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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(380)19881h 53m4

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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Status
Released
Budget
$7M
Box office
$5.3M
Language
English
  • experiment
  • based on novel or book
  • paralysis
  • revenge
  • rage
  • monkey
  • disability
  • science run amok
  • animal testing
  • animal research

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR29 Jul 1988
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1823 Feb 1990
    • Physical18DVD4 Oct 2004
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1823 Feb 1989
  • TürkiyeTR

    • Theatrical10 Oct 1989

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Monkey Shines was released on 29 July 1988.

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