Nothing is more savage than civilization.
In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsDr. Ethan Powell
- Cuba Gooding Jr.Dr. Theo Caulder
- Donald SutherlandBen Hillard
- Maura TierneyLynn Powell
- George DzundzaDr. John Murray
- John AshtonGuard Dacks
- John AylwardWarden Keefer
- Doug SpinuzzaNicko
- Thomas Q. MorrisPete
- Vivienne SendaydiegoCatherine
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- Jon TurteltaubDirector
- Gerald Di PegoScreenplay
- Philippe RousselotDirector of Photography
- Danny ElfmanOriginal Music Composer
- Richard Francis-BruceEditor
- Barbara BoyleProducer
- Michael TaylorProducer
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