Send a Gorilla

So You Think You've Had a Rough Day

1988•1h 36m•

★5.7(3 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

The girls and gorillas at a singing telegram company are overworked because it is Valentine's Day. A series of sub-plots - a sexist disc jockey loses his dog and the girls fine it; one of the girls fights for custody of her child; an aspiring opera singer gets her chance to audition; and evil developer demolishes the telegram company's offices, etc, which all adds up to a large dose of confusion.

Director

Melanie Read

Writers

Melanie Read

Watchlist

Main Cast

Carmel McGlone

Clare

Katherine McRae

Joy

Perry Piercy

Vicki

John Callen

Chris Dean

Lani John Tupu

Send a Gorilla

So You Think You've Had a Rough Day

1988•1h 36m•

★5.7(3 ratings)

Comedy

Overview

Director

Melanie Read

Writers

Melanie Read

Watchlist

Main Cast

Carmel McGlone

Clare

Katherine McRae

Joy

Perry Piercy

Vicki

John Callen

Chris Dean

Lani John Tupu

Full Crew

Music & Sound

Original Music Composer: Peter Blake

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Wayne Vinten

Editing

Editor: Paul Sutorius

Art Direction

Production Design: Kirsten Shouler

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Supervisor: Lyndsay Meager

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "So You Think You've Had a Rough Day"

The runtime is 96 minutes (1h 36m).

The film was directed by Melanie Read.

The screenplay was written by Melanie Read.

The score was composed by Peter Blake.

Cinematography was handled by Wayne Vinten.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0135646.

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Rating

5.7/10

Average

3 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Send a Gorilla

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Production Companies:

New Zealand Film Commission

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Send a Gorilla

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Carmel McGlone

Katherine McRae

Perry Piercy

John Callen

Lani John Tupu

Send a Gorilla

Overview

Director

Writers

Main Cast

Carmel McGlone

Katherine McRae

Perry Piercy

John Callen

Lani John Tupu

William Kircher

Rima Te Wiata

Kim Buchanan

Ann Pacey

Miranda Harcourt

Michael Haigh

Ian Watkin

Full Crew

Direction

Writing

Production

Music & Sound

Cinematography

Editing

Art Direction

Costume & Make-Up

Keywords

Did You Know?

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