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DR. DOLITTLE 2 (2001) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| Superstar Eddie Murphy is back as Dolittle, the beloved doctor with the up-ROAR-ious critter-communicating talents. This time around Dolittle plays Cupid to a bumbling circus bear to help a group of forest creatures save their habitat. With the aid of his mangy, madcap animal friends, Dolittle must teach this overgrown teddy the ways of true romance in time to save his species and his home! |
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| Eddie Murphy (Dr. John Dolittle), Kristen Wilson (Lisa Dolittle), Raven-Symond (Charisse Dolittle), Kyla Pratt (Maya Dolittle), Lil' Zane (Eric), Denise Y. Dowse (Secretary), James Avery (Eldon), Elayn Taylor (Eldon's Wife), Andy Richter (Eugene Wilson), Kevin Pollak (Riley / Alligator's Voice), Victor Raider-Wexler (Judge B. Duff), Jeffrey Jones (Potter), Mark Griffin (Logger / Nature Show Narrator), Ken Hudson (Animal Control Officer / Voice of Dog / Voices of Animal Groupie #3 / Voice of Forest Animal), Anne Stedman (Woman), Tommy Bush (Farmer), Adam Vernier (Farm Worker), Chris Marley (Yuppie Man), Shaun Robinson (Newscaster), Goggy Gress (Bear Announcer), Lisa Marie Hugueley (Shamu Trainer), Steve Irwin (The Crocodile Hunter), voices Of: Steve Zahn (Archie), Lisa Kudrow (Ava), Jacob Vargas (Pepito), Michael Rapaport (Joey), Issac Hayes (Possum), Andy Dick (Lennie the Weasel), Joey Lauren Adams (Squirrel), Maria Acre, Melique T. Berger (Fishes), David Cross (Dog/ Animal Groupie #2), David DeLuise (School Fish #2), John Di Maggio (Seeing Eye Dog / Wassup Fish / Mouse), Mike Epps (Sonny), Jamie Kennedy (Bandit / Forest Animal / Animal Groupie 1), Cedric the Entertainer, John Witherspoon (Zoo Bears), Michael McKean (Bird), Mandy Moore, Frankie Muniz (Bear Cubs), Norm MacDonald (Lucky, uncredited), Arnold Schwarzenegger (White Wolf, uncredited). |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Steve Carr (Iron Fist).
WRITERS: Larry Levin, and based on the stories of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting.
PRODUCERS: John Davis and Joseph Singer.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Aldric La'Auli Porter.
CO-PRODUCERS: Michele Imperato and Heidi Santelli.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Neil A. Machlis.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: David Newman.
DISTRIBUTOR: 20th Century Fox. |
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QUOTES |
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| Raccoon: The beaver don't travel for nobody. |
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FACTS |
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Archie: It was the most embarrassing thing I've ever done, and I once rode a unicycle wearing a tutu! A tutu! |
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RELEASE DATE: June 22nd, 2001 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $25.0 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $112.9 million (USA)
BUDGET: $70 million (USA)
SHOOTING DATES: September 2000 -- December 2000
- Archie the bear (voiced by Steve Zahn), and Ava the bear (voiced by Lisa Kudrow), become mating partners in the movie. In one episode of "Friends" (1994), Steve Zahn's character is married to Phoebe, played by Lisa Kudrow.
- Arnold Schwarzenegger cameos as the White Wolf, and says the line "Hasta la vista, baby" in the confrontation with the truckers.
- In one scene, Joseph Potter tries to phone Dr. Dolittle and the operator thought he said "Stuart Little". Jeffrey Jones plays Uncle Crenshaw Little in Stuart Little (1999).
- Tank the Bear, is the second most famous bear actor. The first is Bart the Bear; both are owned and trained by Doug Seus, who plays Klondike Dave. |
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Dr. Dolittle: What are you guys, some kind of animal Mafia?
Raccoon: Mafia? Whoa, we don't know nothing about no Mafia do we boyz? No, that's a myth. |
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Joey the Racoon: Hey, when the Beaver offers you a fish, you take the fish! |
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Dr. Dolittle: You're an endangered species!
Archie: Is that a threat, buddy? |
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White Wolf: Hasta la vista, baby! |
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Raccoon: I can bite. I have rabies, but there's so little I can do. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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"Funny from beginning to end." -- The Associate Press |
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"A treat for the entire family!" -- KTLA Morning News |
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"Like most other talking-animal movies, it winds up talking down to its audience." -- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune |
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| "With the application of more intelligence and a different sensibility, this could have been a good film instead of one that's content with not being a complete waste of time." -- Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times |
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"A fast, fat paycheck for star Eddie Murphy." -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone |
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"Eddie Murphy funny? Not here." -- Desson Thomson, Washington Post |
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