
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.
- 1988
- Rated R
- 1h 53m
- Horror
- Science Fiction
- Drama
- Thriller
Rating: 6.3 out of 10TMDB(381 votes)
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.
Fun facts
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Box office
Grossed $5.34M worldwide against a $7M budget
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Based on
Based on the novel Monkey Shines
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Filming locations
Filmed in Pittsburgh
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Setting
Set in Pittsburgh
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Music
Music by David Shire
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Cinematography
Cinematography by James A. Contner
Details
- Director
- Writers
- George A. RomeroScreenplay
- Michael StewartNovel
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 29, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $7M
- Revenue
- $5.3M
- Countries
- United States of America
Streaming on
In the United States
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