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| Sean Connery | ... | Dr. Robert Campbell | |
| Lorraine Bracco | ... | Dr. Rae Crane | |
| José Wilker | ... | Dr. Miguel Ornega | |
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Rodolfo De Alexandre | ... | Tanaki (as Rodolfo de Alexandre) |
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Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme | ... | Jahausa |
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Elias Monteiro Da Silva | ... | Palala |
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Edinei Maria Serrio Dos Santos | ... | Kalana |
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Bec-Kana-Re Dos Santos Kaiapo | ... | Imana |
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Angelo Barra Moreira | ... | Medicine Man |
| José Lavat | ... | Government Man | |
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An eccentric scientist working for a large drug company is working on a research project in the Amazon jungle. He sends for a research assistant and a gas chromatograph because he's close to a cure for cancer. When the assistant turns out to be a "mere woman", he rejects her help. Meanwhile, the bulldozers get closer to the area in which they are conducting research, and they eventually learn to work together, and begin to fall in love. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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7 February 1992 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$40,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$8,494,271, 9 February 1992Gross USA:
$45,500,797Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Dr. Miguel Ornega: You are certain?
Dr. Rae Crane: Ah ha!
[Rae sighs, and looks around at the ruin caused by the fires]
Dr. Rae Crane: I seem to have kept the evidence in my other suit.
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Written by Johnny Mercer (as John H. Mercer) and Harold Arlen
Famous Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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While promoting the movie on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), Sir Sean Connery stated that he would start each day playing a round of golf. He carried his own club and played at such a pace that the younger cast and crew members playing with him could not keep up. See more »Goofs
When Dr. Campbell is saying the things that Tommy Fallon won't notice about Dr. Crane, he says it is her left ear that hangs low, when it is actually her right ear that "hangs low." See more »Quotes
Dr. Rae Crane: Have you ever lost anything Doctor Ornega ? Your passport? Your car keys? It wasn't the bromeliad, it was the ants.Dr. Miguel Ornega: You are certain?
Dr. Rae Crane: Ah ha!
[Rae sighs, and looks around at the ruin caused by the fires]
Dr. Rae Crane: I seem to have kept the evidence in my other suit.
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That Old Black MagicWritten by Johnny Mercer (as John H. Mercer) and Harold Arlen
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Eccentric scientist Dr. Robert Campbell (Sean Connery) asks for an assistant and a gas chromatograph after 3 years of silence in the Amazon jungle. The drug company sends Dr. Rae Crane (Lorraine Bracco) who is out of her elements. She finds Campbell completely immersed with the natives. She's actually there to judge his progress and whether or not to cut off funding. He believes that he has found a cure for cancer. Only he can't reproduce it and the bulldozers are coming.
I think people missed the fact that this is very much a formulaic rom-com. The serious matter of cancer cure and Amazon destruction masks that fact from almost everybody. The formula is simple. They hate each other and then they fall in love. I actually find Lorraine Bracco hilariously adorable but I guess most people found her annoying. Not everybody likes a woman who talks back. Jerry Goldsmith's music is memorable as always. This is a fun rom-com if one lets it be. And climbing among the trees is visually stunning.