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"Monkeys in Films"

I have, of late, noticed a distinct lack of simian action in movies.
There is the famous one of course, namely King Kong.
Anymore?
Well, Greystoke, but he was more of a man raised by monkeys, so not strictly the same.

Orangutans!
One in The Cannonball Run - He drove a limo, drank beer and flipped the finger to Southern cops when pulled over.
And he may be related to perhaps the greatest movie ape ever...

Ladies and Gentlemen, a round of applause for..*drumroll*....Clyde.

Eastwood's sidekick in the "Any Which Way" movies.
A brilliant fighter, able to help with repairing Orville's truck and always "stealing my goddamn Oreo's" according to Eastwood's gnarly mum in those movies.
He would often lay in wait in dark barns and leap onto Eastwood to surprise him.
A bit like a monkey Kato from the Pink Panther movies.
Except Eastwood could never kick Clyde's behind, because as we all know, monkeys make excellent fighters.
And he even punched Hell's Angels upon the command of "Right Turn Clyde"

Any others? Er...

Well, Planet of The Apes of course, and that's being remade so we'll see what happens there, but I'm talking strictly about non-speaking monkeys that don't live in huts and bully humans into farming for them.

A few poor, poor films with monkeys as sidekicks in sports movies, but the best and most disturbing monkey film...Missing Link.

This was Elizabeth Shue's early role where she was menaced for 90 mins by a psycho gorilla wearing a tuxedo.
Fantastic.

Monkeys rule.
And monkeys rule movies.

Monkeys in that one?

I don't mean Belgium ones that can do the splits

Like Hard Target.

Almost. I'll hunt down Phong.

Didn't you almost buy Pedicab driver too? No monkeys in that one though.

Sandy was the best.

"There's not much call for heavenly sages on Earth, so I started eating people."

It was something like that.

Mad Monkey Kung-Fu rocks.

It's about a guy that learns "monkey style" to defeat his opponents.
And has the best "dubbed script" ever, you can keep Crouching Badger, Screaming Pigeon.

"You're kung-fu is excellent"
"Thank you"
"Let's fight"
"Ok"

8 minutes of kumg-fu, monkey style

I was going to buy Mad Monkey Kung Fu ages ago, but I lost the forms and never found them again. I went to Firebox.com though, and bought loads of the Monkey episodes.

But I post every day and I use words in the right order and everyting.

THIS IS UNFAIR

(And I'd like to point out that I'm just trying to annoy Dan 2K1 if he's still here)


I forgot about Mad Monkey Kung Fu.
That movie rocks, and I own that.

Um, it hasn't not won yet, has it?

The winner is announced for the previous day, not the day the winners name is posted.

So it's still got a chance.

Not that it deserves to win now that you're moaning. ; )

WHY DIDN'T THIS POST WIN?

THAT'S IT, I'M GOING IN MY BEDROOM AND I'M NOT COMING OUT FOR AGES


Ooooo, this makes me so mad.

*stomps upstairs*

(sarcasm being used here by the way)