Chimpanzee is a 2012 nature documentary film about a young chimpanzee
named Oscar who finds himself alone in the African forests until he is
adopted by another chimpanzee who takes him in and raises him like his
own child.The U.S. release of the film is narrated by Tim Allen.
The film was co-produced by Disneynature and the Jane Goodall Institute, directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield. It is the sixth film from Disneynature, following Earth, The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, Oceans, African Cats and Pollen, and was released in theaters on April 20, 2012 just before Earth Day, April 22.
The fourth annual entry in the Disney Nature series that began with Earth, Chimpanzee
once again takes a low-key, family-friendly approach to its subject and
applies what can only be described as “the Disney touch” to
already-compelling real-life footage.
Using a technique Walt Disney and his colleagues pioneered in their True-Life Adventures
and television shows decades ago, longtime studio producer Don Hahn
knows how to appeal to kids in the audience. The animals are
personified; by giving them names, they become identifiable characters.
The effect is amplified by Tim Allen’s light, colloquial narration.
