- HD 1080
- Runtime: 94m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Todd Holland
- Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Zakes Mokae, Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Natasha Lyonne
- keywords: based on novel or book, single parent, professor, expedition, circumcision, college, family relationships, anthropology, jungle, monkey, lecture, lost tribe, faked footage, hoax, papua new guinea, new guinea, circumcision ritual
- Production_studio: Touchstone Pictures
- Slogan: He's discovered the wildest tribe in his own backyard!
- The Krippendorf's Tribe is featured in the top rankings of 1998
- #34 in Top Family Movies of 1998
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.
