Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines

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  • Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): George A. Romero
  • Cast(s): Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 53min
  • Music: David Shire,Larry Blake
  • Award(s): Antennae II 1989 (Won)
    Grand Prize 1989 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Redux Redux, Synchronic
  • Story:
    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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6.2/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

6.2/10

IMDb

AWARDS

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Won
Antennae II Award

1989 | George A.

Critics Award

1989 | George A.

International Fantasy Film Award

Best Film | 1989 | George A.

Best Actress Award

1988 | Kate

Best Director Award

1988 | George A.

Best Screenplay Award

1988 | George A.

Nominations
Grand Prize Award

1989 | George A.

Best Film Award

1988 | George A.

BOX OFFICE

Budget 7,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 5,344,577 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

This was the first film role for Stephen Root, then a stage actor. According to Root, he had been instructed by his agent not to let the casting directors know that he was inexperienced with film as an actor. Root's official debut was Crocodile Dundee II (1988), which had been released in theaters a month before this film, despite being shot a month after it.

This was George A. Romero's first studio film. However, the studio he was working with, Orion Pictures, had re-cut the film against Romero's wishes which contributed to the box office failure of the film. Afterwards, Romero went back to independent filmmaking until The Dark Half (1993) (also from Orion).

One of the very few films depicting a quadriplegic having sex.

Producer Charles Evans said the oral sex scene between Kate McNeil and Jason Beghe was much more explicit as original shot. "We had a pretty raw scene of explicit sex and George kept toning it down and toning it down. I wanted it to be a little grittier, but George didn't see it that way. As I look back now and see the result, I think he was right," Evans said.

This is one of the few films in cinema history to have a male monkey. Females are generally used due to not being as aggressive as males.

Popular Dialogues

"Geoffrey Fisher: You're a clinical cunt."

"Geoffrey Fisher: That's one of the advantages of working in a chem lab. I finally figured it out, Allan. Every three days that I stay awake, I gain 24 hours. That's 122 days every year. So even if I die at 50, I will have lived 65 years."