Mighty Joe Young

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adventure film fantasy film film

Mighty Joe Young is a 1949 adventure-fantasy film about a giant, gentle gorilla brought from Africa to Hollywood, renowned for its groundbreaking stop-motion special effects by Willis O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen.

Aliases (2)

Mighty Joe Young (1949 film) ×49
Mighty Joe Young (1998 film) ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	adventure film → fantasy film → film →
award	Academy Award for Best Visual Effects →
awardYear	1950 →
basedOn	original story by Merian C. Cooper →
blackAndWhite	true →
cinematographyBy	J. Roy Hunt →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Ernest B. Schoedsack →
distributor	RKO → RKO Radio Pictures →
editedBy	Ted Cheesman →
featuresCharacter	Gregg Johnson → Jill Young → Joe Young → Max O’Hara →
filmingProcess	stop-motion animation →
genre	adventure → fantasy → monster film →
hasRemake	Mighty Joe Young (1998 film) →
hasSpeciesOfMainCreature	gorilla →
mainSubject	giant gorilla →
motionPictureRating	Approved (Production Code era) →
musicBy	Roy Webb →
notableFor	early work of Ray Harryhausen → special effects by Willis O’Brien → stop-motion animation →
originalLanguage	English →
portrays	relationship between a woman and a giant gorilla →
producer	Merian C. Cooper →
productionCompany	RKO Radio Pictures →
releaseDate	July 27, 1949 →
releaseYear	1949 →
runtimeMinutes	94 →
screenwriter	Merian C. Cooper → Ruth Rose →
setInPeriod	20th century →
setting	Africa → Hollywood →
specialEffectsBy	Ray Harryhausen → Willis O’Brien →
starring	Ben Johnson → Robert Armstrong → Terry Moore →
title	Mighty Joe Young →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernest B. Schoedsack → King Kong franchise ("Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)") → Willis H. O’Brien →	notableWork
Willis H. O’Brien →	awardReceivedFor
Ernest B. Schoedsack →	directed
Mighty Joe Young (1949 film) ("Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)") →	hasRemake
Mighty Joe Young (1949 film) →	title
Willis H. O’Brien ("Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)") →	workedOn