猴年來了：盤點與猴有關的經典電影
Everybody loves monkeys. Hollywood knows this. Put a monkey in your movie and you're guaranteed some degree of success, be it in the form of an instant smash hit, or a cult following that develops over time. Monkeys equal comedy gold!
猴子人見人愛，好萊塢深諳個中之道。讓猴子在電影里亮個相，保不齊會立刻賺得缽滿盆滿，或者隨著時間的推移成為經典佳片。猴子可謂一張喜劇王牌！
According to the Chinese calendar, 2023 is the year of the Monkey. We thought we'd compile a list of the greatest monkey movies ever. And before any of you hard-nosed primatologoly majors out there send us hate mail, please understand that we're using the term monkey informally, referring to all non-human simians. That includes monkeys, as well as apes like the gorilla, chimpanzee and orangutan. Now, with that technicality out of the way, here's our list of Top 10 Monkey Movies.
既然今年是農歷猴年，我們便為大家準備了一場電影盛宴，每部片中均有猴子的身影。筆者在此事先聲明，本文所說的“猴子泛指一切人類以外的類人猿，包括大猩猩、黑猩猩、褐猿等各類猿猴，所以請愛咬文嚼字的動物學究們就不要來信拍我們了。好了，掃清了學術上的障礙之后，接下來咱們就來看“與猴相關的十大佳片。
10. Project X
《X計劃》
If the monkey section of your DVD library doesn't include Matthew Broderick's 1987 film, Project X, then you're missing one of the essential films in the primate genre. Broderick had made a name for himself a few years earlier playing "global thermonuclear war" in WarGames, but this film from The Accused director Jonathan Kaplan sees him trade Ally Sheedy and "Joshua" in for Helen Hunt and a chimpanzee named Virgil. He plays Jimmy, an Air Force soldier who learns of an experimental military project involving chimpanzees trained to operate flight simulators. The chimp at the center of the film, Virgil, is sent to the program after the research grant of his hottie caretaker (Hunt) is not renewed. Unfortunately, the project, which involves exposure to massive pulses of radiation, has a nasty side effect for the primate participants: death. Can Jimmy save the chimp and bag the broad? We don't wanna ruin it... but yes.
這部1987年的電影由馬修·布羅德里克擔綱主演，是“猴子電影的經典之作。此前，布羅德里克出演《戰爭游戲》，過了把玩“全球熱核戰的癮，名聲大噪。本片由執導過《暴劫梨花》的喬納森·卡普蘭執導。與布羅德里克對戲的不是艾麗·西蒂，也不是詹姆斯·阿克曼，而是女星海倫·亨特與一只名叫維吉爾的黑猩猩。布羅德里克飾演主角吉米，是一名空軍戰士，偶然發現了軍方訓練黑猩猩開飛機的實驗項目。亨特飾演的性感馴獸師缺少經費，不得不將維吉爾送去做實驗。然而，“X計劃的輻射太強，不少黑猩猩沒過多久便一命嗚呼。吉米能做一回救猩猩的英雄、同時抱得美人歸嗎？我不該劇透的……是的，他做到了。
Banana Bonus: Heavy-handed message about animal experimentation and chimps flying planes!
看點：可怕的動物實驗，酷炫的猩猩駕機！
9. Curious George
《好奇的喬治》
The 2006 animated Curious George film takes a few liberties with the classic stories created by H.A. and Margret Rey, but it stays true to the playful tone of the tales about a curious little monkey named George and his frequently exasperated owner, The Man in the Yellow Hat. The Universal Animation Studios adaptation is overwhelmingly cute at times, but never unpleasantly so. Will Ferrell voices Ted -- yes, The Man in the Yellow hat gets a name. He also gets a love interest in Drew Barrymore's Maggie. And while big-name voice actors usually equal annoying shtick, this is the rare contemporary animated film that's completely free of irony, gross-out moments, and witty pop culture references. It's sweet and simple -- the perfect animated kid flick.
這部2006年的影片改編自H·A·雷伊與瑪格麗特·雷伊的經典童話，既保留了原作的天真風格，亦有所創新。本片主角是一只名叫喬治的小猴，以及它那脾氣暴躁的主人——黃帽男。本片由環球動畫出品，童趣十足，恰到好處。威爾·法瑞爾獻聲“黃帽男泰德，片中女友瑪吉則由德魯·巴里摩爾配音。《好奇的喬治》云集諸多大牌，專為兒童打造。片中沒有冷嘲熱諷、粗口暴力，更沒有任何無腦笑梗。就這樣一部簡簡單單的兒童動畫，溫馨甜蜜。
Banana Bonus: The cool mix of traditional animation with computer-generated 3-D environments.
看點：傳統動畫，3D視效。
8. Bedtime for Bonzo
《君子紅顏》
As President, he ended the Cold War. But Ronald Regan's greatest cinematic accomplishment saw him dealing with a conflict of a completely different kind: the question of nature versus nurture, as explored through the upbringing of a kooky, pajama-wearing chimpanzee. The 1951 comedy Bedtime for Bonzostarred the then-future leader of the free world as Professor Peter Boyd, who attempts to raise a chimp and teach it human behavior to solve the age-old quandry of whether an individual's innate qualities or life experiences matter most in their personal development. And of course there's a lady-friend that gets mixed up in the shenanigans... Boyd hires a woman (Diana Lynn) to pose as Bonzo's mother, while he plays the father.
作為總統，里根結束了冷戰。但在這部奠定他影史地位的影片中，里根卻要面對一個完全不同的棘手問題：通過養育猴子來探究“先天和“后天對人性的影響。《君子紅顏》拍攝于1951年，彼時的里根尚未登上總統寶座。他在片中飾演皮特·伯義德教授，養了一只行為古怪、喜穿睡衣的大猩猩。伯義德試圖教這只猩猩從事人類行為，進而探究在人類發展過程中，到底是先天因素占主導，還是后天經歷更重要。當然，此類插科打諢的電影少不了一位女主……伯義德雇了一名女助手（戴安娜·琳飾）扮演猩猩的生母，自己則扮演生父。
Banana Bonus: Ronald Regan bottle-feeding a chimp!
看點：羅納德·里根給猩猩喂奶！（別誤會，是用奶瓶喂的。）
7. Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan
《泰山王子》
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, directed by Chariots of Fire helmer Hugh Hudson, is notable for taking the Tarzan story back to its roots and ditching the campy trappings that the tale had taken on over the years. It's a more serious spin on the classic story of a boy lost in the jungle and raised by a family of apes. The 1984 film is also notable for the incredibly realistic apes -- even by today's standards -- created by effects guru Rick Baker. The ape-effects are great, but if you're looking for a Tarzan flick with some guy swinging around in the trees, this might not be for you. Just as in Burroughs' novel, the apes in the film have primitive language skills.
《泰山王子》出自《烈火戰車》導演休·赫德森之手。泰山的故事已被演繹出諸多傳奇，不過該片返璞歸真，在最經典的泰山劇情上（小男孩在森林中迷失，被猿猴一家養大）進行改編，不失嚴肅。在這部1984年的影片中，其人猿形象由當時的視效大師瑞克·貝克打造，可謂栩栩如生，以今日標準看來依舊出色。雖說本片場景逼真，但并沒有那種泰山電影常有的“叢林間蕩來蕩去的鏡頭。與巴勒斯的原著小說一樣，本片中猿猴一家使用的都是最原始的交流方式。
Banana Bonus: The Highlander loves monkeys, too!
看點：含蓄的英國人也是泰山的忠實粉絲噢！（譯者注：導演休·赫德森是英國人）
6. Every Which Way But Loose
《永不低頭》
The late-1970s to early-80s were the golden age of ape entertainment, with the era's crowning glory being the 1978 Clint Eastwood comedy Every Which Way But Loose. The oddball comedy starred Eastwood as a trucker searching the West for his fleeing love interest (Sondra Locke) while accompanied by his manager Orville and pet orangutan, Clyde. The movie didn't earn Eastwood any cred with critics, in fact it was almost universally panned upon release, but it struck a chord with audiences, perhaps drawn in by the irony of the spaghetti western toughguy appearing in such a silly affair. Every Which Way But Loose made big money at the box office and spawned a sequel, 1980's equally impressive Any Which Way You Can.
上世紀70年代末至80年代初，好萊塢迎來了“猴子電影的黃金時代。1978年，克林特·伊斯特伍德以怪誕喜劇《永不低頭》將“猴片時代推向高潮。伊斯特伍德在片中飾演一名貨車司機，帶著自己的經紀人厄維爾和猩猩寵物克萊德，開遍美國大西部，只為尋回離他而去的愛人（桑德拉·洛克飾）。此片在影評人那里的口碑不佳，發行之初頻遭吐槽。但不少觀眾卻在影片中找到了共鳴，或許因為看到伊斯特伍德這樣的銀屏硬漢，現身意式西部諷刺片中，不失滑稽。《永不低頭》票房大賣，還在兩年后出了續集《金拳大對決》，反響同樣不錯。
Banana Bonus: C'mon! It's Dirty Harry and an orangutan!
看點：看伊斯特伍德和猩猩搭戲，多有意思啊！
5. Monkey Shines
《幻海魔靈》
George A. Romero may be best known for his Dead films, but 1988 saw him venture into non-zombie territory, adapting the Michael Stewart horror novel Monkey Shines for the screen. The film follows a quadruplegic who is aided in his daily tasks by a monkey named Ella -- the product of a scientific experiment involving the injection of human brain matter. Ella takes care of things around the house and all is hunky-dory until the man develops a romantic relationship with a specialist he's been seeing. The monkey then goes all Fatal Attraction on him.
喬治·A·羅梅羅以“活死人系列聞名影壇。1988年，他改編邁克爾·斯圖爾特的恐怖小說《幻海魔靈》，首次試水非僵尸電影。該片主角四肢癱瘓，日常生活無法自理，由智能猴子艾拉照顧他。艾拉是個實驗品，被注入人腦細胞的她，將房子打理得井井有條。直到男主角愛上了他的主治醫生，平靜的生活才被打亂。艾拉怒火中燒，成了男主生命中的“致命誘惑。
Banana Bonus: Creepy monkey nightmares guaranteed.
看點：猿猴成瘋，夢魘來襲。
4. Gorillas in the Mist
《霧中猩猩》
Sigourney Weaver stars in this true story as renowned naturalist Dian Fossey who dedicated her life to studying the rare mountain gorillas of the Congo jungle. Fossey gets up close and personal with the gorillas, often working within feet of them and even develops a way to communicate with the beasts. She takes up their cause with the Rwandan government, hoping to put an end to the horrendous poaching in the area, but is dismissed. Fossey then sets out on a personal crusade to take care of it herself -- even staging a fake execution of one of the poachers in an attempt to frighten away tribesmen that would continue the practice. On December 26, 1985, Fossey is mysteriously murdered in the bedroom of her cabin.
該片由真實事件改編。西格妮·韋弗出演著名的自然學家黛安·福西。她將畢生精力投入了剛果叢林稀有的高山猩猩的研究中。福西與猩猩近距離接觸，全身心投入，工作時與它們僅幾步之遙，甚至能用某種方式和它們進行溝通。福西向盧旺達政府諫言，呼吁當局出臺規定，終止猖獗的偷獵，卻無人理會。福西不得不憑一己之力對抗偷獵者——甚至模擬了一番行刑，以殺雞儆猴。然而，1985年12月26日，福西在小屋床上遭神秘人殺害。
Banana Bonus: Wasn't that awesome when Ripley took out that poacher with the grappling-gun and blasted him into space!? Oh, wait. We're confused.
看點：看著大熒幕上的里普利手持矛槍，毫不留情地將偷獵者統統射入太空中，是不是想大呼過癮！？等等，好像是《異形》亂入了……（譯者注：里普利是西格妮·韋弗在《異形》中的角色）
3. Mighty Joe Young
《巨猿喬揚》
Swiped from his African home, Joe -- a powerful giant gorilla -- becomes a sensation on the Hollywood scene. Performing at a nightclub, he shows off his abilities by doing things like winning a game of tug-of-war against 10 strongmen. But Joe's gotten homesick. During an organ-grinder act with one of his keepers, the lovely Jill, Joe storms off the stage. A few winos slip him some booze, and that's when all hell breaks loose. Joe goes on a rampage, and a court orders the beast put to death. That's when Jill and her friends come up with a plan to save the gorilla and get him back home. Joe redeems himself at the end of the picture, in a well-staged scene where he rescues children from a burning orphanage -- it's regarded as one of the greatest stop-motion sequences in movie history.
力大無比的喬本是來自非洲的一只大猩猩，卻陰差陽錯成了好萊塢明星。喬在一家夜總會工作，憑借力氣大謀生：比如扳手腕，他竟能以一敵十。身處花花世界，喬卻有些思鄉。一次在與善良的馴獸師吉爾共同演奏風琴時，他瘋了似地沖下臺。之后被幾個酒鬼灌了點酒，事情變得一發不可收拾：他徹底發了狂。法院下令，將他處死。吉爾和她的朋友打算把喬救出監獄，送他回故鄉。影片結尾處，喬的靈魂終獲救贖：一家孤兒院不慎失火，喬沖入火中，救出了所有孩子。片中這一幕拍的很好，已成為影史上延時拍攝的經典。
Banana Bonus: Charlize Theron might've looked hot in the 1998 remake, but '50s pinup Terry Moore was total babe sauce in the 1949 original.
看點：1998年，新版《巨猿喬揚》上映，主演查理茲·塞隆性感撩人。不過，依舊掩蓋不了1949年原版中泰瑞·摩爾的風采。
2. Planet of the Apes
《人猿星球》
American astronauts (led by Charlton Heston as the gruff Taylor) crash land on a planet where sentient apes are dominant and humans are a primitive, inarticulate slave class. Ape scientists Cornelius (Roddy McDowell) and Dr. Zira (Kim Hunter) become fascinated by and protective of Taylor because he is able to speak and reason. Determined to discover the dark secret of the ape civilization's past, the cynical Taylor instead finds out that his own worst suspicions about mankind's destructive nature have been horrifically realized in the film's powerful ending. The movie spawned an entire franchise... but let's just forget about that Tim Burton-Mark Wahlberg remake, shall we?
三名美國宇航員（隊長是喬治·泰勒，查爾登·海斯頓飾）遭遇飛船失事，流落到某星球。在那里，一種有認知力的人猿主宰著世界，而人類卻成了遭受奴役的低等動物，甚至不會說話。人猿“科學家考耐利斯（羅迪·麥克道爾飾）和吉拉（金·亨特飾）發現泰勒既能說話，也能思考，對他很是好奇，還保護他免受反派人猿的迫害。泰勒決定揭開人猿文明的秘密。不過，影片結尾的真相卻讓他毛骨悚然。原來，這一切的劫難，竟是由人類自己釀成的。該片有不少衍生電影，不過蒂姆·波頓攜手馬克·沃爾伯格的翻拍版，咱還是別提了為好。
Banana Bonus: Ape-human action like this...
看點：類似這種的猿與人互動……
1. King Kong
《金剛》
"It was beauty that felled the beast." These are the final lines of dialogue spoken in Merian C. Cooper's 1933 film about a giant ape and his doomed love affair with a starlet, and they only scratch the surface of King Kong's profound depths. An effects movie in a time where effects were nonexistent, Cooper's film proved to be the Jurassic Park of its day if for no other reason than its technological innovation But it remains a classic today not because of the wonderful stop-motion animation work, but its ability to render Kong as one of the silver screen's most tragic figures.
電影《金剛》拍攝于1933年。在導演梅里安·C·庫珀的鏡頭里，一只巨猿深深地愛上了一位女演員，但以悲劇收場。對于《金剛》影片的無窮深意來說，影片結尾那句“打敗野獸的，是美女只能算是概括出了其寓意的一點皮毛。對于一個還不存在特效的時代，單就技術創新來講，該片可以算是當時的《侏羅紀公園》了。而撇開令人稱道的延時影像技術不論，巨猿金剛這樣一個銀屏悲劇形象，也足以讓該片躋身經典。
Banana Bonus: It's a classic.
看點：經典之作，無需多言。
