Bye Bye Monkey

Bye Bye Monkey
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Directed by	Marco Ferreri
Produced by	Maurice Bernart
Written by	Marco Ferreri Gérard Brach Rafael Azcona
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Marcello Mastroianni James Coco Gail Lawrence Geraldine Fitzgerald
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Cinematography	Luciano Tovoli
Editing by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Release date(s)	February 24 1978 (Italy)
Running time	114 min.
Country	France Italy
Language	English

Bye Bye Monkey (Italian: Ciao maschio, French: Rêve de singe) is a 1978 film, directed by Marco Ferreri and starring Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco and Geraldine Fitzgerald. It is about a man who brings King Kong's orphaned son to the city to raise it. 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.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu - Gerard Lafayette
• Marcello Mastroianni - Luigi Nocello
• James Coco - Andreas Flaxman
• Geraldine Fitzgerald - Mrs. Toland
• Abigail Clayton - Angelica (as Gail Lawrence)
• Stefania Casini - Feminist Actress
• Francesca De Sapio
• Mimsy Farmer - Feminist Actress
• Avon Long - Miko
• Nathalie Bernart
• Sandra Monteleoni
• Enrico Blasi
• Anselma Dell'Ollo
• Luciano Pallocchia
• Achille Antonaglia

Awards

The film was presented at the official competition of the 1978 Cannes Film Festival and received the Grand Prize of the Jury, in tie with Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout.

External links

• Bye Bye Monkey at the Internet Movie Database
• Bye Bye Monkey at AllRovi

Awards
Preceded by Cría Cuervos tied with La Marquise d'O...	Grand Prix Spécial du Jury, Cannes 1977 tied with The Shout	Succeeded by Siberiade