Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape (French: Pourquoi j'ai pas mangé mon père), also titled Evolution Man and Why I Did (Not) Eat My Father, is a 2015 computer-animated adventure comedy film directed by Jamel Debbouze in collaboration with producer Fred Fougea. The film is based on the 1960 novel The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis from an original screenplay by Fred Fougea and Jean-Luc Fromental.[3] An English dub of the film was released to DVD, but was censored for its dark tones.
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Directed by | Jamel Debbouze |
Screenplay by | Jamel Debbouze Fred Fougea Ahmed Hamid Victor Mayence Pierre Ponce John R. Smith Rob Sprackling |
Story by | Jamel Debbouze Fred Fougea Jean-Luc Fromental |
Based on | The Evolution Man by Roy Lewis |
Produced by | Fred Fougea Romain Le Grand |
Starring | Jamel Debbouze Mélissa Theuriau Arié Elmaleh |
Edited by | Dorian Rigal-Ansous |
Music by | Laurent Perez del Mar |
Production companies | Pathé Boréales Kiss Films M6 Films Cattleya uFilm |
Distributed by | Pathé Distribution |
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Running time | 113 minutes 91 minutes (English dub) |
Countries | Belgium China France Italy |
Languages | Chinese French Italian |
Budget | €32 million[1] |
Box office | $14.3 million[2] |
Animal Kingdom: Let's Go Ape received positive reviews in France, while the movie had negative reviews internationally for its uncanny valley appearances, it earned a 5.0 on IMDb.[citation needed]
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