Congo Theatrical Trailer

[Leatherbubba]

Who's Kafka?  Tell me!

[indielovesunicorns]

*Goes to IMDB, searches "Congo", sees Tim Curry's name, dies a little* "No, it can't be true. Tell me it's not true!"

[indielovesunicorns]

I saw this when I was little and was terrified of the apes. Then I looked back on it in later years and was like "This sucks." My sister convinced me to read the book and it was amazing. That was actually the first Michael Crichton book I ever read, and I've been a huge fan of his ever since. I'm so sad that he died.

[norskman69]

There is a updated cover of Congo on DVD but I am not going to tell you where it is.

[envysiblegirl]

"That's a real monkey."

"No, that's a guy in a suit."

"Okay, so *that's* a real monkey."

"No, that's another guy in a suit!"

"I see what you're saying. That's a guy in a suit!"

"No, that's a real monkey!"

"...We're gonna have to see this again."

[CParsnips]

@EddieWyatt1 The book was fucked up, but a great book. The movie in my opinion is OK, but the book is 1000x better.

[divabrat12]

are those the same villagers chanting that were in the fall?

they look really familiar... hmmm...

[divabrat12]

@EddieWyatt1

OMG me too!!!

[Thag20]

They changed or omitted the majority of the important parts of the book, shit on the story, and ruined the reputation of a good MC story. Amy hated the jungle and was a much more in depth character instead of acting like a toddler. Ross was cold and grumpy. All the other characters (except for munro) are added. They add bad characters, completely change the goals of Ross, and leave out the major aspects of the consortium, the intelligence of the white apes, and the tribals. Shame they ruined it

[Draknfyre]

@Thag20

One of the things that really, REALLY pissed me off? They changed Kelly Munroe's name to Munroe Kelly. Was that really necessary? Of all the stupid changes, you change the name of a character.

I don't mind the addition of Herkermer Homolka. I don't like how they almost completely stripped the technical aspect of getting to the Congo.

The consortium isn't even represented in the movie. They use another expedition to replace the plane they find. And don't even have a native battle.

[FreonRose]

@Thag20 actually they made the white apes pretty damn smart. dunno about the rest because i've never read the book. lol

[Thag20]

@FreonRose In the book they make tools and weapons to kill intruders. they also come up with strategic ways to get around the electric fences into the peoples' camp

[FreonRose]

@Thag20 ah,guess you got a point because all they did in the movie was grunt n' clobber. they did figure out how to get around the fences though.

[Deater90]

@Thag20 Did you expect a fucking documentary? Since when are they forced to copy stories to the films from the books? Personaly i want film to be interesting and i dont care about how smart some white apes were.

[Draknfyre]

@Deater90

No, not a documentary, but when you remove, change, and destroy 3/4 of the book, it barely looks like it was translated from the book.

If it were made closer to the book, it would have been BETTER. If you haven't read the book, you shouldn't criticize people. The movie that came out was 10 times dumber than the book. The movie, if it had been properly translated from the book, would have been more interesting.

[Deater90]

@Draknfyre I was alot younger when i first saw this movie and i found it exciting :). Havent read the book but i quess i can understand your point. Can you explain what are say.... 5 most significant changes between movie and the book?

[Draknfyre]

@Deater90

About 3/4th's of the book was removed. The original story was about finding the diamond mine to use blue diamonds for electronic products, not a single one for a laser. It focused more heavily on the technology aspect. A competing firm, called the consortium, was competing to get there first. It was their plane at the end instead of another expedition. Amy's role was larger, and the grey gorrilas had a bigger part. Even finding Zinj took much longer

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[Draknfyre]

@Deater90

It involved more than just stumbling on it like in the book. Beating the consortium to Zinj was a real threat to the group. Karen Ross didn't have a fiance to find, and was more focused and business-like. The attacks on the camp happened more than one night. A good portion of the book the expedition was under the threat of the volcano erupting, it wasn't just a last-minute eruption like in the movie. A fight with a cannibal tribe was also at the end, before they could leave.

[amensupremera]

I really like this horrible movie. Its just bad but I watch it at least once a year...and i know it sucks. The horrible Amy the Gorilla costume or the plot lines that make no sense. Like how come every plane in the movie gets shot down but they get away in a hot air balloon. Or she throws away a huge diamond to spite her enemy when shoe could have took it to his competition and ran him out of business. but I love this movie none the less

[Draknfyre]

@amensupremera

This isn't made very apparant in the movie, but the second plane are shot down by a military faction just like the first. The balloon wasn't near where those factions were. The plane crashed miles away.

And the point of Karen Ross throwing the diamond away was to show she wasn't a heartless bitch. TraviCom was pretty much top of the game in the book and movie. Going to their competition might have ended badly for her, professionally-speaking, of course.

[amensupremera]

@Draknfyre I know what they were trying to say but it comes off corny. That diamond was the size of a baseball she could have retired off that. What about all those people that just died, that money could have went to their families. But like I say, I like it, I can always watch it. I'm sure the book was very good but the movie was bad. Heres another thing that gets me, How is Ernie Hudson supposed to be a safari guy with that neat processed perm hairstyle. But he's my fav character in the movie

[Draknfyre]

@amensupremera

This is another point they didn't make in the movie. The diamond was a blue diamond. It was worthless as far as diamonds go, but it was very good at conducting electricity. Travis wanted them because it would enable him to become king of electronics in his field. This was depicted as being what made the communications laser functionable (and it could be used as a weapon.) In the book, they were after a whole mine of blue diamonds, not just one.

[VidaDeKat]

This started my fear of monkeys... S:

[ChuloGoatWild]

Crichton probably thought of this when he was taking a swig and reading "Heart of Darkness." Then he said "fuck Kurtz, fuck Marlow, you know what... this shit needs MONKEYS, no ... no... no, it needs fucking GOR-eee-LAZ."

[abc12319525]

i'm reading the book

[matthewlovesbritney]

this is one amazing film!<3

[greivous45]

jurassic park barely used any CGI :D

[Draknfyre]

@greivous45

Jurassic Park used a ton of CGI. They even used CGI for Ariana Richard's stunt double's face when she looked up into the vent when she fell. She wasn't supposed to do that, but they kept the take in, and used CGI to place Ariana Richard's face on her face.

[feberlinecniv]

it was scary the first time, why would you want to remake it!

[Draknfyre]

@feberlinecniv

Because it was a bad, bad translation from the book. The book is much more in-depth. They took out most parts of the book for the movie. Characters were removed or added, or had their names changed. The entire ending with a fight with a tribe was taken out, the expedition was much shorter than it really was, many details about the technology used was skipped, the entire subplot of Amy being returned was shortened. The plot boiled down to "get this diamond", instead of the mine

[Fahstudios13579]

XD i like how people are getting technical about this

[mortalkonlaw]

Anyone else smell odd unconsciously racist undercurrents? "We want things out of Africa but there are these goddam apes there."

[Draknfyre]

@mortalkonlaw

No, part of the movie dealt with returning an ape to Africa. The book dwelt more on this. Until they actually got there, the apes weren't known to exist, and the diamond mines were considered a myth. In the book, one of the tribes actually took care of the injured man, where in the movie he died. I don't think it had racist overtones.

[Draknfyre]

@scar504

The book goes into more detail about this. This was an ancient "diamond mine" of King Solomon (it's actually based on a real location), in the movie it was an old volcano, and the diamonds were raised from the ground. The lava brought them up with other material, and it cooled down, leaving the diamonds nearer the surface to be mined. The holes you see in the rock lead to the gorilla's caves, and where the miners dug the diamonds out. You see the volcano erupt at the end.

[Draknfyre]

@scar504

And diamonds are not infused with minerals. Diamonds are carbon from the former remains of plants or animals that have been compressed over time. With lots of time and heat, the carbon is slowly compressed into a pure form.

The diamonds in this movie are slightly different. They are blue diamonds, and they are being sought for their technological use rather than their money value. The diamond was encased in dirt and rock when they hit it, and broke the dirt and rock open.

[scar504]

@Draknfyre i knew some know it all would correct me..its a joke dont take it seriously

[Draknfyre]

@scar504

No offense, but you see alot of misinformed comments on YouTube. I was just correcting one. You didn't have to remove your comment.

[Draknfyre]

@MrGrevy

Look man, I appreciate you are trying to bring awareness to that in the Congo, and that it's terrible the amount of rapes that exist, but you are obviously copying that from a web site, and posting it on all videos related to the Congo, and I am going to have to remove it.

[MrGrevy]

@Draknfyre It's from a news report, so what? Grow a pair!

[Draknfyre]

@MrGrevy

Because while I sympathize with the report, and it is terrrible, you are still spamming on a video.

[MrGrevy]

@Draknfyre You say spam, I say promoting awareness for people to stay AWAY from that rape-ridden hellhole.

[confidentdog2011]

This movie looks good plus I seen it at wal-mart for five bucks.

[velocikiller13]

The diamonds are heere and queer and not going anyweere

[jbm2005]

**spoiler** everyone gets AIDS and dies

[Leatherbubba]

Now that's the real ape, right?

No, that's a guy in a suit.

[MOVIEmania709]

thanks i apreciate it man.

[MOVIEmania709]

man i haven't seen this for like 7 years does anyone know where i can get it on dvd

[Draknfyre]

@MOVIEmania709

Well, Wal-Mart might have it. It's usually in the cheap DVD aisle, like $5 or $10.

[samsamba08]

This movie was famous for being filmed mostly in the studio lot. Yes, including the jungle.

It's a HORRIBLE, horrible movie, but I've always had a soft spot for it for some reason. Call it a fetish. :P

Great Jerry Goldsmith score, by the way.

[Draknfyre]

@samsamba08

Part of it was filmed in Africa. They said they wanted to film in the actual Congo, but even the edges were too dangerous.

The hippo attack scene was filmed in the Paramount Studio parking lot. They put up dams, and flooded it.

[crazypencil100]

Seannaers brought me here :)

[evil3drummer]

I just read the book. Is the movie worth watching?

[Draknfyre]

@evil3drummer

Well, it's one of the worst book-to-movie translations I have ever seen, but it won't hurt to watch it.

[musicwweConkergamer]

I think Congo is the best adventure movie ever made. Plus I like the parts with WHO'S KAFKA? TELL ME!!! and STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!!! Those were pretty funny. Congo:10/10.

[14words2liveby]

they should have kept bruce campbell in the movie. all he needed was a chainsaw and his boomstick and he would be able to save everyone.

looking back at it now, that movie sucked ass. keeping bruce in it would have made it awesome.

[kratos3821]

@14words2liveby i got a fever and the only prescription is more boomstick!, so give me some sugar babe!.

[RacsoHillgreen]

"Some for fortuoooone". Great over the top-narrator!

[ooozetoons]

This trailer is fucking BADASS!

[LordOftheMind]

its the dude from nip tuck dr mcnamara

[shpared]

thumbs up if you saw this thanks to the nostalgia critic

[TMThenu]

someone give me the narrator a glass of water

[bdgerety]

some....for forchoon....WTF? you mean fortune?

[Batman8657]

"What's your name?"

"Claude."

"Claude? Wow, that's an unusual name for somebody from, um... where you from?"

"Mombasa."

"Mombasa? Wow, that's an unusual name for somebody from Mombasa."

"Have you ever been to Mombasa?"

"Um... no."

"Then what do you know about it?"

"I wanna go home." :(

[1emcmarine]

@Batman8657 LOIL 

[kcx4]

"Those apes are smart... too damn smart" worst line, ever

[1emcmarine]

@kcx4 fud duh wuh

[Alibanini]

Is that Bruce Campbell? :D

[Draknfyre]

Yes, it is.

[Alibanini]

@Draknfyre Haha! No way, I love that guy! Ima have to watch this now :P

+ for the ever classic 'Stop eating my sesame cake!'

[themoviereviewer1000]

@Alibanini Lol yeah that's Bruce Campbell Alright, I remember this movie along time ago he played a character name: Charlie Travis a scientist. plus I remember seeing him in this movie cause I think he picked up or found a severed thumb on the ground and that's when he heard a noise and turned around which then the gorillas attacked him after he screams. Wow I can't believe I just remembered that whole scene :D.

[Draknfyre]

He picked up an eyeball. The book made sure you knew when the gorillas killed you, your eyeballs would go flying out. It was shown once in the movie.

[themoviereviewer1000]

@Draknfyre Oh ok thanks for the tip xD now I know that he finds an eyeball on the ground, Turns screams and gets attacked xD thanks for the tip again.

[cacaorocks]

lol

[kr81452]

love it

[kekeboy97]

STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE!!!

[cmonutube]

lol "where you are the endangered species" that shit doesnt even make any sense

[Draknfyre]

@cmonutube

How so? You are in an area where there are apes that want to kill you. Apes are generally an endangered species. If you are in the area where the apes will kill you, you are the endangered species. It makes perfect sense if you understand what endangered means. The apes aren't in real danger from you, and they outnumber you.

[cmonutube]

@Draknfyre youre right

[1emcmarine]

@Draknfyre YEAH LOOL

[robbyart2]

@Draknfyre Looks like 6 people don't even know what a species is. Maybe look it up in the dictionary.

[1emcmarine]

@cmonutube LOL! ;D

[N3wGrass]

where you are the endangered species

[sunder6585]

bull shit

[henf5671]

the book is tons better than the movie! any other michael crichton fan would also agree.

[KeemLegendPA]

Actually it's a Secret History that shouldnt of been revealed but now it's not worth keeping hidden who would believe a race of people were domesticated Ape/Man kind and set free in their own land. only to evolve and turn on their teachers thinking they were holding out on all the knowledge.

[Draknfyre]

They weren't "ape/men", the book made it pretty clear they were a race of deformed gorrilas that were trained to be extremely violent to protect the mines. They turned on their masters because they were trained to defend the mines, and they killed the people there, too.

[ultilinium8]

i don't know which is worst: smart gorillas or smart raptors. :)

[Brownshoe24]

smart raptors

[Doomsdaywarrior]

Mr. Halmolka? Stop eating my sesame cake.

[Fatzombie1980]

I have this movie some parts have CGI.

[xStalkerxx]

man i remember this movie!! great one!! love it!

[Tyrannozero82]

This movie would have been better if the gorillas are CGI.

[Draknfyre]

No, it wouldn't have. CGI is overused nowadays. The fact that some of the gorillas looked so good, and some people even mistook Amy as a real gorilla, shows how good the suits were.

[Draknfyre]

Nope, not only would it break copyright, but I can't upload anything over 10 minutes, and I am not splitting it up into dozens of files.

Not that I am advocating piracy, but if you look around the internet, I am sure you could find a copy until you could get the DVD.

[worthyambition]

They really did. I even mistook Amy for a real gorilla. They probably would have had insurance issues with real gorillas though.

[redbandmagic]

@Draknfyre I agree. There was nothing wrong with the suits they used for this film. They are extremely credible. I didn't know that Amy or any of the killer apes weren't real gorillas up until a year ago when I heard they were indeed suits. I'd actually spent the last 15 years wondering how they trained the gorillas to perform so well.

[zillatamer]

@Draknfyre i would love to see this remade, preferably in a manner similar to the book. This looks godawful.

[mbenzsl2000]

@Tyrannozero82 nah, cgi would be impressive...but you can always tell its cgi. the gorillaz here look somewhat tangible and "more real"

bsides, cgi back in 1995 wouldve sucked compred to what you are probably expecting

[Draknfyre]

@mbenzsl2000

Jurassic Park was one of the biggest CGI movies then, and the biggest in '93. Today the CGI still holds up. Why? Because they didn't go overboard with it, and they used it smartly. They didn't try to make every single thing out of CGI

[looney1023]

ROGER EBERT THOUGHT THIS WAS A COMEDY!

now thats bad!

[JoelH790]

bruce campbell 1:31 and 1:35

[SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6]

NEXT NOSTALGIA CRITIC!!!!!!!!

[bigninja27]

Trailer still scares the shit out of me espeacily the loud sounds in the begining creepy

[thcman4]

Please stop eating my sesame cake....

[loilero]

@thcman4 HAVE SOME....STOP EATING MY SESAME CAKE

[robbyart2]

@thcman4 Raaaaarr! That make gorilla angry.

[supercool1710]

The audio is outta sync :-(

[Draknfyre]

Notice my description?

[Grafwichmann]

There was a time when people were dissapointed that this was done with costumes and animatronics, not CGI.

Now we would pay fortunes, to see movies with organic effects, instead of computer-generated ones!

[FunkyFrank10]

CGI isn't to blame, the over use of CGI is to blame. I enjoy good special effects, animatronic and CGI alike, but it annoys me when film makers go over board.

[SUPERMEDIABROTHERS6]

I agree, CGI can ruin a movie thru over use, cough(indianajones4)cough, but it can also make a good film even better, allah Lord Of The Rings. even though I have to admit that I like practical effect much better than CGI because it's much more inventive.

[Fatzombie1980]

1995 had to been the best year ever because movies now had cgi and most importantly was the music there was alot of good bands that year

[smith8833]

After Jurassic Park made a ton of money they hoped making another movie based on Crichtons book would pay off, the problem is this movie sucked. The apes are clearly people in suits.

[jpatton1989]

this movie made twice its budget

[muscleoffigus]

no, you mean they're not real?

[godnutt]

fucking awesome movie

[arthereld]

This movie is a major disappointment for Crichton fans (a lot like the other adaptations of his books). Worst part of the movie was the lava. The book actually makes it a point to say the lava is not the real problem. It moves too slow to be any danger to you. The real danger is the smoke, ash, and debris. But lava that chases you seemed more theatrically fun.

[Magnolia296]

I think this movie was very underrated. 1995 was the year of my favorite movies - Copycat, The Net, Congo, Braveheart, GoldenEye, Money Train, Dangerous Minds...

Congo is awesome movie!

[kirstynlh]

the book is pretty bamf , i heard the movie kinda sucked tho... but it looks like its got a good cast

[Skull10]

Awful movie on most levels, yet, there is something about it I can't help but like.

[23letters]

HORRIBLE!!! They should remake this movie

[Maximus1Decimus]

Agreed I said that too..it needs to be more intense

[776036]

How old is this movie?

[Draknfyre]

1995.

[DjArpegius]

oh so that's the name of the movie, this movie use to freak me out when I was a kid

[swiinkz]

Noo!

Im scared of monkeys now :(

[jedihamsterfilms007]

omg nice

[EnderxWiggin2070]

That movie looks like it blows. The book was awesome though.

[razberryclownsac]

"I am your great, white guide....even though I happen to be black." one of my favorite lines. This trailer really misrepresents the movie and the movie isnt a real good interpretation of the book. Yet, for some reason, I like this movie. Good to know at least one other person does too :P

[Mercury888]

totally agree.

[bassfishinfever]

michel critons books are just awsome

[ScratStitch]

I remember when this movie came out. They marketed it everywhere.

[nessa887]

that's awesome

i grew up with this movie...it's one of my favorites

^_^