After receiving organ transplants from various animal donors, a man finds himself taking on the traits of those animals.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rob Schneider | ... | Marvin | |
| Colleen Haskell | ... | Rianna | |
| John C. McGinley | ... | Sgt. Sisk | |
| Edward Asner | ... | Chief Wilson | |
| Michael Caton | ... | Dr. Wilder | |
| Louis Lombardi | ... | Fatty | |
| Guy Torry | ... | Miles | |
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Bob Rubin | ... | Bob Harris |
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Pilar Schneider | ... | Mrs. De La Rosa |
| Scott Wilson | ... | Mayor | |
| Raymond Ma | ... | Mr. Tam | |
| Michael Papajohn | ... | Patrolman Brady | |
| Ron Roggé | ... | Patrolman Jaworski (as Ron Rogge) | |
| Holly Maples | ... | Elkerton Police Officer | |
| Henriette Mantel | ... | Elkerton Police Officer | |
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From the producers of the comedy smash Deuce Bigalow comes The Animal, about a small, wimpy Marvin, who doesn't have what it takes to fulfill his lifelong dream to be a cop. But his luck changes when he's critically injured in a car accident and a deranged scientist secretly uses animal organs to rebuild him. Energized by his new parts, Marvin leaves his weakness behind and achieves instant fame as a supercop. Now a hero, life is going great for Marvin until his animal instincts start taking over his body at all the wrong times. Marvin struggles to remain civilized and be a perfect gentleman with his new love, Rianna in a series of hilarious situations that would drive any animal crazy. Written by Dean Kish, Comingsoon.net
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cartoon on tv | seal the animal | forest | camera focus on a female butt | hairy buttocks |Taglines:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
1 June 2001 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$47,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$19,610,520, 3 June 2001, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$57,743,062Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$84,772,742Company Credits
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Written by Lloyd "Bread" McDonald
Performed by Wailing Souls
Courtesy of Musicblitz Records
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Director Luke Greenfield's mother deliberately hung around on-set because she was a big fan of Edward Asner. See more »Goofs
When the car stops rolling the first time, there is a tree behind it. Later, when the car has rolled over the edge, the tree is gone. See more »Crazy Credits
At the end of the credits you can hear "That's a huge bitch", which is the same thing heard when "Duce Bigalo" (played by Rob Schneider) was with the Six Foot Woman. See more »Alternate Versions
Scenes which were deleted include:- The doctor explaining the differant animal parts he put in Marvin. After mentioning the lion with the attention deficit disorder, we see it fall out of the tree in the background.
- Marvin wakes up in Dimples doghouse and walks out naked holding the water bowl over his front. He then runs off to his house, again exposing his hair covered behind to the shocked neighbor. (The trailer shows this scene with him wearing underwear.)
- Marvin returns to work where he can overhear everyone's conversations, then smells/hears a coworker fart and hastles him for it.
- The doctor talks to Marvin more about the animal traits, feeds him a fish, and makes him jump through a firey hoop.
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Hard LivingWritten by Lloyd "Bread" McDonald
Performed by Wailing Souls
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This was just plain funny and very entertaining throughout the goofy 83 minutes. Crude? Yes, at times, but what modern-day comedy isn't lately? The PG-13 rating is a joke. With all the sexual stuff in here, "R" is more appropriate.
Some of that sleazy stuff, to be honest, was pretty funny, though and there isn't much profanity.
Rob Schneider, as "Marvin," lays his goofy Deuce Bigelow-type character on us, trying to get the pretty girl "Rianna" (Colleen Haskell).
I really thought this would be a stupid film but Schneider's animal imitations are hilarious and, overall, this a very fast-moving, silly-but-lots of laughs film.