Bye Bye Monkey

Bye Bye Monkey
Bye Bye Monkey
	Italian theatrical release poster
Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Written by	Marco Ferreri; Gérard Brach; Rafael Azcona
Produced by	Maurice Bernart
Starring	Gérard Depardieu; Marcello Mastroianni; James Coco; Gail Lawrence; Geraldine Fitzgerald
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Distributed by	Koch Lorber Films (DVD)
Release date	24 February 1978 (Italy);
Running time	114 min.
Countries	Italy; France
Language	English

Bye Bye Monkey (Italian: Ciao maschio, French: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 Italian-French comedy-drama film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Gail Lawrence and Geraldine Fitzgerald.^[1] It is about a man who finds a baby chimpanzee in a giant King Kong prop and decides to raise it like a son. It was filmed in English and shot in Long Island, New York. As this was a French-Italian co-production, French and Italian dubbed versions were made for their respective countries' theatrical releases.

^ "NY Times: Bye Bye Monkey". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 29 March 2009.