Monkey Shines
movie
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.
Released July 29, 1988
Overview
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
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
Stanley Tucci
as
Dr. John Wiseman
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Tom Quinn
as
Charlie Cunningham
Janine Turner
as
Linda Aikman
William Newman
as
Doc Williams
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Tudi Wiggins
as
Esther Fry
Patricia Tallman
as
Party Guest
Crew
George A. Romero
as
Director
Pasquale Buba
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Editor
Charles Evans
as
Producer
George A. Romero
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Screenplay
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James A. Contner
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Director of Photography
David Shire
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Original Music Composer
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Dianne Crittenden
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Casting
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Peter Grunwald
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Executive Producer
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Cletus Anderson
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Production Design
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Michael Stewart
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Novel
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Gerald S. Paonessa
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Executive Producer
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Mike Trcic
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Special Effects Makeup Artist