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Title: Instinct (1999)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Anthony Hopkins | ... | Ethan Powell | |
| Cuba Gooding Jr. | ... | Theo Caulder | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Ben Hillard | |
| Maura Tierney | ... | Lynn Powell | |
| George Dzundza | ... | Dr. John Murray | |
| John Ashton | ... | Guard Dacks | |
| John Aylward | ... | Warden Keefer | |
| Thomas Q. Morris | ... | Pete | |
| Doug Spinuzza | ... | Nicko | |
| Paul Bates | ... | Bluto | |
| Rex Linn | ... | Guard Alan | |
| Rod McLachlan | ... | Guard Anderson | |
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Kurt Smildsin | ... | Guard #1 |
| Jim R. Coleman | ... | Guard #2 | |
| Tracey Ellis | ... | Annie | |
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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I think this is a GREAT movie. It has a story line that while not complicated, is very different. And it is a great story that is very facinating. There were a number of great character acts too. There are a number of characters in the insane prison from a number of "unknown" actors that really give the movie added personality. It made me want to look up these actors to see what else they do. The scenes with the gorillas were tastefully done, with no over kill that made it look somewhat artificial, which so many movies tend to do. For example, 'Greystoke' starring Christofer Lambert as Tarzan, was an attempt at realism, but had the apes portraying some very human like relationships. Not so with 'Instinct'. The only thing I found spoilt the movie a bit was to suggest that an American insane prison setup would find it necessary, even encouraged, for inmates to be violent to each other. This ridiculous aspect brought the quality of the movie down a notch or two. The relationship between Hopkins and Gooding was fantastic. And the intense scene between them involving 'duck tape' really brought forth the message the movie was giving. SO, why is the movie more well known??? I guess the movie promoters just didn't do their job very well. OH WELL!!! Movie gets 8/10 from me.