Donkey Kong Country (1997, Disney)

Donkey Kong Country is a 1997 action-adventure comedy film based on the popular Donkey Kong Country franchise. The film was directed and written by Stephen Sommers, produced by Roger Birnbaum and Jordan Kerner and released on October 31, 1997 by Walt Disney Pictures.

The film concerns Donkey Kong and the Kong Clan getting inadvertently transported to New York City, where they help a boy find a missing stone artifact stolen from an ancestor of his grandfather's friend.

Combining live-action, animatronics and computer-generated visual effects, the film was criticized by fans of Donkey Kong Country for its outlandish plot and creepy animatronics.

Plot
King K. Rool plans to destroy DK Island if Cranky Kong does not tell him the whereabouts of a mystical stone artifact known as the Stone Primate. When he refuses, King K. Rool tries to have them captured, but while the Kong Clan hides in a cave to plot a new strategy, they accidentally stumble into a hidden portal that transports them to New York City, where they meet Sam, a boy living with his grandfather's friend Shigeru. Shigeru tells them that a stone artifact, the same one that King K. Rool is after, was stolen from one of his ancestors and they go on a quest to find it, unaware that King K. Rool is following them.

Release dates
October 31 1997 (USA & Canada) December 12 1997 (Australia) December 12 1997 (New Zealand) December 25 1997 (Germany) December 26 1997 (Austria) December 26 1997 (Switzerland) January 9 1998 (Argentina) January 9 1998 (Brazil) February 13 1998 (Italy) February 27 1998 (Portugal) April 3 1998 (Ireland) April 3 1998 (UK) April 10 1998 (Spain) May 29 1998 (Hungary) June 19 1998 (Chile) June 19 1998 (Mexico) June 24 1998 (France) June 26 1998 (Denmark) June 26 1998 (Finland) June 26 1998 (Poland) July 3 1998 (Norway) July 3 1998 (Sweden) July 10 1998 (Philippines) July 18 1998 (Japan) September 11 1998 (Malaysia) September 18 1998 (Hong Kong) September 18 1998 (Singapore)

Cast
Kevin Bacon - Donkey Kong John Leguizamo - Diddy Kong Sarah Jessica Parker - Dixie Kong Tone Lōc - Funky Kong Christopher Lloyd - King K. Rook George Takei - Shigeru (MORE TBA)

 Home media 

The film was released on VHS and laserdisc on April 7, 1998 by Walt Disney Home Video and later in 1999 on DVD.