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George of the Jungle is a 1997 movie starring Brendan Fraser. It is based off the older cartoon of the same name and generally similar premise.

Fraser plays George, a dim-witted jungle dweller who was raised by the animals after being stranded as a child (an obvious enough play on Tarzan). George is clumsy and constantly swinging into rather painful objects, but he takes these mishaps in stride and keeps on going, blissfully happy.

But all that changes when a beautiful woman enters his life, a woman who brings two poachers in disguise with her. one of the poachers shoots George and, in an attempt to save him, the woman whisks him off to the big city - where, naturally, George gets into plenty of trouble.

But the antics don’t last long as George must eventually try and rescue his ape friend - who can speak, no less - from the poachers, who are looking to take advantage of his linguistic talents. What follows is a light-hearted romp through forest and city alike that, naturally, ends well enough.

George in the Jungle proved popular enough among the kids that it spawned a sequel, though Fraser wasn’t around for the second iteration.