The Animal
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- For the professional wrestler nicknamed "The Animal", see Dave Bautista
| The Animal | |
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 DVD cover for The Animal |
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| Directed by | Luke Greenfield |
| Produced by | Barry Bernardi Carr D'Angelo Todd Garner |
| Written by | Tom Brady Rob Schneider |
| Starring | Rob Schneider Colleen Haskell John C. McGinley |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 2001 |
| Running time | 84 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Animal is a 2001 comedy film, directed by Luke Greenfield. It stars Rob Schneider, Colleen Haskell, Edward Asner, and John C. McGinley.
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[edit] Plot
Marvin Mange (played by Schneider) has had a lifelong dream to become a police officer. After failing the training course yet again, he is critically injured when his car goes over a cliff. A deranged scientist rescues him and replaces Marvin's damaged organs with those of various animals.
Unknown to Marvin, his new parts enhance his abilities, and he is soon regarded as a hero. However, he starts to lose control of his instincts, and when people start getting attacked by an unknown creature during the night, Marvin suspects that he is the one responsible.
[edit] Controversy
Despite receiving mostly negative critical reaction, one supporter of the film at the time of its release was film critic David Manning who gave the film critical praise. In late 2001, however, Manning was revealed to be fictitious, created by Sony to fake publicity for the film. At the time, Sony claimed that the error was due to a layout artist who entered 'dummy text' into print advertisements during their design, which was accidentally never replaced with real text.
[edit] Cast
- Rob Schneider — Marvin Mange
- Colleen Haskell — Rianna
- John C. McGinley — Sgt. Sisk
- Edward Asner — Chief Wilson
- Michael Caton — Dr. Wilder
- Louis Lombardi — Fatty
- Guy Torry — Miles
- Bob Rubin — Bob Harris
[edit] Soundtrack
Track listing for The Animal soundtrack:
- No Matter What (7:27) A
- It's On (Party Time) (8:04) Ali Dee
- Got 2 B Luv (7:05) Bottlefly
- Salt Bag Spil (4:40) Citizen King
- My Projects (9:42) Coo Coo Cal
- Let's Get It On (10:32) Marvin Gaye
- The Amazing Dolphin Bay (5:40) Minus 5
- Hey Baby (10:34) Mocean Worker
- C'mon N' Ride It (The Train) (17:40) Quad City DJ's
- Hardest Way Possible (12:16) Rustic Overtones
- Wild Thing (10:05) Tone-Loc
- Hard Living (8:28) Wailing Souls
[edit] Trivia
- Norm MacDonald and executive producer Adam Sandler make cameo appearances. In Sandler's appearance, he utters the "You can do it!" line that Schneider has said in many of Sandler's films.
