Chimpanzee (2012)

Directed by

Mark Linfield, Alastair Fothergill

Genre

documentary film, nature documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 18m

Rated

G

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 137 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young chimp named Oscar gets lost in the African forest. Another chimp adopts him and raises him as his own.

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What happens

Chimpanzee is a 2012 nature documentary film about a young common chimpanzee named Oscar who finds himself alone in the African forests until he is adopted by another chimpanzee, who takes him in and treats him like his own child. The American release of the film is narrated by Tim Allen. The film was produced by Disneynature and directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It is the sixth nature documentary released under the Disneynature label, following Earth, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, Oceans, Wings of Life, and African Cats. It was released in theaters on April 20, 2012, just before Earth Day, April 22. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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