Chimpanzee (film)

Chimpanzee
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlastair Fothergill
Mark Linfield
Written byAlastair Fothergill
Mark Linfield
Don Hahn
Produced byAlastair Fothergill
Mark Linfield
Alix Tidmarsh
Narrated byTim Allen
CinematographyMartyn Colbeck (Ivory Coast)
Bill Wallauer (Uganda)
Edited byAndy Netley
Music byNicholas Hooper
Production
companies
Disneynature
Great Ape Productions
Distributed byWalt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates
  • April 20, 2012 (2012-04-20) (United States)
  • February 20, 2013 (2013-02-20) (France)
  • May 3, 2013 (2013-05-03) (United Kingdom)
Running time
77 minutes
CountriesUnited States
France
United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
French
Budget$5 million[1]
Box office$34.8 million[2]

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.[3][4] 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[5] 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.

  1. ^ "Chimpanzee (2012)". The Wrap. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
  2. ^ "Chimpanzee (2012)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com.
  3. ^ Dimako, Peter (2011-04-22). "CHIMPANZEE trailer". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  4. ^ Kilday, Gregg (2009-05-19). "Disneynature starts up two new films". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2010-06-13.
  5. ^ "Disney launches new film label" (PDF). 21 April 2008. Retrieved 15 March 2012.

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