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RUNTIME
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87 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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MXP: Most Xtreme Primate
"King of the slopes!"
2004 1h 27m EN
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5.0
MID
★5.0TMDB · 34
Comedy
Synopsis
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The athletically inclined chimpanzee Jack takes to the slopes. After meeting with some children in Colorado, the charming creature soon tears up the mountainside on a snowboard.
“King of the slopes!”
Cast
James Crescenzo
Paulie
Robby Benson
Edward
Devin Douglas Drewitz
Pete
Trevor Wright
Jay
Ian Bagg
Gilfred
Rob Tinkler
Stanley
Gwynyth Walsh
Julie
Nicole McKay
Howeena
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Robert Vince
- Writers
- Anne Vince, Anne Vince, Anna Singer
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Countries
- Canada
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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Released 22 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
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4 / 8
CINEMA
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Part of the "MVP Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Robert Vince, shot by Mike Southon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Brahm Wenger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Kelly Herron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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James Crescenzo and Robby Benson and Devin Douglas Drewitz carry the top of the cast.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Robert Vince directs. Mike Southon behind the camera. Brahm Wenger scores. Kelly Herron cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada. Dialogue in English, Italian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 187 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Released 22 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Italian.
- 4Part of the "MVP Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
- 5Directed by Robert Vince, shot by Mike Southon. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 6Original score by Brahm Wenger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 7Editor Kelly Herron shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 8James Crescenzo and Robby Benson and Devin Douglas Drewitz carry the top of the cast.
- 9Marketing tagline: "King of the slopes!".
- 10IMDB entry: tt0330588 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 11Only 34 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Mike Southon
- Original score
- Brahm Wenger
- Editing
- Kelly Herron
- Production design
- Chris August
- Costume design
- Michelle Hunter
- Runtime
- 87 min · 1h 27m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- G
Part of
MVP Collection
Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who has been the subject of a long-term experiment by Dr. Kendall, a researcher who been teaching Jack to communicate through sign language. ack scrambles onto the ice in the midst of practice for Steven's junior league hockey team, and he and his teammates discover the monkey has a natural talent for the game.
Also by
Robert Vince
Trailers & featurettes
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Community reviews
What people are saying
- r96sk★ 5/10
So the trilogy ends here. Whatta ride! It has been a pleasure. 😓 <em>'MXP: Most Xtreme Primate'</em>, in seriousness, is the worst of the three, hardly a surprise I know. Yet again I didn't dislike the time I spent watching this, though there is simply nothing to really praise about it. The story is more mundane than prior installments. Things aren't helped by the fact that the snowboarding gimmick wears thin quick due to it's near verbatim reproduction of the skateboarding subplot from <em>'MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate'</em>. The other subplot with the thiefs is quite bad too, these two characters barely feature and yet still manage to whip out two racially insensitive, at best, 'gags'. The cast are fine, nothing really worth noting. I did notice a young Alexander Ludwig appear for a few seconds though, interesting that these Robert Vince pictures do tend to have a familar face pop up in random spots; Ludwig here, Zendaya (!) in <em>'Super Buddies'</em>... This one of the three-part does, at least, have the 'best' end credits, gag reel and canonical amateur garage band included! So long, Jack!
Production companies
Who made it
- FI
Film Incentive B.C.
- FU
Funky Monkey Productions
CA
- KE
Keystone Pictures
CA
- AI
Air Bud Entertainment
Key crew
- Costume DesignMichelle Hunter
- EditorKelly Herron
- CastingLorna Johnson
- Production ManagerIan Birkett
- Art DirectionAdam Parboosingh
- Production DesignChris August
- Set DecorationShannon Murphy
- ProducerAnna McRoberts
- Executive ProducerKevin Kasha
- ProducerRobert Vince
- Executive ProducerAnne Vince
- Dolly GripDaryl Hartwell
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2004-01-20G
Also known as
International titles
- VIP: Velmi inteligentní primátCS
- Jack il cicloneIT
- Mimoriadne extrémny primátSK
- Majom a havonHU
- MVP 3US
- Jack 3 - Extrem coolDE
