UPS Shipped This Strange Thing To Hawaii To Film George Of The Jungle - Looper
When "George Of The Jungle" debuted in theaters in the summer of 1997, it was a minor success for Disney, grossing $174.4 million at the Worldwide box office off a $55 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). The film wasn't too big of a hit with the critics, earning itself a 56% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but would go on to become a cult classic. The film starred the internet's boyfriend, Brendan Fraser, who at the time was on his way to becoming a big movie star with this being his first lead role in a blockbuster film, just two years before he would go on to star as Rick O'Connell in Stephen Sommers' "The Mummy". "George of the Jungle" also starred Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, John Cleese, Richard Roundtree, and Holland Taylor and was directed by Sam Weisman.
The film, which was based off the classic Saturday morning cartoon, followed George (Fraser), a dimwitted man who was raised in the jungle and is now a Tarzan-like figure. After falling in love with Ursula (Mann), a wealthy American heiress, he learns that his jungle home is being threatened by poachers, which causes him to become the hero he was always destined to be. Despite being set in the African jungles, "George Of The Jungle" was actually filmed in Hawaii. In order to use certain jungle-specific props, the production team had to use UPS to send some unusual things to set.
UPS shipped an elephant to the set of George of the Jungle
When "George Of The Jungle" debuted in theaters in the summer of 1997, it was a minor success for Disney, grossing $174.4 million at the Worldwide box office off a $55 million budget (via Box Office Mojo). The film wasn't too big of a hit with the critics, earning itself a 56% rotten rating on Rotten Tomatoes, but would go on to become a cult classic. The film starred the internet's boyfriend, Brendan Fraser, who at the time was on his way to becoming a big movie star with this being his first lead role in a blockbuster film, just two years before he would go on to star as Rick O'Connell in Stephen Sommers' "The Mummy". "George of the Jungle" also starred Leslie Mann, Thomas Haden Church, John Cleese, Richard Roundtree, and Holland Taylor and was directed by Sam Weisman.
The film, which was based off the classic Saturday morning cartoon, followed George (Fraser), a dimwitted man who was raised in the jungle and is now a Tarzan-like figure. After falling in love with Ursula (Mann), a wealthy American heiress, he learns that his jungle home is being threatened by poachers, which causes him to become the hero he was always destined to be. Despite being set in the African jungles, "George Of The Jungle" was actually filmed in Hawaii. In order to use certain jungle-specific props, the production team had to use UPS to send some unusual things to set.
UPS shipped an elephant to the set of George of the Jungle
