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MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Directed by	Robert Vince
Produced by	Ian Fodie; Michael Strange; Robert Vince; Anne Vince
Written by	Anne Vince; Robert Vince
Starring	Russell Ferrier; Lomax Study; Kevin Zegers; Jamie Renée Smith; Alexa Fox; Jane Sowerby; Ingrid Tesch; Philip Granger; Rick Ducommun; Berny, Mac, and Louie
Music by	Brian 'Hoot' Gibson; Brahm Wenger
Cinematography	Glen Winter
Editing by	Kelly Herron
Distributed by	Keystone Family Pictures
Release date(s)	October 20, 2000
Running time	93 min.
Language	English
Preceded by	followed by = MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate imdb_id = 0196106

MVP: Most Valuable Primate is the 2000 feature film that sparked the MVP franchise. The film's title character, Jack, is a fictional chimpanzee.

[edit] Plot

The plot revolves around an ape playing sports. Jack, a three-year-old chimpanzee who is the subject of an experiment involving sign language that is performed by Dr. Kendall. However, Dr. Kendall loses funding for his research and Mr. Kendall's boss, Mr. Peabody, sells Jack to a medical research lab, much to Dr. Kendall's dismay. Unfortunately, Dr. Kendall dies (offscreen) from a heart attack. Dr. Kendall had set up Jack to be taken away from the lab, but Jack was sent to Canada by mistake. In Canada, Jack befriends a lonely teenager named Steven Westover and his deaf sister, Tara . Steven soon discovers that Jack has an uncanny ability to play the sport of ice hockey and Jack joins Steven's junior league hockey team when it is discovered that there is no rule that chimpanzees can't play hockey. However, just before the championship, Dr. Peabody returns to reclaim Jack.

[edit] Sequels

The movie generated one theater-released sequel and one direct-to-video sequel. In each film, Jack learns to play a different sport.

[edit] Movies

The following is a list of the films in the series:

MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003)

[edit] Cast

Russell Ferrier – Darren
Matty – The Chimp (Big Eyez)
Bobble – Big Eyez Ojos!
Lomax Study – Dr. Kendall
Kevin Zegers – Steven Westover
Jamie Renée Smith – Tara Westover
Alexa Fox – Jane
Jane Sowerby – Julie Beston
Ingrid Tesch – Susie Westover
Philip Granger – Mark Westover
Rick Ducommon – Coach Marlow
Bernie, Mack, and Louie – Jack

[edit] Title

MVP was the working title of the 1997 film Air Bud, but the subtitle was Most Valuable Pooch, not Most Valuable Primate. Air Bud shares the same producers and they both star Kevin Zegers. Both films feature similar plots about an animal who can play sports, and they each spawned a number of sequels in which the title animal plays a different sport in each.

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