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* CaliforniaDoubling: Except for certain "establishing" takes in Africa, most of the film was shot in UsefulNotes/CostaRica.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Except for certain "establishing" takes in Africa, most of Excluding the film occasional EstablishingShot here and there, the movie was shot largely filmed in UsefulNotes/CostaRica.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The book is full of technobabble, which was probably impressive when the book was published in 1980, but is now hilariously dated.
** A particularly amusing example is the 'amazingly sophisticated' computer that has 189K of memory.
** A particularly amusing example is the 'amazingly sophisticated' computer that has 189K of memory.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: The book is full of technobabble, which was probably impressive when the book was published in 1980, but is now hilariously dated.
**dated. A particularly amusing example is the 'amazingly sophisticated' computer that has 189K of memory.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There are rumors of a DeletedScene where one of the gorillas, in a pivotal scene in the movie, wields a laser gun. Nobody is sure if these rumored scenes exist, but Website/YouTube channel Funhaus has started an investigation after discussing it on their movie podcast. This is probably a misremembered conflation of the climactic scene where a laser gun is used ''against'' the gorillas by the human protagonists.
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* PopCultureUrbanLegends: There are rumors of a DeletedScene where one of the gorillas, in a pivotal scene in the movie, wields a laser gun. Nobody is sure if these rumored scenes exist, but Website/YouTube channel Funhaus has started an investigation after discussing it on their movie podcast. This is probably a misremembered conflation of the climactic scene where a laser gun is used ''against'' the gorillas by the human protagonists.
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** Creator/HughGrant and Creator/RobinWright both declined leading roles
** Creator/FrankMarshall originally intended to use the computer work pioneered on ''Film/JurassicPark'' for the gorillas, but opted for models as the computers weren't capable of reproducing hair.
** Creator/FrankMarshall originally intended to use the computer work pioneered on ''Film/JurassicPark'' for the gorillas, but opted for models as the computers weren't capable of reproducing hair.
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** Creator/HughGrant and Creator/RobinWright both declined leading roles
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** Creator/FrankMarshall originally intended to use the computer work pioneered on ''Film/JurassicPark'' for the gorillas, but opted formodels suits as the computers weren't yet capable of reproducing hair.
** Creator/FrankMarshall originally intended to use the computer work pioneered on ''Film/JurassicPark'' for the gorillas, but opted for
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* SequelInAnotherMedium: The film has a 1996 video game sequel, ''Congo The Movie: The Lost City of Zinj'' which is a FPS.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/LauraLinney. Though Linney had a few minor film and television roles before ''Congo'',[[note]]She had notably appeared as a singer accused of murder in ''Series/LawAndOrder'' the previous year[[/note]] she was mostly known for her theater work at this point in her career.
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* StarMakingRole: For Creator/LauraLinney. Though Linney had a few minor film and television roles before ''Congo'',[[note]]She had notably appeared as a singer accused of murder in ''Series/LawAndOrder'' the previous year[[/note]] she was mostly known for her theater work at this point in her career. Her performance was generally considered one of the movie's high points, and she wound up finding more prestigious film work soon afterwards.
