Movie·1988·1h 53m
Monkey Shines
Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead.
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.
Producer
Charles Evans, Peter Grunwald
Cinematography
James A. Contner
Music
David Shire
Editor
Pasquale Buba
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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// cast
Cast
Jason Beghe
Allan Mann
John Pankow
Geoffrey Fisher
Kate McNeil
Melanie Parker
Joyce Van Patten
Dorothy Mann
Christine Forrest
Maryanne Hodges
Stephen Root
Dean Burbage
Stanley Tucci
Dr. John Wiseman
Tom Quinn
Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc Williams
Tudi Wiggins
Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
Party Guest
David Early
Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Brad Long
BAMF in Red Jacket
Robert Hendren
Orderly
Debra Gordon
E.R. Nurse
Kate English
Scrub Nurse
// crew
Crew
George A. Romero
Director, Screenplay
Charles Evans
Producer
Pasquale Buba
Editor
James A. Contner
Director of Photography
David Shire
Original Music Composer
Peter Grunwald
Executive Producer
Gerald S. Paonessa
Executive Producer
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