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Instinct (1999)
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Ratings: 6.3/10 from 18,323 users
Metascore:
43/100
Reviews: 223 user | 99 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com When a noted anthropologist who left society to live in the jungle is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist to get through to him. Director:Jon Turteltaub |
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| Anthony Hopkins | ... | ||
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | ||
| Donald Sutherland | ... |
Ben Hillard
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| Maura Tierney | ... |
Lynn Powell
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| George Dzundza | ... |
Dr. John Murray
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Guard Dacks
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| John Aylward | ... |
Warden Keefer
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Thomas Q. Morris | ... |
Pete
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Nicko
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Paul Bates | ... |
Bluto
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| Rex Linn | ... |
Guard Alan
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Rod McLachlan | ... |
Guard Anderson
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Kurt Smildsin | ... |
Guard #1
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Tracey Ellis | ... |
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Storyline
Nearly two years after having gone amiss in Africa, renowned anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell is caught committing a crime and subsequently imprisoned in a Florida mental institution, where aspiring psychiatrist Dr. Theo Calder takes over his important case. Dr. Powell, who has been with a group of gorillas during all that time, is not talking at all and seems to be living in a dreamworld. Very slowly, Dr. Calder manages to reach Ethan Powell and starts finding out why Ethan killed two of the poachers. Yet Theo's case is not just about why the murders have happened, but also about how Dr. Powell became the being he is in the first place. With Ethan's silence broken, Theo is introduced into a world beyond common human comprehension: The true nature of being. He learns that mankind's control of everything is a mere illusion and that the true values of existence can't be found so easily. Ethan changes Theo's view of things forever. Written by Julian Reischl <julianreischl@mac.com>
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Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$10,390,387 (USA) (6 June 1999) (2059 Screens)Gross:
$34,098,563 (USA) (29 August 1999)Company Credits
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After takes with Cuba Gooding Jr., Anthony Hopkins would routinely say "Show me the money!" in reference to Cuba's character in Jerry Maguire. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Theo goes to visit Lynn at her home it is late at night, yet once inside the house, daylight is coming through the windows. See more »Quotes
Ethan Powell: [Farewell letter to Dr. Caulder] Dear Theo, I'm sorry I'm not there to say good-bye. You were right. Freedom is not just a dream. It's there on the other side of those fences we build all by ourselves. Thank you forgiving me hope and for giving me back my daughter. And I thank you, Theo, for sharing this journey with me. Your friend, Ethan.See more »
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