Bye Bye Monkey
| Bye Bye Monkey | |
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Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Marco Ferreri |
| Written by | Marco Ferreri Gérard Brach Rafael Azcona |
| Produced by | Maurice Bernart |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Marcello Mastroianni James Coco Gail Lawrence Geraldine Fitzgerald |
| Cinematography | Luciano Tovoli |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Philippe Sarde |
| Distributed by | Fida International Film (Italy) Gaumont Distribution (France) |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France |
| Language | English |
Bye Bye Monkey (Italian: Ciao maschio, French: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 Italian-French comedy-drama film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco, Gail Lawrence, and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is about a man who finds a baby chimpanzee in a giant King Kong prop, and decides to raise it like a son. It was filmed in English and shot in Long Island, New York. As this was a French-Italian co-production, French and Italian dubbed versions were made for their respective countries' theatrical releases.