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Gorilla of my dreams. Sigourney Weaver takes five at the Ontario Science Centre where she is filming Gorillas in The Mist. No, it's not a movie about (...)
Gorilla of my dreams. Sigourney Weaver takes five at the Ontario Science Centre where she is filming Gorillas in The Mist. No, it's not a movie about (...)

Gorilla of my dreams. Sigourney Weaver takes five at the Ontario Science Centre where she is filming Gorillas in The Mist. No, it's not a movie about (...)

Date3/22/1988
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Original Toronto Star caption: Gorilla of my dreams. Sigourney Weaver takes five at the Ontario Science Centre where she is filming Gorillas in The Mist. No, it's not a movie about contras who can't shoot straight. Weaver plays anthropologist Dian Fossey, murdered in Africa in 1987. The Science Centre is standing in for a lecture hall, instead of an airport as it has in TV movies like Fight For Life.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0088518F
Director Michael Apted (above) used real gorillas for most of the scenes in his movie about anthropologist Dian Fossey
Director Michael Apted (above) used real gorillas for most of the scenes in his movie about anthropologist Dian Fossey
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Gee, what awful table manners!, A group of children who came to the Metro Zoo to wish gorillas Tabitha and Natasha bon voyage yesterday are engrossed (...)
Gee, what awful table manners!, A group of children who came to the Metro Zoo to wish gorillas Tabitha and Natasha bon voyage yesterday are engrossed (...)
4/15/1984
U.S.-Canada accord. Metro zoo workers Dianne Devison, left, and Juliana So show off their charges, infant lowland gorillas. Patrick, 9, months, was bo(...)
U.S.-Canada accord. Metro zoo workers Dianne Devison, left, and Juliana So show off their charges, infant lowland gorillas. Patrick, 9, months, was bo(...)
2/5/1991
Zoo babies: Metro Toronto Zoo keeper Lydia Attard holds two baby lowland gorillas, Jabari and Patrick
Zoo babies: Metro Toronto Zoo keeper Lydia Attard holds two baby lowland gorillas, Jabari and Patrick
2/22/1991
Grateful gorilla: Zookeeper Linda Ervine holds 2-year-old gorilla and its new security blanket
Grateful gorilla: Zookeeper Linda Ervine holds 2-year-old gorilla and its new security blanket
8/16/1982
Crombie, who got message from gorilla when he was mayor, now takes care of monkey business
Crombie, who got message from gorilla when he was mayor, now takes care of monkey business
6/15/1979
Monkey business This 5-month-old baby gorilla, born last fall at the Metro Zoo, seems to be deciding whether its furry look-alike toy will be too much(...)
Monkey business This 5-month-old baby gorilla, born last fall at the Metro Zoo, seems to be deciding whether its furry look-alike toy will be too much(...)
3/13/1981
Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
8/12/1977
Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
Barney, left, runt of Metro Zoo's gorilla family at a mere 90 pounds, gives keeper Linda Ervine a big hug, while Caroline, the gorilla in the picture (...)
8/12/1977
Loving care. Gill Dinnarr, a keeper at Metro Zoo, gives 3-week-old gorilla tender loving care after baby was rejected by her mother. Gorilla will depe(...)
Loving care. Gill Dinnarr, a keeper at Metro Zoo, gives 3-week-old gorilla tender loving care after baby was rejected by her mother. Gorilla will depe(...)
11/26/1980
Dennis Weaver stars as a middle-aged man who faces up to his illiteracy in Bluffing it, an ABC TV movie filming around Toronto. This fall, he'll play a surgeon or rancher, who operates in his boots
Dennis Weaver stars as a middle-aged man who faces up to his illiteracy in Bluffing it, an ABC TV movie filming around Toronto. This fall, he'll play a surgeon or rancher, who operates in his boots
6/12/1987
A living doll, according to The Star's movie columnist, Jack Karr, she came to Toronto from the premiere of her new film, Bread, Love and Dreams in New York
A living doll, according to The Star's movie columnist, Jack Karr, she came to Toronto from the premiere of her new film, Bread, Love and Dreams in New York
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