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Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
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Todd Holland
directed this Charlie Peters adaptation of Frank Parkin's novel. Respected anthropologist James Krippendorf (
Richard Dreyfuss
) and his wife, Jennifer (
Barbara Williams
), bring their three children along during their failed search in New Guinea for a lost tribe. After Jennifer's death, James reaches a zero point back in the U.S., having spent all his foundation grant money raising the kids as a single parent. Scheduled to lecture at a college and fearful he could be charged with misuse of grant funds, James concocts an imaginary tribe, the Shelmikedmu, and fakes a 16 mm "documentary" film, casting his children as tribe members and editing in footage of a legit New Guinea tribe. Anthropologist Veronica Micelli (
Jenna Elfman
) contacts cable-TV producer Henry Spivey (
David Ogden Stiers
), forcing James to continue creating fraudulent footage as the rival Ruth Allen (
Lily Tomlin
) gets suspicious. It seems a shame this racially insensitive film was made, while the once-announced plans to film anthropologist Kenneth Good's nonfiction Into the Heart (Simon & Schuster, 1991) never led to a production. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Doris Belack
President Porter
Julio Oscar Mechoso
Simon Alonso
Zakes Mokae
Sulukim
Tom Poston
Gordon Harding
Stephen Root
Gerald Adams
David Ogden Stiers
Henry Spivey
Elaine Stritch
Irene Harding
Barbara Williams
Jennifer Krippendorf
Richard Dreyfuss
James Krippendorf
Lily Tomlin
Ruth Allen
Gregory Smith
Mickey
Siobhan Fallon
Lori Hayward
Natasha Lyonne
Shelly
Carl Michael Lindner
Edmund
Jenna Elfman
Veronica Micelli
Production Crew
Bill Rea
Art Director
Frank Parkin
Book Author
Jackie Burch
Casting
Dean Cundey
Cinematographer
Bruce Broughton
Composer (Music Score)
Isis Mussenden
Costume Designer
Todd Holland
Director
Jon Poll
Editor
Ross Canter
Executive Producer
Whitney Green
Executive Producer
Ellen H. Schwartz
First Assistant Director
Larry Brezner
Producer
Scott A. Chambliss
Production Designer
Charlie Peters
Screenwriter
Karen Manthey
Set Designer
James E. Webb
Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 1998
Runtime: 94
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for sexual humor
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Sound
Dolby Digital
Produced by
Morra, Brezner, Steinberg & Tenenbaum Entertainment
RIchard Dreyfuss
Touchstone Pictures
Release
by Buena Vista
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