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Fierce Creatures is a 1997 English-language comedy film directed by Fred Schepisi and Robert Young. The screenplay was written by John Cleese, who also produced the film alongside Michael Shamberg. The cast includes Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. The narrative is set in the United Kingdom, and filming took place at Pinewood Studios.
The movie follows the events of A Fish Called Wanda and carries the tagline "Don't pet them." It was produced by Universal Pictures, Jersey Films, and Fish Productions, with a budget of 25,000,000. The score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The film has a runtime of 93 minutes and was released in 1997.
Critical reception included review scores of 5.6/10, 62/100, and 55%, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.4 and a TMDb vote average of 6.168. The film grossed 9,381,260 at the box office. It is distributed by Netflix and Fandango at Home in video on demand format. The production has been assessed under the Bechdel test.
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6.2Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a new 'fierce creatures' policy, whereby only the most impressive and dangerous animals are allowed to remain in the zoo. However, the keepers are less enthusiastic about complying with these demands.
Cast
- John Cleese as Rollo Lee
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Willa Weston
- Kevin Kline as Vince McCain / Rod McCain
- Michael Palin as Adrian 'Bugsy' Malone
- Robert Lindsay as Sydney Lotterby
- Ronnie Corbett as Reggie Sealions
Themes
- greed
- zoo
- dark comedy
- marketing
- business
- animals
- lemur
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Follows
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Director
- Robert Young
- Screenwriter
- John Cleese
- Cast member
- Ronnie Corbett
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Michael Shamberg
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Adrian Biddle
- Narrative location
- United Kingdom
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 631501
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-01-01
- title
- Fierce Creatures
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 55%
- box office
- 9381260
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Fierce Creatures is een komedie uit 1997. Het was een semi-vervolg op de populaire film A Fish Called Wanda, met daarin dezelfde vier acteurs: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline en Michael Palin. De film is geschreven door John Cleese zelf en geregisseerd door en Robert Young. Het verhaal draait om een Engelse dierentuin, die pas opgekocht is door zakenman Rod McCain (gespeeld door Kevin Kline). De nieuwe manager is Rollo Lee (John Cleese). Om de winst die de dierentuin maakt te verhogen besluit Lee een “woeste wezens” (oftewel fierce creatures)-beleid in te stellen. Dat betekent dat er alleen maar potentieel gevaarlijke dieren in de dierentuin mogen. De film is opgedragen aan Gerald Durrell en Peter Cook. Voor de film werden opnamen gemaakt in de , een dierentuin die door Durrell werd opgericht.
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