Where to watch · United States
Stream
Rent
Buy
via JustWatch · IP Geolocation by DB-IP
Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
Directed by Todd Holland
“He's discovered the wildest tribe in his own backyard!”
Comedy, Family · 1h 34m
After squandering his grant money, despondent and recently widowed anthropologist James Krippendorf must produce hard evidence of the existence of a heretofore undiscovered New Guinea tribe. Grass skirts, makeup, and staged rituals transform his three troubled children into the Shelmikedmu, a primitive culture whose habits enthrall scholars. But when a spiteful rival threatens to blow the whistle on Krippendorf's ruse, he gets into the act as well.
Cast
Richard Dreyfuss
Prof. Krippendorf
Jenna Elfman
Veronica
Zakes Mokae
Sulukim
Siobhan Fallon Hogan
Lori
Natasha Lyonne
Shelly
Gregory Smith
Mickey
Lily Tomlin
Ruth Allen
Stephen Root
Gerald Adams
Elaine Stritch
Irene Hargrove
Mila Kunis
Abbey Tournquist
David Ogden Stiers
Henry Spivey
Doris Belack
President Porter
Crew
- Director
- Todd Holland
- Screenplay
- Charlie Peters
- Director of Photography
- Dean Cundey
- Original Music Composer
- Bruce Broughton
- Editor
- Jon Poll
- Producer
- Larry Brezner
Details
- Release date
- 1998-02-27
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Genres
- Comedy, Family
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Touchstone Pictures