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Monkeybone

Monkeybone

Get boned!

20015.21h 33m

Overview

After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

Directed by Henry Selick
Written by Mike Cachuela, Sam Hamm, Kaja Blackley
Produced by Michael Barnathan, Mark Radcliffe
Box OfficeBudget: $75.0MRevenue: $5.4M

Top Cast

Brendan Fraser

Brendan Fraser

Stu Miley

Bridget Fonda

Bridget Fonda

Dr. Julie McElroy

John Turturro

John Turturro

Monkeybone (voice)

Chris Kattan

Chris Kattan

Organ Donor Stu

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito

Hypnos

Rose McGowan

Rose McGowan

Miss Kitty

Dave Foley

Dave Foley

Herb

Megan Mullally

Megan Mullally

Kimmy Miley

Bob Odenkirk

Bob Odenkirk

Head Surgeon

Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg

Death

Themes & Keywords

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About Monkeybone

Monkeybone is a adventure, fantasy, animation, comedy, science fiction film released in 2001 exploring themes of coma, based on comic, stop motion, parallel world, body-swap, organ donation. Directed by Henry Selick, it stars Brendan Fraser, Bridget Fonda, John Turturro. After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!

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