He doesn't just talk to the animals!
A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!
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Effortless, classical in form, warm and comic.
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- classical in formformally daring
- warmbleak
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“Is Eddie Murphy miscast as Dr. John Dolittle?”
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Cast
- Eddie MurphyDr. John Dolittle
- Ossie DavisArcher Dolittle
- Oliver PlattDr. Mark Weller
- Peter BoyleCalloway
- Richard SchiffDr. Gene Reiss
- Kristen WilsonLisa
- Jeffrey TamborDr. Fish
- Kyla PrattMaya
- Raven-SymonéCharisse
- Steven GilbornDr. Litvack
Crew
- Betty ThomasDirector
- Nat MauldinScreenplay
- Larry LevinScreenplay
- Hugh LoftingNovel
- Russell BoydDirector of Photography
- Richard GibbsOriginal Music Composer
- Peter TeschnerEditor
- John DavisProducer
- David T. FriendlyProducer
- Joseph SingerProducer
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