Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines (1988)

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.

  • Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror, Science Fiction
  • Release Date: 1988-07-29
  • User Rating: 6.206/10 from 281 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 53min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Orion Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George A. Romero
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Summary

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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  • Jason Beghe

    as Allan Mann

  • John Pankow

    as Geoffrey Fisher

  • Kate McNeil

    as Melanie Parker

  • Joyce Van Patten

    as Dorothy Mann

  • Christine Forrest

    as Maryanne Hodges

  • Stephen Root

    as Dean Burbage

  • Stanley Tucci

    as Dr. John Wiseman

  • Tom Quinn

    as Charlie Cunningham

  • Janine Turner

    as Linda Aikman

  • William Newman

    as Doc Williams

  • Tudi Wiggins

    as Esther Fry

  • Patricia Tallman

    as Party Guest

  • David Early

    as Anesthetist

  • Eric Morgan Stuart

    as

  • Brad Long

    as BAMF in Red Jacket

  • Robert Hendren

    as Orderly

  • Debra Gordon

    as E.R. Nurse

  • Kate English

    as Scrub Nurse

  • Rik Billock

    as Garbage Man

  • Christina Galesi

    as Nurse

  • Leslie Dane Shapiro

    as Nurse

  • Alice Shure

    as Nurse

  • Melanie Verlin

    as Vandal

  • Anthony Dileo Jr.

    as Vandal

  • Lia Savini

    as Child Playing

  • Mitchell Baseman

    as Child Playing

  • Tina Romero

    as Child Playing

  • Michael Naft

    as Young Allan

  • Chuck Baker

    as Ambulance Driver
Writing George A. Romero Screenplay
Production Charles Evans Producer
Editing Pasquale Buba Editor
Directing George A. Romero Director
Sound David Shire Original Music Composer
Camera James A. Contner Director of Photography
Writing Michael Stewart Novel
Production Gerald S. Paonessa Executive Producer
Art Cletus Anderson Production Design
Production Peter Grunwald Executive Producer
Production Dianne Crittenden Casting
Costume & Make-Up Tom Savini Special Effects Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Greg Nicotero Special Effects Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Mike Trcic Special Effects Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Everett Burrell Special Effects Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Jeannee Josefczyk Makeup & Hair
Sound Larry Blake Sound Effects Editor
Crew Patricia Tallman Stunts

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