MVP: Most Valuable Primate DVD 2000 Csapd le Csimpánz! / Directed by Robert Vince / Starring: Oliver Muirhead, Rick Ducommun

UPC 5999553601916 /  5999016344275  /  IPH7169

UPC 5999016350214

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN HUNGARY

AUDIO: Hungarian 2.0, English 2.0

SUBTITLES: English

Total Runtime: 89 minutes 

English Summary:

MVP: Most Valuable Primate is a 2000 feature film that sparked the MVP franchise. The film's title character, Jack, is a chimpanzee.

The plot revolves around an ape playing sports. Jack, a three-year-old chimpanzee, is the subject of an experiment involving sign language performed by Dr. Kendall at San Pueblo University in San Diego, California. However, Dr. Kendall loses funding for his research. Kendall arranges for Jack to return to his original home in a California nature preserve, but unfortunately dies before the transaction is completed and Kendall's boss, Dr. Peabody, sells Jack to the University of Tennessee. Meanwhile, the Westover family has just moved to Nelson, British Columbia. Steven, the son, was the leading scorer on his high school hockey team in California and joins the local junior B team, the Nuggets; he is surprised, however, by the violence of the play and the apathy of his teammates to their constant losing. His sister, Tara, who is deaf, is having a hard time making friends at her new school.

Hungarian Summary:

Jack, a csimpánz egy igazi zseni. Amikor meghal gondozója, az egyetem professzora, barátja segítségével vonatra száll, hogy visszatérjen a kanadai nemzeti parkba a mamájához. Útközben azonban megismerkedik egy süketnéma kislánnyal, akit fogyatékossága miatt nem fogadnak be társai az iskolában. Jack azonban nemcsak a kislány életét változtatja meg, hamarosan az iskola hokicsapatában is helyet kap.

Cast / Szereplők

• Russell Ferrier – Darren
• Lomax Study – Dr. Kendall
• Kevin Zegers – Steven Westover
• Jamie Renée Smith – Tara Westover
• Alexa Fox – Jane
• Jane Sowerby – Julie Beston
• Ingrid Tesch – Susie Westover
• Philip Granger – Mark Westover
• Rick Ducommon – Coach Marlow
• Bernie, Mack, and Louie – Jack
• Oliver Muirhead – Dr. Peabody