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Monkey Shines

"Once there was a man whose prison was a chair. The man had a monkey, they made the strangest pair. The monkey ruled the man, it climbed inside his head. And now as fate would have it, one of them is dead."

⭐ 6.3/10 1988 1h 53m Dir. George A. Romero

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A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

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6.3/10 362 votes

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Year
1988
Runtime
1h 53m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 6.3/10
Votes
362
Genre
Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Language
EN
Budget
$7.0M

Cast

🎭 Horror 🎭 Science Fiction 🎭 Drama 🎭 Thriller 🎬 George A. Romero 👤 Jason Beghe 👤 John Pankow 👤 Kate McNeil
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Monkey Shines has a runtime of 1h 53m (1 hour and 53 minutes).
Monkey Shines was directed by George A. Romero and released in 1988.
Monkey Shines is a Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller film (1988).
The cast of Monkey Shines includes Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest.
Monkey Shines has a TMDB rating of 6.3/10 based on 362 votes.

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