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Project X is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jonathan Kaplan released in USA on 17 april 1987 with Matthew Broderick
Project X (1987)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 17 april 1987
Length 1h48
Directed by Jonathan Kaplan
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Medical-themed films, Comedy science fiction films, Films about apes, Films about disabilities, Political films, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Rating62%
Project X is a 1987 American science fiction-comedy-drama film produced by Walter F. Parkes and Lawrence Lasker, directed by Jonathan Kaplan and starring Matthew Broderick and Helen Hunt. The plot revolves around a young USAF officer (Broderick) and a graduate student (Hunt) who are assigned to take care of chimpanzees used for a secret army project.
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The film begins with graduate student Teri MacDonald (Helen Hunt) and her work training a chimpanzee named Virgil to use American Sign Language. When her research grant is not renewed, Virgil is taken away. Teri is told that Virgil will be sent to a zoo. Instead, he is taken to an Air Force base to be used in a top-secret research project involving platforms designed to simulate the operation of aircraft.Actors
Matthew Broderick
(Jimmy Garrett)
Helen Hunt
(Teri Macdonald)
William Sadler
(Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler))
Stephen Lang
(Watts)
Jonathan Stark
(Sgt. Krieger)
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