did they use real gorillas in the movie congo
Congo (film) After the success of The First Great Train Robbery, Crichton decided to write a screenplay specifically for Sean Connery, as the character of Charles Munro, an archetypal “great white hunter” akin to H. Rider Haggard’s hero, Allan Quatermain.[4] The film was envisioned as an homage to classic pulp adventure tales, and Crichton successfully pitched the movie to 20th Century Fox in 1979 without a fleshed out story.[4] The film ran into problems however when Crichton learned that he could not use a real gorilla to portray the character of Amy, which was a breaking point for him and he left the project.[4] From there, it was offered to several directors including Steven Spielberg and John Carpenter who both passed.[4] A brief attempt was made to revive the project in the late 1980s but to no avail.[4] Ultimately Frank Marshall would go on to direct the film in the 1990s with little, if any involvement from Crichton.[4]