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Doctor Dolittle is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Richard Fleischer released in USA on 19 december 1967 with Rex Harrison
Doctor Dolittle (1967)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 19 december 1967
Length 2h32
Directed by Richard Fleischer
OriginUSA
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Films about birds, Musical films, Children's films
Rating60%
Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley and Richard Attenborough. It was adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novel series by Hugh Lofting. It primarily fuses three of the books The Story of Doctor Dolittle, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle, and Doctor Dolittle's Circus.
The film had a notoriously protracted production with numerous setbacks along the way such as complications from poorly chosen shooting locations and the numerous technical difficulties inherent with the large number of animals required for the story. The film exceeded its original budget of $6 million by three times, and recouped $9 million upon release in 1967, earning only $6.2 million in theatrical rentals.
The film received generally mixed critical reviews, but through the studio's intense lobbying, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won awards for Best Original Song and Best Visual Effects.
A comedy film of a similar title, Dr. Dolittle, loosely based on the character, was later released in 1998.
Synopsis
In early Victorian England, Matthew Mugg (Anthony Newley) takes his young friend Tommy Stubbins (William Dix) to visit eccentric Doctor John Dolittle (Rex Harrison). Dolittle, a former physician, lives with an extended menagerie, including a chimpanzee named Chee-Chee (Cheeta), a dog named Jip, and a talking parrot named Polynesia (the uncredited voice of Ginny Tyler). Dolittle claims that he can talk to animals. In a flashback, he explains that he kept so many animals in his home that they created havoc with his human patients, who took their medical needs elsewhere. His sister, who served as his housekeeper, demanded that he dispose of the animals or she would leave; he chose the animals. Polynesia taught him that different animal species can talk to each other, prompting Dolittle to study animal languages so that he could become an animal doctor.Actors
Rex Harrison
(Dr. John Dolittle)
Samantha Eggar
(Emma Fairfax)
Anthony Newley
(Matthew Mugg)
Richard Attenborough
(Albert Blossom)
Geoffrey Holder
(William Shakespeare X)
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