The title plays on the idiom monkeys uncle and refers to a chimpanzee named stanley, merlins legal nephew a legal arrangement resulting from an experiment to raise stanley as a human. In 1977, a dozen years after the film s release, the gossamer condor won the kremer prize for sustained, controlled human powered flight with a lightweight pedal powered plane, not unlike the one used by merlin jones. Stanley otherwise has little relevance to the plot. Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime membership. Then college whizkid merlin tommy kirk reluctantly goes to work to prevent the schools football mascot from disappearing into oblivion. A student is able to save midvale colleges football reputation using his radical invention. The monkey s uncle is the theme song of the 1965 film by the same name. The monkey s uncle 92 toronto road, po2 7 portsmouth rated 4. If youre persistent enough you can find many vhs only movies at the local library. Midvale college is in fear of losing its college football team. As you may be starting to suspect, this is a lighterhearted.
The monkey s uncle the 1965 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. The monkey s uncle is a 1965 walt disney production starring tommy kirk as genius college student merlin jones and annette funicello who was a member of the mouseketeers from the mickey mouse club as his girlfriend, jennifer. I always enjoy kirks dramatic roles better than the goofy comedies. Critics were kind to the film, recognizing it as a fun escape from the summer heat. Youll go ape over the classic fun and wild escapades in this madcap sequel to disney s the misadventures of merlin jones.
The only place you can rent vhs nowadays is at the local library. It is performed by annette funicello and the beach boys. Love all those monkeyshines every day is valentines i love the monkey s uncle and the monkey s uncle s ape. Watch the monkey s uncle now on your favorite device. The monkey s uncle 1965 merlin jones tommy kirk, the whiz kid from the misadventures of merlin jones, returns with more hijinks in this twopart movie.
The monkey s uncle rated not rated us g canada, comedy. Its family fare on the hilarious side when the monkey s uncle raises havoc and millions of smiles. The monkey s uncle premiered on june 23rd, 1965 and went into wide release on august 18th. Similar films to watch if you like the monkeys uncle. Judge holmesby, the teams biggest fan, is at a loss for what to do. Products sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new 18901 red heart camp mug. Guys sort by featured best selling alphabetically, az alphabetically, za price, low to high price, high to low date, new to old date, old to new eric lindros the big e mens tee. The monkeys uncle 1965 stream and watch online moviefone. Jones invents a manpowered airplane and a sleeplearning system. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Campus brain tommy kirk invents sleepstudying and flying machine. Next post newer post previous post older post home. It was paired with the animated short freewayphobia. Disneys the monkeys uncle 1965 opening theme youtube.
Some continuity problems, but hey, if youre looking for great cinema you shouldnt be looking at a film called the monkey s uncle. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The movie was worth renting just to enjoy seeing annette and tommy kirk. Philip marlowe may be a tough guys tough guy, but when faced with a chimpanzee who starts to fling what a chimpanzee is known to fling, well, no one is that tough. Add to this the beach boys seeing with annette on a sherman brothers theme song, and youve got an okay, but not great disney film. The theme song is sung by the beach boys and annette funicello.
Sadly, it was tommy kirks last disney film, and it is just a silly comedy. Disney classics the monkeys uncle the monkeys uncle. Get a son of a monkey s uncle mug for your buddy abdul. Top film vf le film constantine 2 vf le film love jones 1997. The monkeys uncle is a crazy sequel to disneys the misadventures of merlin jones. Vhs trailer for the 1965 disney live action comedy the monkey s uncle, directed by robert stevenson and starring annette funicello. On the other hand, if you think annette funicello was. Cover version by dont stop please, with guest vocalist anna d. The beach boys the monkeys uncle lyrics genius lyrics.
College whizkid merlin tommy kirk reluctantly goes to work to prevent the schools football mascot from disappearing into oblivion. If youre into chimp films and if so, i really dont want to hear about it and you rented this one expecting to see a lot of monkey, you will be frustrated. Annett funicello and the beach boys kick off more fun than a barrel of. The monkeys uncle 1965 streaming sub ita film completo. From the opening credits where the lovely annette funicello and the irresistible beach boys start the movie with a title song penned by the renowned sherman brothers. The opening to the cute disney movie the monkey s uncle which is a sequel to the misadventures of merlin jones.
However it wasnt as successful as the previous film. Released 1965, the monkey s uncle stars tommy kirk, annette funicello, leon ames, frank faylen the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Adventures of philip marlowe the monkey s uncle march 7, 1950 yes, we all know the simians first line of defence. The coolest and most unique retro vintage baby and kids sports and pop culture tees for your little rock star. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 3 days to finish once started. Enter merlin jones, a bright college student, and his nephew stanley, an intelligent chimpanzee. The monkey s uncle is a 1965 walt disney movie, with the title song written by the sherman brothers and performed by annette funicello and the beach boys.
The title refers to a chimpanzee named stanley, merlins legal nephew a legal arrangement resulting from an experiment to raise. Coming attractions for you 2020s most anticipated movies. The film may have been amusingly prescient in its depiction of human powered flight. The first film is available on dvd and on netflix but i couldnt find it at my local library and i dont yet have netflix.
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