Monkey Shines

Monkey Shines(1988)

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.

July 29, 1988
1h 53m
Flop
IMDb6.213,406
RT55%
Meta71/100
TMDB6.3348

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.

Trailer

Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)
Monkey Shines (1988) - Official Trailer (HD)

Cast

Crew

Director of Photography

James A. Contner

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Box Office

Budget

$7.0M

Revenue

$5.3M

Profit

$-1655423

Details

Original Language

en

Country

United States of America

Production

Orion Pictures

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