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.

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Label Occurrences
Mighty Joe Young canonical 11
Mighty Joe Young (1949 film) 6
Mighty Joe Young (1998 film) 3

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 of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ernest B. Schoedsack ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Willis H. O’Brien ⓘ
surface form: Ray Harryhausen

Willis H. O’Brien ⓘ
surface form: Willis O’Brien
starring Ben Johnson ⓘ
Robert Armstrong ⓘ
Terry Moore ⓘ
title Mighty Joe Young self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

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Ernest B. Schoedsack → directed → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Ernest B. Schoedsack → notableWork → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Willis H. O’Brien → notableWork → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Willis H. O’Brien → awardReceivedFor → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Willis H. O’Brien → workedOn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Mighty Joe Young → title → Mighty Joe Young self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Mighty Joe Young → hasRemake → Mighty Joe Young self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
King Kong franchise → notableWork → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Terry Moore → notableWork → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
1950 Academy Awards → bestSpecialEffectsWinner → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Max O’Hara → appearsIn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Max O’Hara → universe → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Jill Young → appearsIn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Jill Young → fictionalUniverse → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young universe
Joe Young → appearsIn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Joe Young → fictionalUniverse → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young franchise
Joe Young → titleCharacterOf → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Joe Young → createdFor → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1949 film)
Ralph Winter → workedOn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
Ron Underwood → directed → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (1998 film)
Ray Harryhausen → notableWork → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Gregg Johnson → appearsIn → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
Gregg Johnson → universe → Mighty Joe Young ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mighty Joe Young (film universe)