"Isn't it amazing that all of this came out of that little book?" The Orchard has revealed an official trailer for the documentary titled Monkey Business: The Adventures of Curious George's Creators, telling the story of the creators of everyone's favorite little monkey, Curious George. Created by Hans and Margret Rey, they eventually had to flee from Paris at the beginning of World War II to escape the Nazis, and they were luckily able to smuggle out the first manuscript of what would become the very first Curious George book. The doc tells their story, not only escaping the Nazis, but also how they came together and originally envisioned the idea for the beloved children's books. Monkey Business was successfully got funding on Kickstarter in 2016, and will be released this month for anyone excited to watch this. Featuring narration by Sam Waterson, and adorable animated scenes, this looks like a...
- 8/13/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Orchard is ready for some Monkey Business.
The distribution company has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Waterston-narrated documentary Monkey Business: The Adventure of Curious George's Creators, which tells the largely unknown story of George’s creators, Hans and Margret Rey.
The Reys fled from Nazi-occupied France, ending up in America, where they created one of the most treasured children's-book protagonists, Curious George, who has starred in TV series and movies, including a live-action film currently in the works at Universal.
First-time feature director Ema Ryan Yamazaki helmed Monkey Business, which was crowdfunded through Kickstarter.
Yamazaki obtained 300 boxes of the Reys’ personal archives for the...
The distribution company has acquired the worldwide rights to the Sam Waterston-narrated documentary Monkey Business: The Adventure of Curious George's Creators, which tells the largely unknown story of George’s creators, Hans and Margret Rey.
The Reys fled from Nazi-occupied France, ending up in America, where they created one of the most treasured children's-book protagonists, Curious George, who has starred in TV series and movies, including a live-action film currently in the works at Universal.
First-time feature director Ema Ryan Yamazaki helmed Monkey Business, which was crowdfunded through Kickstarter.
Yamazaki obtained 300 boxes of the Reys’ personal archives for the...
- 12/20/2016
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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