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When heiress
Ursula Stanhope returns to the states with George of the Jungle,
they trade in their tree house for Ursula's pad in the Tamalpais Building,
1201 Greenwich Street on Russian Hill. The 1997 live action version of
the Jay Ward cartoon from the '60s is a good breather from intellectual
films and indies. The script is pretty crappy but it moves along. George
of the Jungle actually has an elephant crap scene, as well a pee one, so
this criticism shouldn't be considered too unjust even by fans. After finding
George on safari, Ursula falls in love with the happy-go-lucky jungle man.
As George, Brendan Fraser's role is written in Hollywood Tarzenglish. He
looks good in a loincloth. On his San Francisco sojourn, George visits
Neiman
Marcus, which he refers to as "a big, shiny cave." Also seen are a
few good cityscapes, a passing
cable car,
the Fairmont Hotel, Lombard
Street, and some authentic sidewalk moments. But the real pay off is
George's dramatic Bay Bridge rescue scene.
Directed by Sam Weisman, with Leslie Mann as Ursula.
Mayor
Willie Brown has a short speaking part, as himself, in a scene with
Holland Taylor, who plays Ursula's socialite mother.
First
Bank, 550 Montgomery Street ("Stanhope Bank")
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