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Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

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.

19886.31h 53m

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.

Directed by George A. Romero
Written by George A. Romero, Michael Stewart
Produced by Charles Evans
Box OfficeBudget: $7.0MRevenue: $5.3M

Top Cast

Jason Beghe

Jason Beghe

Allan Mann

John Pankow

John Pankow

Geoffrey Fisher

Kate McNeil

Kate McNeil

Melanie Parker

Joyce Van Patten

Joyce Van Patten

Dorothy Mann

Christine Forrest

Christine Forrest

Maryanne Hodges

Stephen Root

Stephen Root

Dean Burbage

Stanley Tucci

Stanley Tucci

Dr. John Wiseman

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Tom Quinn

Charlie Cunningham

Janine Turner

Janine Turner

Linda Aikman

William Newman

William Newman

Doc Williams

Themes & Keywords

experimentbased on novel or bookparalysisrevengeragemonkeydisabilityscience run amokanimal testinganimal research

About Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines is a horror, science fiction, drama, thriller film released in 1988 exploring themes of experiment, based on novel or book, paralysis, revenge, rage, monkey. Directed by George A. Romero, it stars Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil. 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.

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