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Tarzan to the rescue! If not fiscally, then artistically. From the first images, the picture chest-thumps its narrative expertise. A shipwreck brings the baby Tarzan's parents to the jungles of East Africa; they die violently in a leopard attack; a baby gorilla is killed by the same leopard, Sabor; the grieving gorilla mother Kala (voiced by Glenn Close) discovers the humans' corpses and their living child; she saves the child from Sabor and decides to rear the human as her own; Kala's mate Kerchak (Lance Henriksen) gruffly, suspiciously accedes to her wish. All this--basically, the start...
...strapped into a "scoop" (cab) that twists and lurches in the dark while 3-D images of destruction explode from 25 large movie screens to the accompaniment of cunning fire and water effects. Spider-Man jumps onto the hood of the scoop, Doctor Octopus shakes it like a gorilla with a new toy, Hobgoblin tosses flaming pumpkins, Electro makes malefic use of a giant socket plug, Hydro Man spritzes everyone, and the scoop plummets what feels like hundreds of feet from the sky into concrete canyons that suddenly seem grand--Grand Guignol, that is. By the happy-ending salvation...
Having reached an agreement with team owners over that thorny lock-out issue, the NBA players association has turned to another matter plaguing professional basketball: impudent mascots. The association has filed a complaint against the Phoenix Suns, alleging that the team's mascot, the GORILLA, insulted visiting Sacramento Kings center OLIVER MILLER. At a recent game the Gorilla donned a Kings jersey with Miller's No. 8 on it and stuffed it with pillows, a rather unkind jab at Miller's robust 6-ft. 9-in., 370-lb. physique. Miller called the skit racist and said it embarrassed...
...Uganda's burgeoning income from tourism. But the real explanation may be more mundane. "They took a lot of very good gear, rain jackets, boots, backpacks," says a Nairobi diplomat. "These guys were wearing old jeans and T shirts. They were very happy, very excited with what they got." Gorilla-watching expeditions to remote preserves were once limited to the likes of Dian Fossey, the American researcher who lived for 18 years in the Rwandan forests before her murder in 1985. But adventure-holiday companies now take thrill-seeking vacationers into the jungles too. Escorted only by lightly armed rangers...
...While heart-shaped pizza may be cute, nothing beats a chickengram. Call Broadway Babies, a Boston company that specializes in singing telegrams, stripteases and belly dancers. Gorillagrams come standard with a guy in a gorilla suit who not only sings and dances but bears balloons, candy and champagne. The classic chickengram is another option. Broadway Babies’ animal line generally runs $105-130. Also available: singing celebrity impersonators. Choose between Marilyn Monroe, Elvis and Pavarotti. These high-end telegrams cost about $200, plus tip. All this assumes, of course, that the gorilla guy can make his housecall sans keycard...