Born to Be Wild (1995)
"What do you do when your best friend's a 400-pound gorilla? Anything she likes."

Title: Born to Be Wild
Original Title: Born to Be Wild
Release Date: 1995-03-31
Status: Released
Rating: 5.4/10 (from 37 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Drama, Family
Production Companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Outlaw Productions
Rick Heller is a juvenile delinquent who keeps getting himself into trouble. To keep him out of trouble his mother puts him to work cleaning the cage of a gorilla named Katie which she is teaching to communicate through the use of sign language. When the owner of the gorilla takes her back to become a flea market freak Rick takes it upon himself to break Katie out and take her on an adventurous journey to get her out of the country.
Cast

Wil Horneff
Rick Heller

Helen Shaver
Margaret Heller

John C. McGinley
Max Carr

Jean Marie Barnwell
Lacey Carr

Peter Boyle
Gus Charnley

Leif Tilden
Katie The Gorilla

Gregory Itzin
Walter Mallinson

Titus Welliver
Sergeant Bo Markle

Thomas F. Wilson
Det. Lou Greenberg (as Tom Wilson)

Marvin J. McIntyre
Bob the Paramedic