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CAROLINE THOMPSON - Writer / Director

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The Legend of Renee Russo

I was chastised for not making it more for children. The Renee Russo character did have every single one of those realizations that you just described, but out of setting the gorilla to the circus, she had enough heart to give him a better life. It seems like the film has strong parallels with King Kong as well. And I think part of it is that it was Henson's first non-muppet movie.

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