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Overview

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Director:
Robert Vince
Writers:
Anne Vince (written by) &
Robert Vince (written by)
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Release Date:
11 August 2000 (Canada) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Sport more
Tagline:
Jack skates a little faster... Shoots a little harder... And is driving everyone bananas.
Plot:
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 2 nominations more
User Comments:
Distracted by wretched casting, depiction more (14 total)

Cast

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Bernie ... Jack
Louie ... Jack
Mac ... Jack
Russell Ferrier ... Darren
Lomax Study ... Dr. Kendall

Kevin Zegers ... Steven Westover
Jamie Renée Smith ... Tara Westover
Alexa Fox ... Jane (as Alexa Benette Fox)

Jane Sowerby ... Julie Beston
Ingrid Tesch ... Susie Westover

Philip Granger ... Mark Westover
Rick Ducommun ... Coach Marlowe
Aaron Smolinski ... Pete
Shane Vajda ... Moose

Trevor Roberts ... Larry
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Snapshot (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for some mild language.
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
Canada | USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Iceland:L | Netherlands:6 | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Hong Kong:I | Spain:T | UK:PG | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
GM Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada more
Company:
Keystone Family Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Moose: [to Steven, after slips and falls against the boards] Y'all right there, Yankee boy?
[Steven proceeds to defend himself, and leaps over the bench at him]
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Chimp's a Champ: The Making of a Star Hockey Player (2001) (V) more
Soundtrack:
It Feels Like Magic more

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User Comments

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Distracted by wretched casting, depiction, 22 April 2003
Author: i_has_spoken from Washington, USA

As a future ASL interpreter and general Deaf culture enthusiast, I watch any movie I can find with sign language or Deaf characters. Imagine my shock when, not only was the character of Tara not played by a Deaf actress, she was not portrayed very well by the hearing one! I understand that this was a subplot, and probably not a very important one to most people (after all, there was an animal on screen! Doing human-y things!), but some accuracy could have been striven for. Of all the Deaf and hearing impaired children I have worked with and been friends with, not one of them signs with their mouth shut. In fact, ASL has a very strong facial element, involving mouth movement and some sounds. And any family that knew how to sign would hopefully not force their child to lipread at home. Even the best lipreader only gets about 70% of the words spoken compared to 100% of the words signed in the beautiful and eloquent language called ASL. If a movie-making team can't spend the time and effort to get a Deaf character right, they shouldn't include one at all. I appreciate they had to have someone who could communicate with the chimp, but they could have made up something much more believable than a semi-famous hearing actress trying to convince me she's Deaf. Like the chimp learning to talk for the role.

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