Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

  |  Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

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A man walking on the beach near New York City finds the corpse of King Kong. He also finds Kong's orphaned son, and takes it to a friend who lives in the city, and they decide to raise it.

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  • Gérard Depardieu and Abigail Clayton in Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
  • Marco Ferreri in Bye Bye Monkey (1978)
  • Abigail Clayton in Bye Bye Monkey (1978)

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Awards

1 win & 1 nomination.

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7 June 2004 | zetes
5
| Interesting and silly at the same time
Strange, and it has some interesting bits, but it's dull and nonsensically plotted. Gerard Depardieu and Marcello Mastroinanni make asses of themselves, and Gail Lawrence, better known under her porn name, Abigail Clayton, is naked for about 50% of the film. Depardieu plays a boy toy in New York City. One day his friend, played by Mastroianni, is walking along the beach when he discovers the corpse of King Kong, whose orphaned baby he gets Depardieu to adopt. The themes involve the ever-changing gender roles, and this could have been very interesting. Unfortunately, it has no real plot to speak of, and it just meanders from weird scene to weird scene. Sometimes, the visuals are quite haunting, especially when the characters are on the beach with the New York cityscape towering over them and the giant ape corpse dominating the bottom of the frame. 5/10.

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The literal translation of the film's Italian title is "The End of Macho" which is more in keeping with the film's theme of the breaking down of sexual stereotypes.

Quotes

Andreas Flaxman: Out! Out! Never come back!
Luigi Nocello: You are worse than... than a judge, worse than a cop, worse than a policeman! You are worse than all of them!
Luigi Nocello: Anarchist!
Luigi Nocello: Yes!

Goofs

The baby chimp is assumed to be the son of King Kong. Disregarding the size difference, it would be impossible for a gorilla to father a chimpanzee.

Soundtracks

Rockabye Baby
(uncredited)
Traditional English nursery rhyme (first recorded in 1765)
Sung by Geraldine Fitzgerald to the monkey

Storyline

Plot Summary

Genres

Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Details

Release Date:

24 February 1978

Language

English

Country of Origin

Italy, France

Filming Locations

6 Hubert Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

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