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Congo
1995 · Film · 108 min
Directed by Frank Marshall
ActionAdventureScience Fiction
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa, where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk.
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Like the Indy laptop in the "Congo" movie ? :)
Some have built portable setups with an Indy and an Indy presenter. I remember 25 years ago someone showing off with such a custom portable configuration, with an Indy motherboard and PSU, a keyboard and track ball and an Indy presenter crammed inside a small metal suitcase, very chic (but required external power).
Fake versions were made for the movies "Twister" and "Congo" but AFAIK these were completely fake (the actual Indy driving the screen was off camera somewhere).
I think of Congo.
Underrated when judged as a B (minus) movie.
The Andromeda Strait is one of the best Crichton books/movies, along with The Eaters of the Dead (skip the movie) and The Great Train Robbery. I also have a strange fondness for Congo, but by that time Crichton had gone crazypants.
Of all the movie/trailer combinations I've seen the one I'd predict closest to 0% would be Congo. The trailer is for a completely different film as far as I can tell, and it looked really good.
Most of his books appear as if they were written to be made into movies. Most of them were thoroughly enjoyable too - Jurassic Park, Congo, Timeline, Prey etc., though his recent works weren't as good as his older ones.
RIP
Someone finally took the dream of the movie adaptation of Congo and made it a reality! "Amy good gorilla."