Buddy (1997)

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PG | 1 hr 24 mins | Comedy, Family, Biopic, Adaptation | Released: 6/6/1997 |Box Office Total: $10.0M

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Synopsis:

The true story of Gertrude "Trudy" Lintz, an eccentric socialite in the 1920s likened to a modern-day Noah. On her New York estate, she, her physician husband Bill and her assistant Dick care for a menagerie as extensive as a zoo's. Adding to the fun are her four chimpanzees whom she treats as her children; their clothes are tailor-made at Bergdorf Goodman; she teaches them table manners, how to mix martinis, do light housework and say their prayers. And they become the stars of Chicago's 1933 World's Fair. But her gorilla, Buddy is her favorite child. When she first sees him, he is a sickly baby gorilla. But she opens her home and her heart to him, and proceeds to raise him as if he were her own... and, for a time, he is. Still, Buddy inevitably grows up, and keeping him becomes increasingly dangerous for Trudy because he can't fit into the human world he lives in, anymore, and yet can't be his true self either. Finally, Trudy has to make the decision all mothers face--she has to let him go.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/6/1997

Studio	Credit
Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group	Studio
Director	Credit
Caroline Thompson	Director
Cast	Credit
Rene Russo	Trudy Lintz
Robbie Coltrane	Dr Lintz
Alan Cumming	Dick
Irma P Hall	Emma
Peter Elliot	Buddy
Mak Wilson	Buddy
Lynn Robertson Bruce	Buddy
Mark Sealey	Buddy
Rob Tygner	Buddy
Michelan Sisti	Buddy
Peter Hurst	Buddy
Leif Tilden	Buddy
Star Townshend	Buddy
Pee-wee Herman	Professor Spatz
John Aylward	Mr Bowman
Mimi Kennedy	Mrs Bowman
Jon Simmons	Theater-goer
Kathleen Klein	Movie Woman
Russell Young	Usher
Frank Collison	Zoo Keeper
Al Weber	Barker
Philip Baker Hall	Minister
Kyle Galyean	Bellowing Man
Dane Cook	Fair Cop
Michael Reid Mackay	Skinny Man
John Ennis	Policeman
Jeff Hatz	Policeman
Bradley J Lesley	Ali Baba
Julianna Wheeler	Cornered Woman
Frank Welker	"Buddy" Vocals
Gary A. Hecker	"Buddy" Vocals
Hector C Gika	"Buddy" Vocals
Production Credits	Credit
William Joyce	Co-Producer
Fred Fuchs	Producer
Francis Ford Coppola	Executive Producer
Stephanie Allain	Executive Producer
Elisabeth Seldes	Co-Producer
Steven Nicolaides	Producer
Brian Henson	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Jim Henson Company	Production Company
American Zoetrope Film Library	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Columbia TriStar Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Pasadena, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Caroline Thompson	Screenplay
Caroline Thompson	From Story
Gertrude Davies Lintz	Book as Source Material
William Joyce	From Story
Accounting	Credit
Cynthia LeJeune	Assistant Production Accountant
Carole A Wattles	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Rex Peterson	Wrangler
Boone Narr	Animal Trainer - head animal trainer
Leon Laderach	Animal Services - animal taxidermy
Ursula Brauner	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Ron Pipes	Animal Services - animal taxidermy
David Bruce Allsberry	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Michael Alexander	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Shawna Hamann	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Mark Harden	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Denise Sanders	Animal Trainer - chimp trainer
Art Department	Credit
Debbie George	Dresser - Los Angeles dresser
Nigel Booth	Art Department - key sculptor
R Scott Doran	Lead Person - leadman
Roland Rosenkranz	Art Director
William V Ryder	Set Designer
Linda Spheeris	Set Decorator
David Nichols	Production Designer
Jeremy Hunt	Art Department - key sculptor
Nancy Deren	Set Designer
Thomas Fichter	Art Director
Daniel Lomino	Production Designer
Raymond Scott	Art Department - key sculptor
Dale Allan Pelton	Set Designer
Carole DeJong	Art Department - sculptor
Chris Fitzgerald	Art Department - sculptor
Graham High	Art Department - sculptor
Ivan Manzella	Art Department - sculptor
Stewart Sewell	Art Department - sculptor
Christiane-Carolin Koch	Art Department - art finisher
Jenny Phelps	Art Department - art finisher
Casting	Credit
Stacy Alexander	Casting Associate
Carrie Frazier	Casting
Wendy Weidman	Casting Associate
Vickie Thomas	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Todd A Johnson	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Victor Svimonoff	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Tony Villalobos	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Zade Rosenthal	Photography - still photographer
Dan Muscarella	Color Timer
Dayton Nietert	Lighting Technician
Jeffrey Greeley	Camera Assistant - "A" camera 1st assistant
Mauriece Jacks Jr	Video Assist/Playback - video assist operator
Steve Mason	Director of Photography
Michael Chavez	Camera Operator - "A" camera operator
Barry Idoine	Camera Assistant - "B" camera 1st assistant
Chris Moseley	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI)	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Emilie A Bernstein	Music Arranger - orchestration
Elmer Bernstein	Music
Walter Donaldson	Song
Kathy Durning	Music Editor
Patricia Carlin	Music - assistant music editor
Gus Kahn	Song
Keith Grant	Music - music recording
Physical Effects	Credit
Robert Herron	Stunts - utility stunts
Richard Darwin	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Dennis Scott	Stunt Coordinator
Lynn Salvatori	Stunt Man
Myke Schwartz	Stunts - utility stunts
Christy Cotton	Stunt Man
Chris Howes	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Jamie Jackson-Moore	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Rick Avery	Stunt Man
Neil Summers	Stunts - utility stunts
Richard Duran	Stunts - utility stunts
Tim Jordan	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Jim Machin	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Michael Vendrell	Stunts - utility stunts
Larry Nicholas	Stunts - utility stunts
Adrian Parish	Animatronics - key animatronic designer
Laura Dash	Stunts - utility stunts
Marion Appleton	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Monty Cox	Stunts - utility stunts
Dan Burnett	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Thomas Rosales Jr	Stunts - utility stunts
Robin Ellis	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Brad Orrison	Stunts - utility stunts
Tarnzine Hanks	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Jim Pratt	Stunts - utility stunts
Guy Stevens	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Scott A Perez	Stunts - utility stunts
Bill Whyte	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Simon Williams	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Rex Peterson	Stunts - utility stunts
Monty Stuart	Stunts - utility stunts
Michelle Woodall	Animatronics - animatronic designer
Jesse Don Brackenbury	Stunts - utility stunts
George Marshall Ruge	Stunts - utility stunts
Chris Blackwood	Stunts - utility stunts
Courtney Rains	Stunts - utility stunts
Dan Plum	Stunts - utility stunts
Production Management	Credit
Dean O'Brien	Unit Production Manager
Christine Altomari	Production Coordinator
Pete Coogan	Production Supervisor
Steven David Levine	Location Manager
Thomas R Johnston	Script Supervisor
Cara Giallanza	Assistant Director
Jane E Graves	Assistant Location Manager
Paul Harrison	Assistant Location Manager
Otie Brown	Assistant Director
Steven Nicolaides	Unit Production Manager
Derek E Johansen	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Shelley Kirkwood	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Alicia M Stevenson	Foley Artist
Roxanne Jones McCarthy	Foley - foley supervisor
Chris Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Rick Franklin	Sound Editor
Ed Fassl	Sound Effects Editor
Jeremy Gordon	ADR Editor