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Monkey Shines
Dir. George A. Romero
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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.”
Horror
Science Fiction
Drama
Thriller
Director
George A. Romero
Screenplay
George A. Romero
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.
Release
Jul 29, 1988
Budget
$7M
Country
United States of America
Revenue
$5M
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
Janine Turner
Linda Aikman
William Newman
Doc Williams
David Early
Anesthetist
Eric Morgan Stuart
Robert Hendren
Orderly
Debra Gordon
E.R. Nurse
Anthony DiLeo Jr.
Vandal
Tina Romero
Child Playing
Frank Welker
Special Animal Voices (voice)
Reviews
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