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.

Movie Details

Title: Monkey Shines
Original Title: Monkey Shines
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, Thriller
Tagline: 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.
Release Date: 29 July 1988
Overview: 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.
Director: George A. Romero
Actors: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten, Christine Forrest, Stephen Root, Stanley Tucci, Tom Quinn, Janine Turner, William Newman, Tudi Wiggins, Patricia Tallman, David Early, Eric Morgan Stuart, Brad Long, Robert Hendren, Debra Gordon, Kate English, Rik Billock, Christina Galesi, Leslie Dane Shapiro, Alice Shure, Melanie Verlin, Anthony Dileo Jr., Lia Savini, Mitchell Baseman, Tina Romero, Michael Naft, Chuck Baker, Frank Welker
Writer: —
Author: —
Producer: Charles Evans
Director of Photography: James A. Contner
Original Music Composer: David Shire
Country: United States of America
Languages: English
Runtime: 1 h 53 min
Production: Orion Pictures
Budget: $7,000,000
Certification: R
Revenue: $5,344,577; IMDB; —