Animal Behavior (film)

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Animal Behavior
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Directed by Jenny Bowen
Kjehl Rasmussen
Written by Susan Rice
Starring
Music by Cliff Eidelman
Release date
  • October 27, 1989 (1989-10-27)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million [1]
Box office$41,526

Animal Behavior is a 1989 comedy film directed by Jenny Bowen and Kjehl Rasmussen and starring Karen Allen, Armand Assante, and Holly Hunter. [2]

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Plot

The beautiful biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees: instead of machines she uses a simple sign language. Her research and competition with ignorant colleagues lets her overlook the amorous approaches of cellist Mark. She accepts his help, but no more, because she believes he is married. [3]

Cast

Production

Animal Behavior was the final film for Alexa Kenin who played Sheila Sandusky, released posthumously; her scenes were filmed in 1984 when the project was started by Jenny Bowen. Filming was intermittent for the next four years until it was completed by producer Kjehl Rasmussen. As a result, the director's name was credited with the pseudonym H. Anne Riley. [4]

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References

  1. "AFI|Catalog".
  2. Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide. 2015. pg. 49
  3. "Animal Behavior". Internet Movie Database. Amazon.com.
  4. Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide (2013 ed.). pp. 47–48.