Big Boy - Who came from the jungle
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German title | Big Boy - Who came from the jungle |
Original title | The World's Greatest Athlete |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1973 |
length | 93 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 6 |
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Director | Robert Scheerer |
script |
Dee Caruso Gerald Gardner |
production | Bill Walsh |
music | Marvin Hamlisch |
camera | Frank V. Phillips |
cut | Cotton Warburton |
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Big Boy - Who Came from the Jungle (Original: The World's Greatest Athlete ) is a 1973 film by the Walt Disney Company and directed by Robert Scheerer . The main actor Jan-Michael Vincent received the Bravo Otto in gold in the same year .
action
Coach Archer is a sports coach at Merrivale College and is about to be fired due to unsuccessfulness. During a vacation trip to Africa, which he takes with his assistant Milo Jackson , he meets Nanu , a white man who grew up alone in the jungle. Over the years, Nanu has become a top athlete in all fields who can even outrun a cheetah . Archer manages to use a trick to bring Nanu from the jungle to his school as a student, but only in the company of his "spiritual teacher" Gazenga . When Nanu arrived in the USA, the teacher Jane was assigned as a "tutor". The two get closer, which prompts Jane's friend Leopold to try everything to get rid of Nanu.
criticism
The lexicon of international films wrote that the production was "a largely funny, pleasantly entertaining mixture of Tarzan parody, sports satire and television satire."
Web links
- Big Boy - The of the Jungle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Big Boy - The of the Jungle in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Big Boy - Who came from the jungle. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .