Doctor Dolittle / Twentieth Century Fox and Apjac Productions, Inc. ; an Arthur P. Jacobs production ; screenplay by Leslie Bricusse ; produced by Arthur P. Jacobs ; directed by Richard Fleischer.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 2000495 | 20th Century Fox Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Subtitle language: English, Spanish Publication details: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, ©2000.Description: 1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type: - two-dimensional moving image
- video
- videodisc
- Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; film editors, Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler ; music & lyrics, Leslie Bricusse.
- 1967 Academy Award film nomination for Best Picture.
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Main Library | DVD | MUSIC Doctor D | Available | 33111009885068 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Rex Harrison, although not at all like the portly man described in Hugh Lofting's charming series of children's stories, is sheer perfection as the kindly animal doctor in Leslie Bricusse's musical fantasy Doctor Dolittle. Sadly, Harrison is the only thing nearing perfection in this overstuffed and over-mounted fiasco that nearly brought down 20th Century Fox. Considered a lunatic because he can converse in 498 animal dialects, Dolittle gathers up his friends Matthew Mugg (Anthony Newley) and Emma Fairfax (Samantha Eggar) and heads off on a journey to the South Seas to find the elusive great pink snail and the giant lunar moth. Along the way, the group encounters a succession of bizarre human and animal characters -- most notably the legendary pushme-pullyou, an animal so freakish that it compels Albert Blossom (Richard Attenborough) to burst out into the exuberant song, "I've never Seen Anything Like It in My Life." Incredibly, the film was nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1967. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
DVD; region 1, NTSC; anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 4.0, stereo. or mono.
English (4.0 or stereo.) or French (mono.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Samantha Eggar, Rex Harrision, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough.
Director of photography, Robert Surtees ; film editors, Samuel E. Beetley, Marjorie Fowler ; music & lyrics, Leslie Bricusse.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1967.
Based upon the Doctor Dolittle stories by Hugh Lofting.
Rating: G.
A musical about a doctor who wishes his animals could speak to him.
Special features: Theatrical trailer.
1967 Academy Award film nomination for Best Picture.