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| John Cleese | ... | Rollo Lee | |
| Jamie Lee Curtis | ... | Willa Weston | |
| Kevin Kline | ... | Vince McCain / Rod McCain | |
| Michael Palin | ... | Bugsy Malone | |
| Ronnie Corbett | ... | Reggie Sealions | |
| Carey Lowell | ... | Cub Felines | |
| Robert Lindsay | ... | Sydney Small Mammals | |
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Bille Brown | ... | Neville Coltrane |
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Derek Griffiths | ... | Gerry Ungulates |
| Cynthia Cleese | ... | Pip Small Mammals | |
| Richard Ridings | ... | Hugh Primates | |
| Maria Aitken | ... | Di Admin | |
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Michael Percival | ... | Ant Keeper |
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Fred Evans | ... | Flamingo Keeper |
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Lisa Hogan | ... | Sealion Keeper |
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A massive corporate conglomerate, Octopus Inc., run by a shrewd and cruel tycoon named Rod McCain, purchases a UK-based leisure company, and also the failing London Marwood Zoo. To bring more business to the zoo, Octopus hires a new manager, Rollo Lee, who promptly comes up with a way to increase profits-do away with all the animals except for the ferocious ones. This new Fierce Creatures Policy shocks the Marwood zookeepers, led by the unendingly talkative Adrian "Bugsy" Malone. Eventually, Rod McCain's son Vince, along with the up-and-coming business executive Willa Weston, take control of the zoo and revoke the Fierce Creatures Policy. Vince instead comes up with many under-handed and vicious schemes to attract customers-unauthorized celebrity endorsements, shoddy, overpriced zoo merchandise, and using robotic animals instead of real ones. However, Vince is also stealing from the zoo's funds, and when his father finds out, he rears to turn the zoo into a Japanese-owned golf course.... Written by Josh Martin <jmartin@netarrant.net>
Plot Keywords:
zoo | black comedy | father son relationship | father and son played by same actor | farce |Taglines:
Don't pet them.Genres:
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Rated PG-13 for sexual innuendo and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
24 January 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$3,759,480, 26 January 1997Gross USA:
$9,381,260Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$9,381,260Company Credits
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Color (Rankcolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.39 : 1
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Vince: What?
Rod: That's a biggest goddamn spider I ever saw.
Vince: That's what's probably making the bleeting noise.
Rod: I don't like spiders. Kill it.
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The theatrical trailer opens with the statement 'The following preview has not been tested on animals'. The main cast is introduced as 'Oscar winner' Kevin Kline; John 'Absolutely no chance of an Oscar' Cleese, Jamie Lee 'My mom & dad almost got an Oscar' Curtis and Michael 'I know someone called Oscar' Palin. The trailer ends with a clip from the deleted ending in which Kline's character Vince McCain is hit in the groin by a charging rhino and send flying. See more »Goofs
When Vince says 'I am not a wuss' to Rod, John Cleese in the background also mouths the line. See more »Quotes
Rod: Christ!Vince: What?
Rod: That's a biggest goddamn spider I ever saw.
Vince: That's what's probably making the bleeting noise.
Rod: I don't like spiders. Kill it.
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No animals were injured during the making of this movie, only humans. See more »Alternate Versions
The entire ending of "Fierce Creatures" was reshot after test showings. The original featured the elder McCain [Kevin Kline] being killed by a rhino and some business with a tiger costume. A scene in which Kevin Kline plays his own mother was also shot and cut. See more »Connections
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When a old farting heartless corporate mogul (Oscar-Winner:Kevin Kline) takes over a failing Zoo. The mogul is hoping to make money out of it by hiring a new Zoo director (John Clesse) by making the animals fiercer under the supervision of a bright business woman (Jamie Lee Curtis) and the dumb mogul's son (Played by Kline also). The new Zoo director has to deal with a resentful staff and other complications.
Directed by Robert Young (Splitting Heirs) and Fred Schepisi (Mr. Baseball, Roxanne, Six Digress of Separation) made an uneven but entertaining fitfully comedy that doesn't quite pays off as it should but it is Kline's comedic dual performance comes off best. The sexual tension between Clesse and Curtis is quite funny also. The film was originally filmed in 1995 by Young and then largely re-filmed by Schepisi. Then they edited Young's and Schepisi's version together into one film. Clesse, Curtis, Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken and Cynthia Clesse. Which the six actors are in this film, also were together before in the instant classic comedy "A Fish Called Wanda". Panavision. (****/*****).