Jersey Films
Universal Pictures
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Fierce Creatures
Don't pet them.
Ex-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.
- Original title
- Fierce Creatures
- Language
- EN
- Country
- GB,US
- Budget
- $25,000,000
- Revenue
- $9,381,260
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Jun 5, 2024 · via TMDB
"Rollo" (John Cleese) is drafted in by his ruthless American boss "McCain" - no fries on him - to run a British zoo. His policy upon arrival is to get rid of all the cute and cuddly critters and leave just the menacing lions and tigers and bears! The staff are horrified, especially when some neat new graves appear after five resonating gunshots. The staff revolt and that convinces "McCain" (Kevin Kline) to send his son "Vince" (also CK) to take the helm with his savvy executive "Willa" (Jamie Lee Curtis) and pretty soon his new branding policy has just about everything sponsored, including the staff - but, of course, none of this is legit. We just know that the tortoise named after benefactor Bruce Springsteen is not likely to ever see the man. When it appears that "Vince" has his hand in the till, too, his father decides to be shot of all of these smelly beasts and just build a golf course. To that end, he arrives on scene to help his two underlings impress the would-be Japanese investors who have their eye on the place. It does have it's funny moments, but I reckon much of those will depend on your fondness for Cleese and his slapstick style of humour. His tall, gangly, appearance frequently being his principle prop - that his his character's innate crassness and stupidity. As the story evolves, we get a bit less of that and more of Kline's mischievous humour and of course Curtis, whom her pal things is interested in him romantically but she is far more enamoured of the zoo and then rather predictably... There's an entertaining supporting cast here - Robert Lindsay, fellow Python Michael Palin and Ronnie Corbett, and they and their animals add the "aah" factor the the thing making it watchable, but not really very memorable.
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John Cleese
Rollo Lee
Jamie Lee Curtis
Willa Weston
Kevin Kline
Vince McCain / Rod McCain
Michael Palin
Adrian "Bugsy" Malone
Ronnie Corbett
Reggie
Carey Lowell
Cub
Robert Lindsay
Sydney Lotterby
Bille Brown
Neville Coltrane
Derek Griffiths
Gerry
Cynthia Cleese
Pip
Richard Ridings
Hugh
Maria Aitken
Di
Michael Percival
Ant Keeper
Lisa Hogan
Sealion Keeper
Choy-Ling Man
Parrot Keeper
Tim Potter
Vulture Keeper
Jenny Galloway
Aquarium Keeper
Kim Vithana
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Sean Francis
Buffalo Keeper
Susie Blake
Woman in Red Dress
Pat Keen
Woman's Mother
Denis Lill
Woman's Husband
Gareth Hunt
Inspector Masefield
Ron Donachie
Sergeant Scott
Paul Haigh
Sergeant Irving
Leon Herbert
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Stewart Wright
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Kerry Shale
Frightened Executive
Mac McDonald
TV Producer
Amanda Walker
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Tom Georgeson
Sealion Spectator
John Bardon
Sealion Spectator
Jennie Goossens
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Georgia Reece
Sponsor
Peter Silverleaf
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Kevin Moore
Hotel Manager
Leslie Lowe
Assistant Hotel Manager
Iain Mitchell
Assistant Hotel Manager
Valerie Edmond
Hotel Maid
Nick Bartlett
Policeman
Ricco Ross
TV Journalist
Kate Harper
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Nicholas Hutchison
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Kate Alderton
Student Zoo Keeper
Jack Davenport
Student Zoo Keeper
Grahame Wood
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John Alexander
Jambo
Robert Firth
Solomon (uncredited)
Caron Gardner
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Noah Lee Margetts
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Roger Murray-Leach
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Stephenie McMillan
Set Decoration
Adrian Biddle
Director of Photography
Ian Baker
Director of Photography
Fraser Taggart
Focus Puller
David Appleby
Still Photographer
Greg Powell
Stunt Coordinator
Simon Crane
Stunt Coordinator
Kevin Costner
Thanks
Fred Schepisi
Director
Simon Emanuel
Third Assistant Director
Perry Evans
Gaffer
John Cleese
Producer
Michael Shamberg
Producer
Callum McDougall
Unit Production Manager
Jerry Goldsmith
Conductor
Jerry Goldsmith
Original Music Composer
Chris Munro
Sound Mixer
John Cleese
Screenplay
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