Horror ·Science Fiction ·Drama ·Thriller · United States of America · 1988 · 1h 53m

Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines poster
Director
George A. Romero
Cast
Jason Beghe as Allan Mann John Pankow as Geoffrey Fisher Kate McNeil as Melanie Parker Joyce Van Patten as Dorothy Mann Christine Forrest as Maryanne Hodges Stephen Root as Dean Burbage
Crew
James A. Contner — Director of Photography Pasquale Buba — Editor David Shire — Original Music Composer George A. Romero — Screenplay Michael Stewart — Novel Charles Evans — Producer
Tagline

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.

Synopsis

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.

Trailer Monkey Shines — Official Trailer
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Mood & Themes
experimentbased on novel or bookparalysisrevengeragemonkeydisabilityscience run amokanimal testinganimal research
Key Collaborators
George A. Romero Director James A. Contner Director of Photography Pasquale Buba Editor David Shire Original Music Composer George A. Romero Screenplay Michael Stewart Novel Charles Evans Producer Cletus Anderson Production Design
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