Born to Be Wild
“What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes.”
1995•PG•1h 40m•5.4•Released
DramaFamily
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
Director
John Gray
Writer
John Bunzel, Paul Young
Languages
English
Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Wil Horneff
Rick Heller
Helen Shaver
Margaret Heller
John C. McGinley
Max Carr
Jean Marie Barnwell
Lacey Carr
Peter Boyle
Gus Charnley
Leif Tilden
Katie The Gorilla
Gregory Itzin
Walter Mallinson
Titus Welliver
Sergeant Bo Markle
Thomas F. Wilson
Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)
Marvin J. McIntyre
Bob the Paramedic
Alan Ruck
Dan Woodley
Janet Carroll
Judge Billings
John Procaccino
Ed Price
Obba Babatundé
Interpreter
David Wingert
Gary James
Production
Company
Warner Bros. Pictures
Company
Outlaw Productions
Producer
Jeffrey Silver
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