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| name = Instinct
{{Infobox Film |
name = Instinct |
| image = Instinct poster.jpg
image = 1Kjm-389 Instinct 1999.jpg |
| caption = Theatrical release poster
writer = [[Gerald DiPego]] |
| alt =
| director = [[Jon Turteltaub]]
starring = [[Anthony Hopkins]]<br>[[Cuba Gooding Jr]]<br>[[Donald Sutherland]]<br>[[Maura Tierney]]<br>[[George Dzundza]]<br>[[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]]<br>[[John Aylward]]<br>[[Thomas Q. Morris]]<br>[[Doug Spinuzza]]<br>[[Paul Bates]] |
| producer = [[Michael Taylor (film producer)|Michael Taylor]] <br />Barbara Boyle
music = [[Danny Elfman]] |
director = [[Jon Turteltaub]] |
| screenplay = [[Gerald Di Pego]]
| story = Gerald Di Pego
producer = [[Michael Taylor]]<br>[[Barbara Boyle]] |
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Ishmael (Quinn novel)|Ishmael]]''|[[Daniel Quinn]]}}
distributor = [[Buena Vista Pictures]]<br>[[Touchstone Pictures]] and [[Spyglass Entertainment]] |
| starring = {{Plain list|
released = [[4 June]], [[1999]]|
* [[Anthony Hopkins]]
runtime = 126 min. |
* [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]]
language = English |
* [[Donald Sutherland]]
MPAA = Rated R for some intense violent behavior. |
* [[Maura Tierney]]
imdb_id = 0128278
* [[George Dzundza]]
* [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]]
}}
| music = [[Danny Elfman]]
| cinematography = [[Philippe Rousselot]]
| editing = [[Richard Francis-Bruce]]
| studio = [[Touchstone Pictures]] <br />[[Spyglass Entertainment]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures Distribution]] (United States/Canada)<br>Spyglass Entertainment (International)
| released = {{Film date|1999|6|4}}
| runtime = 124 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $60 million
| gross = $34.1 million
}}
}}


'''''Instinct''''' was a film produced in [[1999]] starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Cuba Gooding Jr]] and was based upon ''[[Ishmael (novel)|Ishmael]]'', a novel by [[Daniel Quinn]]. In the USA the film had the working title Ishmael. In the year [[2000]] the film was nominated for and won a [[Genesis Award]] in the category of feature film
'''''Instinct''''' is a 1999 American [[psychological thriller]] film, directed by [[Jon Turteltaub]], and starring [[Anthony Hopkins]], [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]], [[George Dzundza]], [[Donald Sutherland]], and [[Maura Tierney]]. It was very loosely inspired by ''[[Ishmael (Quinn novel)|Ishmael]]'', a novel by [[Daniel Quinn]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Instinct review |first=Andrew |last=O'Hehir |url=http://www.salon.com/1999/06/04/instinct/singleton/ |work=[[Salon.com]] |date=June 5, 1999 |access-date=February 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106234442/http://www.salon.com/1999/06/04/instinct/singleton/ |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all }}</ref> In the United States, the film had the working title ''Ishmael''. In 2000, the film was nominated for and won a [[Genesis Award]] in the category of feature film. This was the first film produced by [[Spyglass Entertainment]].


==Synopsis==
==Plot==
{{more plot|date=February 2018}}
The film examines the mind of [[anthropologist]] Ethan Powell who had been missing for a few years, living in the jungle of [[Uganda]]'s [[Bwindi Impenetrable Forest]] with [[mountain gorilla]]s. He is convicted of killing and injuring several supposed Wilderness Park Rangers in [[East Africa]], and is sent to prison. A bright young [[psychiatrist]], Theo Caulder, tries to find out why he killed them, but becomes entangled in a quest to learn the true history and nature of humankind, stating that [[civilization]] has steadily destroyed the natural world, advocating that humans abandon this. Eventually it is revealed that during the course of Powell's stay with the gorillas, they accepted him as part of their group; he was attempting to protect his [[Hominidae|great ape]] family when the [[Poaching|poacher]]s arrived and started shooting them. He gets a hearing to reveal the truth, but an attack by a vicious guard on another prisoner causes Powell to be reminded of the killed gorillas, at which point he violently attacks the guard to stop him, is restrained and stops talking again. At the end of the film, Powell escapes from prison using a pen to dig out the lock on a window, and heads back to Africa.


==Cast==
Within the brilliant mind of primatologist Ethan Powell ([[Academy Award]]® winner Anthony Hopkins) lies an ominous secret -- a deep-seated mystery unsolved by his estranged family and the corrupt law enforcement officials who have tracked him down and jailed him for murders that occurred in the jungles of [[Rwanda]]. Highly educated and sophisticated, Powell's truth was derived from years of studying mountain gorillas -- to the point where he was living among them in the wild and accepted as one of their own. Now, held captive in a brutal prison for the criminally insane, Powell, who has not spoken in years, is remanded to psychologist Theo Caulder (Academy Award® winner Cuba Gooding Jr.), who must try to unlock the dark mystery from the mind of what appears to be a madman. What he encounters is a series of perplexing mysteries, questions with chilling answers, and shocking psychological truths. Eventually both men are led on an extraordinary journey of self-love.
* [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Dr. Ethan Powell
* [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] as Dr. Theo Caulder
* [[Donald Sutherland]] as Professor Ben Hillard
* [[Maura Tierney]] as Lynn Powell
* [[George Dzundza]] as Dr. John Murray
* [[John Ashton (actor)|John Ashton]] as Dacks
* [[Ivonne Coll]] as Dr. Marzuez
* [[John Aylward]] as Warden Keefer
* [[Rex Linn]] as Alan
* [[Tracey Ellis]] as Annie
* [[Marc Macaulay]] as Foley
* [[Verne Troyer]] as Gorilla
* [[Tory Kittles]] as Prisoner


==Credits==
==Production==
[[Principal photography]] began on January 25, 1998 and ended on August 7.


[[Buena Vista Pictures]] handled North American distribution, while [[Spyglass Entertainment]] handled international sales. [[Buena Vista International]] handled distribution rights in the United Kingdom, Australia and Latin America.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cox |first=Chris Petrikin |last2=Petrikin |first2=Chris |last3=Cox |first3=Dan |date=1998-12-04 |title=Distribution savvy |url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/distribution-savvy-1117489118/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="White"
| '''Job Title'''
| '''Names of Relavent persons'''
|-
|Executive producers
|Wolfgang Petersen,<br> Gail Katz
|-
|Co-producers
|Richard Lerner,<br> Brian Doubleday,<br> Christina Steinberg
|-
|Camera
|Philippe Rousselot
|-
|Editor
|Richard Francis-Bruce
|-
|Production designer
|Garreth Stover
|-
|Special character effects
|Stan Winston
|-
|Art director
|Chris Cornwell
|-
|Set decorator
|Larry Dias
|-
|Costume designer
|Jill Ohanneson
|-
|Art/mold technical department supervisor
|Tony McCray
|-
|Visual effects
|Dream Quest Images
|-
|Digital compositing supervisor
|Jeffrey Burks
|-
|Unit production manager
|Bill Johnson
|-
|First assistant director
|William M. Elvin
|-
|Production supervisor
|Yvonne Yaconelli
|-
|Casting
|Renee Rousselot
|}


==Reception==
==Commercial Soundtrack==
The film received mixed reviews. Review aggregator [[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film a critic score of 26% based on reviews from 65 critics. The site's consensus states: "A convoluted and predictable plot overshadows the performances."<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/instinct/ | title = Instinct | publisher = [[Fandango Media]] | website = [[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date = 2023-06-03 }}</ref> [[Metacritic]] gives the film a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web |title = Instinct reviews |url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/instinct |work = [[Metacritic]] |publisher = [[CBS Interactive]] |access-date =February 4, 2012 }}</ref>


James Berardinelli gave the film 2.5 out 4 describing the film as having "Solid directing and good acting!"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reelviews.net/movies/i/instinct.html|title=Reelviews Movie Reviews|first=James|last=Berardinelli|website=Reelviews Movie Reviews}}</ref>
1. Main Title <br>
2. Into The Wild <br>
3. Back To The Forest <br>
4. Everybody Goes<br>
5. The Killing <br>
6. The Riot <br>
7. Escape <br>
8. Dum Movie


[[Roger Ebert]] of the [[Chicago Sun Times]] gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/instinct-1999|title=Instinct movie review & film summary (1999) |date=1999 |author-link=Roger Ebert |first=Roger |last=Ebert |website=RogerEbert.com/}}</ref>
==Trivia==


===Box office===
[[Sean Connery]] was originally offered the role of Ethan Powell.
The film underperformed at the box-office, grossing only $34,105,207 in the United States and Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title = Instinct (1999) |url = http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=instinct.htm |work = [[Box Office Mojo]] |publisher = [[Internet Movie Database]] |access-date =February 4, 2012 }}</ref> The film won a [[Genesis Award]] for its themes of animal rights.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Genesis_Awards/2000|title=Genesis Awards 2000|website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
On the day of the premiere for this film in Orlando, FL, Cuba Gooding, Jr. added his handprints to a star outside of the Chinese Theater at MGM Studios, a park at Walt Disney World. This walk of fame is a replica of the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.


==Soundtrack==
[[Missy Lantz]] was so disturbed by the on-set intensity of the film that she asked to be removed from the production.
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| artist = [[Danny Elfman]]
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| prev_title = [[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]]
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| next_title = [[Sleepy Hollow (soundtrack)|Sleepy Hollow]]
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# "Main Title"
After takes with [[Cuba Gooding Jr]]., [[Anthony Hopkins]] would routinely say "Show me the money!" in reference to Cuba's character in [[Jerry Maguire]] (1996).
# "Into the Wild"
# "Back to the Forest"
# "Everybody Goes"
# "The Killing"
# "The Riot"
# "Escape"
# "End Credits"


==References==
==Continuity errors==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
Continuity: When Theo goes to visit Lynn at her home it is late at night, yet once inside the house, daylight is coming through the windows.
* {{IMDb title|id=0128278|title=Instinct}}
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* {{AllMovie title|id=179998|title=Instinct}}
* {{Mojo title|id=instinct|title=Instinct}}


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Revision as of 19:30, 7 July 2024

Instinct
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJon Turteltaub
Screenplay byGerald Di Pego
Story byGerald Di Pego
Based onIshmael
by Daniel Quinn
Produced byMichael Taylor
Barbara Boyle
Starring
CinematographyPhilippe Rousselot
Edited byRichard Francis-Bruce
Music byDanny Elfman
Production
companies
Distributed byBuena Vista Pictures Distribution (United States/Canada)
Spyglass Entertainment (International)
Release date
  • June 4, 1999 (1999-06-04)
Running time
124 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$60 million
Box office$34.1 million

Instinct is a 1999 American psychological thriller film, directed by Jon Turteltaub, and starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by Ishmael, a novel by Daniel Quinn.[1] In the United States, the film had the working title Ishmael. In 2000, the film was nominated for and won a Genesis Award in the category of feature film. This was the first film produced by Spyglass Entertainment.

Plot

The film examines the mind of anthropologist Ethan Powell who had been missing for a few years, living in the jungle of Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable Forest with mountain gorillas. He is convicted of killing and injuring several supposed Wilderness Park Rangers in East Africa, and is sent to prison. A bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder, tries to find out why he killed them, but becomes entangled in a quest to learn the true history and nature of humankind, stating that civilization has steadily destroyed the natural world, advocating that humans abandon this. Eventually it is revealed that during the course of Powell's stay with the gorillas, they accepted him as part of their group; he was attempting to protect his great ape family when the poachers arrived and started shooting them. He gets a hearing to reveal the truth, but an attack by a vicious guard on another prisoner causes Powell to be reminded of the killed gorillas, at which point he violently attacks the guard to stop him, is restrained and stops talking again. At the end of the film, Powell escapes from prison using a pen to dig out the lock on a window, and heads back to Africa.

Cast

Production

Principal photography began on January 25, 1998 and ended on August 7.

Buena Vista Pictures handled North American distribution, while Spyglass Entertainment handled international sales. Buena Vista International handled distribution rights in the United Kingdom, Australia and Latin America.[2]

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a critic score of 26% based on reviews from 65 critics. The site's consensus states: "A convoluted and predictable plot overshadows the performances."[3] Metacritic gives the film a weighted average score of 43 out of 100 based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[4]

James Berardinelli gave the film 2.5 out 4 describing the film as having "Solid directing and good acting!"[5]

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun Times gave the film 1.5 stars out of 4.[6]

Box office

The film underperformed at the box-office, grossing only $34,105,207 in the United States and Canada.[7] The film won a Genesis Award for its themes of animal rights.[8] On the day of the premiere for this film in Orlando, FL, Cuba Gooding, Jr. added his handprints to a star outside of the Chinese Theater at MGM Studios, a park at Walt Disney World. This walk of fame is a replica of the famous Walk of Fame in Hollywood, California.

Soundtrack

Instinct
Film score by
Danny Elfman
Released1999
Danny Elfman chronology
Men in Black
(1997) 		Instinct
(1999) 		Sleepy Hollow
(1999)
  1. "Main Title"
  2. "Into the Wild"
  3. "Back to the Forest"
  4. "Everybody Goes"
  5. "The Killing"
  6. "The Riot"
  7. "Escape"
  8. "End Credits"

References

  1. ^ O'Hehir, Andrew (June 5, 1999). "Instinct review". Salon.com. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  2. ^ Cox, Chris Petrikin; Petrikin, Chris; Cox, Dan (December 4, 1998). "Distribution savvy". Variety. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  3. ^ "Instinct". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 3, 2023.
  4. ^ "Instinct reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  5. ^ Berardinelli, James. "Reelviews Movie Reviews". Reelviews Movie Reviews.
  6. ^ Ebert, Roger (1999). "Instinct movie review & film summary (1999)". RogerEbert.com/.
  7. ^ "Instinct (1999)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  8. ^ "Genesis Awards 2000". IMDb.

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