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Monkey Shines (1988)

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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.

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
George A. Romero
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    Allan Mann Jason Beghe
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    Geoffrey Fisher John Pankow
  • Profile picture of Kate McNeil
    Melanie Parker Kate McNeil
  • Profile picture of Joyce Van Patten
    Dorothy Mann Joyce Van Patten
  • Profile picture of Christine Forrest
    Maryanne Hodges Christine Forrest
  • Profile picture of Stephen Root
    Dean Burbage Stephen Root
  • Profile picture of Stanley Tucci
    Dr. John Wiseman Stanley Tucci
  • Profile picture of Janine Turner
    Linda Aikman Janine Turner

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Keywords

  • experiment
  • based on novel or book
  • paralysis
  • revenge
  • rage
  • monkey
  • disability
  • science run amok
  • animal testing
  • animal research