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1987 • 1h 48min • PG • Comedy, Drama

Project X

"When the Air Force assigned Jimmy Garrett to a top secret project, he didn't know what he was in for. Neither did they."

A young inductee into the military is given the task of looking after some chimpanzees used in the mysterious 'Project X'. Getting to know the chimps fairly well, he begins to suspect there is more to the secret project than he is being told.

IMDb 6.2

RT 74%

MC 61

Director

Jonathan Kaplan

Writers

Lawrence Lasker

Stanley Weiser

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Matthew Broderick

Jimmy Garrett

Helen Hunt

Teri Macdonald

Willie

Virgil

William Sadler

Dr. Carroll (as Bill Sadler)

Johnny Ray McGhee

Robertson

Jonathan Stark

Sgt. Krieger

Robin Gammell

Col. Niles

Stephen Lang

Watts

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Pamela Ludwig Lenore

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