Congo is a 1995 action adventure film, loosely based on the novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. It was directed by Frank Marshall and stars Laura Linney, Dylan Walsh, Tim Curry, Ernie Hudson, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Grant Heslov, and Joe Don Baker. The film was released on June 9, 1995 by Paramount Pictures. Although the film did well at the box office, it was poorly received by most critics due to the use of costumes and puppetry for the gorillas in the film. The film begins with TraviCom employee Charles Travis , the ex-fiancé of electronics expert Dr. Karen Ross , testing a... diamond-powered communications laser in a remote part of the Congo situated on a dormant volcano. Charles' friend Jeffrey is excited over discovering the ruins of an ancient city, but when he enters a cave to retrieve his bag, he is killed and mutilated offscreen. Whatever killed him throws his eyeball at Charles and attacks from off-screen. Several minutes after the attack, Karen, who is waiting in the company's Houston headquarters for Charles to communicate via satellite, activates the video feed on his camera.
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| Release date: | June 9, 1995 |
| Directed by: | Frank Marshall |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Sam Mercer, Kathleen Kennedy |
| Editor: | Anne V. Coates |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Allen Daviau |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Crichton, John Patrick Shanley |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Congo |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Thriller |