Big Chimp

A Foiled Productions Film

Welcome to the Big Chimp website, where you can discover all there is to know about the low-budget fan-film Big Chimp which was filmed over one weekend in 2006 and gradually pieced together for the next five years.

What is Big Chimp?

Big Chimp is a King Kong fan-film. It has a running time of 24 minutes. The film and its two trailers can be seen below.

Big Chimp was filmed on:

30th September 2006 / 1st October 2006

A partially completed journal of production up to the end of the first day can be read here.

Big Chimp had its first screening on:

7th January 2012, at the Cornerhouse Cinema in Manchester

Cast & Crew

Click on cast/crew names to view more information about that person.

Cast
Anne Sparrow ... Sharon-Louise Campbell
Carl Denim ... M J Logan-Benn
Jack Plisken ... Andy Laing
Big Chimp ... Andrew Purvis
Captain Matterhorn ... Peter Kidson
Big Chimpess ... Antony Danaos
Dinosaur ... Steven McCombe
Jungle Native Chief ... Steven McCombe
Audition Panel ... Joanne Harvey
... Mahinda Kularatne
... Sarah Lewis
Theatre Manager ... Andrew Purvis
Theatre Audience ... Julie O'Brien
... Howell Parry
Pilots ... Kevin Garwood
... Torkjel Matzow
Investors ... Stephen Davis
... Erik Dege
... Richard Dormer
... Mark Flitter
Newsreader ... Shaun Ward
Extras
Jungle Natives ... Edward Bray, Clayton Cochran, John Ireland, Sarah Lewis, Torkjel Matzow, Michael 'Rosy' Rosefield, Kerry Scutts, Annalise Worsley, Vanessa Worsley
City Folk ... Phil Ashworth, Edward Bray, Clayton Cochran, Filipa Costa, Antony Danaos, Lorena Delgado, Kevin Garwood, Joanne Harvey, Nicholas Hurst, John Ireland, Mahinda Kularatne, Sarah Lewis, Torkjel Matzow, T T Ngo, Howell Parry, Jeff Pironneau, Andrew Purvis, Kerry Scutts, David Symcox, Jim Symcox, Sarah Symcox, Annalise Worsley, Nick Worsley, Vanessa Worsley, Angela Yee
Crew
Writer / Director / Editor ... Henry Burrows
Production Manager ... Howell Parry
Soundtrack ... Mike Varty
Additional City Footage ... M J Logan-Benn
New York Footage ... Steven McCombe
Camera Boat ... Andrew Purvis
Primate News Graphics ... Steven McCombe
Costumes ... Joanne Harvey
... Torkjel Matzow
... Andrew Purvis
City Location Manager ... Tom Card
Props ... Joanne Harvey
... Mahinda Kularatne
... Steven McCombe
... Howell Parry
Wranglers ... Clayton Cochran
... Antony Danaos
Makeup ... Joanne Harvey
... Howell Parry
Casting ... Sharon-Louise Campbell
... Joanne Harvey
... Jaime Katz
... Mahinda Kularatne
... Andrew Purvis
... Mary Robinson
... Martina Street
... Vanessa Worsley
Location Scouting ... Phil Ashworth
... Edward Bray
... Tom Card
... Joanne Harvey
... John Ireland
... Mahinda Kularatne
... Martina Street
... Jim Symcox