Monkey Trouble

Monkey Trouble (1994)

Eva's new friend has big eyes, hairy feet, and very sticky fingers.

Dodger, a criminal monkey, belongs to a crooked street performer but escapes his life of crime only to end up in the arms of Eva, an innocent little girl whose mother has no idea that her daughter is harboring a fugitive.

Date of release
1994-03-18
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (222)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Comedy, Family
Director
Franco Amurri

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Los Angeles and California

Monkey Trouble is a 1994 comedy film directed by Franco Amurri and starring Thora Birch and Harvey Keitel. Amurri dedicated the film to his daughter Eva and named the film's protagonist after her.

Production

Development on the film, initially titled Pet, began at Paramount Pictures in 1991 with Franco Amurri attached after having done Flashback for the studio. The film came close to being greenlit twice at Paramount, until the project went into turnaround, which led to it being picked up by producer Mimi Polk of Ridley Scott's Percy Main Productions.

In May 1993, Pet was one of three active monkey/ape films announced to be in development along with Dunston Checks In (then known as Prime Mates) at 20th Century Fox and Ed (then known as You Should See Them Play) at Universal Pictures.

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