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Buddy (Clam) [VHS] (1997)

Starring: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane Director: Caroline Thompson Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Format: VHS Tape
3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Rene Russo, Robbie Coltrane, Alan Cumming, Irma P. Hall, Peter Elliott (II)
  • Directors: Caroline Thompson
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
  • Language: English
  • Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Sony Pictures
  • VHS Release Date: January 13, 1998
  • Run Time: 84 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 0800188349
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #67,106 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Based on the life of Gertrude Lintz, a Long Island socialite who kept an amazing menagerie of animals on her estate, this very able film by Caroline Thompson (Black Beauty) concentrates on Lintz's relationship with a gorilla named Buddy, whom she raised from infancy on. The film is geared toward kids, but in the very best sense as Thompson orchestrates some very entertaining sequences without cutting corners on logic, the way most forms of children's entertainment do today. Rene Russo is very good as the eccentric woman, and Robbie Coltrane is uncharacteristically warm and fuzzy as her patient husband. Nice support work from Alan Cumming and the rest of the cast. Thompson is aiming for something akin to the live-action glory days of Disney, and she comes close to achieving it. --Tom Keogh

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Cute, but inaccurate, July 7, 2002
This review is from: Buddy (DVD)
This is a fine retelling of Dr. Doolitle, based on some true aspects of Gertrude Lintz's life. Buddy was best known worldwide as "Gargantua" after his sale to the Ringling Brothers circus in 1937 by Ms. Lintz. There was no nature preserve, and no putting him out to pasture. Buddy had been rescued by Ms. Lintz as a baby after he fell victim to an attack by a disgruntled sailor aboard the ship that was carrying him away from his home in the lowlands of Africa. The sailor emptied the contents of a fire extinguisher containing acid into the baby's face and left him for dead. Ms. Lintz bought the once valuable cargo from the captain at a bargain and nursed him back to health. As the movie shows, she raised Buddy along with a menagerie of other creatures as her own child. When he became unmanageable and dangerous, she contacted John Ringling North and Henry "Buddy" Ringling North with a proposition to sell Buddy. Their account of the meeting and sale is vastly different than anything shown in the happy ending of this movie. They characterize Ms. Lintz as an eccentric middle aged woman whose mansion in Brooklyn resembled the drawings of Charles Addams. They sat in her parlor sipping tea for a long time before John broached the subject of the gorilla. They were led to an area in the basement where they saw a man standing guard over a large wooden box that looked like an oversized coffin. The wood had been reinforced with steel, for very good reason. The box was held in place by sturdy wooden timbers on the top and both sides to prevent the gorilla from breaking free. When the door was opened they saw what was later billed as "The world's most terrifying living creature". The grossly disfigured face and hostile behavior meant that Buddy was no longer able to live outside a cage, among men. Both men knew they had to buy the creature and struck a deal to pay $10,000.00 for him. They later had him picked up at Ms. Lintz' home. Henry Ringling North made the suggestion to change his name, since his own nickname was "Buddy", to something more sensational. He came up with the name "Gargantua", adding the term gargantuan to the popular lexicon in the process. Read more about this exchange in the book "The Circus Kings" (out of print) by Henry Ringling North and Alden Hatch, Doubleday Press.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Mildy entertaining for animal lovers, January 23, 2005
This review is from: Buddy (DVD)
Set in the 1920s, Buddy follows the true adventures of loopy lady Gertrude "Trudy" Lintz (Rene Russo) who likes to take her menagerie of animals to the movies (and you thought the crying baby two rows back was bad). After one such outing, she has occasion to adopt a sickly baby gorilla. She names him Buddy, and takes him home to her M.D. husband (Robbie Coltrane) to see if he can cure the petite primate. Buddy is never portrayed by a real gorilla; the infant version was animatronic and the adult gorilla was a human in gorilla suit. However, there are several other real animals in the movie including dogs, cats, horses, and chimpanzees. The chimps are seen riding a pony, pouring themselves a drink, shaking hands, and even using a key to unlock a door. Based upon the memoir by Gertrude Davis Lintz.

Staci Layne Wilson

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining family movie, October 26, 1999
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We all really enjoyed this movie and ended up buying it ! It is about a socialite from the twenties charmingly portrayed by Rene Russo. She raises numerous animals on her LOng Island estate and tries to tame and raise a gorrilla named Buddy. Any child interested in animals will enjoy this film, as will adults. It is set in the twenties and beautifully done , innocent family fun ! What a refreshing change !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Family Film
Great Product!
I bought this DVD for my little sister for Christmas! What a great movie, she LOVES it. I enjoyed it also. Great film for family and little ones.
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5.0 out of 5 stars grandaughter's favorite
I ordered this for my 10 year old grandaughter's Christmas stocking and she loved it. She had rented this movie many times,but lately the rental shop didn't have it anymore,so she... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Buddy: Inspired By A True Story
Buddy is a story about an orphaned baby gorilla who is raised by a passionate and animal loving woman who adopts him. Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Found it irritating
I thought it would be cute but it's just a crazy rich woman who indulges her love of animals by turning her home into a zoo. Read more
Published on July 27, 2006 by Wendy Schroeder

5.0 out of 5 stars buddy
great kids movies. i'd recomend it to anyone with kids. it shows selflessness, love and compasion.
Published on March 6, 2006 by Deborah L. Altman

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and Irresistible......
Buddy is such a cute movie. It is the telling of a true story in which Trudy Lintz, ( played by Rene Russo ) a true animal lover, "adopts" a baby male gorilla. Read more
Published on February 26, 2006 by S.M.

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Family Movie
I didn't realize that this was based on a true story until after we watched it. What a great story. I recommend this one to anyone with kids!
Published on May 15, 2005 by Sandi

2.0 out of 5 stars GORILLA MY DREAMS
BUDDY starts out pretty good, but then misfires and becomes a self-parodying, rather improbable movie. Read more
Published on April 3, 2005 by Michael Butts

5.0 out of 5 stars what a apeable film for family.
for those of you that did'nt see this one in the theaters you miss out.it's totally breath of fresh air to me ,despite what the reviews said about it. Read more
Published on July 9, 2000 by Brent Hilton

2.0 out of 5 stars Way too creepy for me.
Although at first glance this movie seems like a cute story, the general idea behind it disturbed me. Read more
Published on April 16, 1999

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