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Doctor Dolittle(Movie, 1967)

FSK: 6+ years
| 2h 32min | Genres: Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
Doctor DolittleRating: 3.1/5 (with 7171 votes)
Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 American musical comedy film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, and Richard Attenborough. It was adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the Doctor Dolittle novel series by Hugh Lofting, primarily The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), and Doctor Dolittle's Circus (1924). Various attempts to make a film based on Doctor Dolittle began as early as the 1920s. In the early 1960s, actress-turned-producer Helen Winston acquired the film rights, but did not succeed in producing a film. In 1963, producer Arthur P. Jacobs acquired the rights and recruited Alan Jay Lerner to compose songs and Rex Harrison to star in the project. After numerous delay... ()
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Awards & Nominations for Doctor Dolittle

Academy Award for Best Special Effects National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Special Effects

About Doctor Dolittle

A veterinarian who can communicate with animals travels abroad to search for a giant sea snail.

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Doctor Dolittle (1967) ORIGINAL Trailer(Trailer, 1:39)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Shot in: California
Plays in: England
Based on: "Doctor Dolittle" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 20 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 12/05/1967
Film Editor: Samuel E. Beetley
Director of Photography: Robert L. Surtees
Composer: Leslie Bricusse
Production Designer: Mario Chiari
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Fabuloso Dr. Dolittle"
"O Fabuloso Doutor Dolittle -"
"O Fantástico Dr. Dolittle"
"Pan doktor a jeho zvířátka"
Budget: 18,000,000 USD
Revenue: 9,000,000 USD (= 50%)

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Other movies with this title: Doctor Dolittle (US, 1998)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:5095, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024