| | |  | Visual & Hearing Impaired Products | Home » » Koko: A Talking Gorilla (The Criterion Collection) | | | | | | | Description: | | In 1977, director Barbet Schroeder and cinematographer Nestor Almendros created the captivating documentary Koko: A Talking Gorilla. The film introduces us to the remarkable Koko at the age of three, recently brought from the San Francisco Zoo to Stanford University by Dr. Penny Patterson for a controversial experiment-she would be taught the basics of human communication through sign language. An entertaining, troubling, and still relevant documentary, Koko: A Talking Gorilla sheds light on the ongoing ethical and philosophical debates on the individual rights of animals and brings us face to face with the amazing "individual" caught in the middle. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Koko (III), Penny Patterson, Saul Kitchener, Carl Pribram, Roger Fouts | | Director:
| Barbet Schroeder | | Format:
| Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Criterion | | Run Time:
| 80 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 11, 2006 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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30 of 33 found the following review helpful:
 Awe Inspiring!Mar 16, 2001
By Pam
One word! Awesome! KoKo changes our view about Gorillas. Koko's emotions seem almost human. I found myself laughing and crying, but most of all unable to move from my seat. The scene after KoKo is told about the kitten is heartbreaking, and should make everyone look at animals, especially Gorillas differently. I will never look at a gorilla at the zoo in the same manner. It just makes me sad to think about these incredible, intelligent, gentle, but yet so fierce and wild animals.
12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
a unique Criterion releaseSep 10, 2006
By Ted
"Ted"
This review is for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of the film.
Koko: A Talking Gorilla is a documentary about Koko the Gorilla who has become famous for having learned American Sign Language.
The film explores Koko's life living in a modified trailer at Stanford University. This film is older so it does not explore most of Koko's life who has become much more famous since the film's release. The film also was done at a time where Koko was on loan from the San Francisco Zoo and was in danger of being taken back.
This also is the only Criterion released film to date where the main subject is not a human.
The DVD includes a new interview with the film's director Barbet Schroeder and an optional French language audio track made for the film's release in France.
I liked this film and highly recommend it
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Not like us?Dec 30, 2007
By Joseph Kimsey
"Fareastnibelung"
I just watched an extraordinary documentary called Koko - A Talking Gorilla, and was truly moved by what I saw. Although this film has been discounted as emotionalist, anecdotal blather by many scientists and philosophers, it offers further proof that non-human animals have consciousness and can experience the myriad of moods that we do. Non-human animals may not have the higher caliber of reflection that our species possesses (although observing some of the cretins that I see on daily basis tends to negate that assumption), they certainly experience emotions, retain memories and possess consciousness. Seeing this film makes me resent even more the philosophical assumptions put forward by Rene Descartes. For those not in the know, Descartes saw animals as mere automatons that don't think, feel or possess any real sense of consciousness. What twaddle. I am tempted to resort to some patented American anti-Franco invective and call Descartes a ridiculous Froggie moron who couldn't cogito to save his life, except that this film was produced by a French team. So Viva la France! So please see Koko - A Talking Gorilla, and revel in that fact that all life evolved from the same source.
Koko the GorillaMar 20, 2010
By L. Knox
"animal lover"
This is an excellent video of a wonderful gorilla. All ages would enjoy it.
 The Amazing KokoNov 27, 2009
By Linda Farhood-karasavva
I used the video with a class of ESL students to generate conversation
and it did the job. The content is quite amazing as we watch Koko
learn and sign new words.
My only objection is that the DVD seems old and is very slow and sometimes
the sound was not clear. At times it seemed like someone's home-made
video and was amateurish. But the purpose for me was to get the students
to speak and they did. I have seen many films by th director, Barbet
Schroeder and was a little disappointed in the quality - a bir grainy and
washed out.
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