family-friendly viewing experience may also be interested in this title."

Product Details

Release Date:	05/21/2002
UPC:	0786936178142
Original Release:	1966
Source:	Walt Disney Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00

Special Features

Dolby Digital Surround Sound; Full-screen (1.33:1)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dean Jones	Hank Dussard
Maurice Chevalier	Father Sylvain
Yvette Mimieux	Maria Riserau
Bernard Woringer	Marcel Cartucci
Clement Harari	Emile Paraulis
Yvonne Constant	Yolande Angelli
Marcel Hillaire	Mayor Gaston Lou
Jules Munshin	M. Piastillio
Alan Carney	Grocer
Maurice Marsac	Fontanino
Darleen Carr	Sidoni Riserau
Peter Camlin	Cabinetmaker

Technical Credits

Walt Disney	Producer
Andrew V. McLaglen	Director
Ron Miller	Producer

Editorial Reviews

The Disney studios released many live action "family" films in the 1960s that were amiable if far from classic, but Monkeys, Go Home is pretty much scraping the bottom of the barrel. Simians, of course, are always a crowd pleaser, especially among the young children that were this film's target audience; but even chimps deserve a better screenplay than the one foisted upon them by Maurice Tombragel. It's a sloppy, derivative, trite and totally predictable script; still, it could have been made a moderately entertaining little feature if it had evidenced any real wit or flair. Instead, it slogs from predicament to predicament without ever coming to life. Fortunately, Monkeys has the services of a cast that tries very hard, and while they certainly can't make it into a good movie, they do inject some life into the proceedings. Dean Jones is called upon to do his Dean Jones bit -- look handsome, get put into frustrating and intolerable situations, lose his temper, and generally play straight man, all of which he does with aplomb. Yvette Mimeux is lovely to look at and does what she can with her material. And, in what turned out to be his final film role, Maurice Chevalier brings as much Gallic charm to the proceedings as is possible under the circumstances. The stars deserved better, but without them, Monkeys would be unwatchable. And yes, the chimps are adorable.