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'{{short description|1999 American film by Jon Turteltaub}} {{Infobox film | name = Instinct | image = Instinct poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | alt = | director = [[Jon Turteltaub]] | producer = [[Michael Taylor (film producer)|Michael Taylor]] <br />Barbara Boyle | screenplay = [[Gerald Di Pego]] | story = Gerald Di Pego | based_on = {{Based on|''[[Ishmael (Quinn novel)|Ishmael]]''|[[Daniel Quinn]]}} | starring = {{Plain list| * [[Anthony Hopkins]] * [[Cuba Gooding Jr.]] * [[Donald Sutherland]] * [[Maura Tierney]] * [[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]] | released = {{Film date|1999|6|4}} | runtime = 124 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $60 million | gross = $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 (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]]. ==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== * [[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 ==Production== In production in 1998. [[Principal photography]] began on January 26, and ended on August 8, 1998. ==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."<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> [[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> ===Box office=== The film was a [[box-office bomb]], 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== {{Infobox album | name = Instinct | type = Film score | artist = [[Danny Elfman]] | cover = | caption = | alt = | released = 1999 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = | length = | label = | producer = | prev_title = [[Men in Black (1997 film)|Men in Black]] | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = [[Sleepy Hollow (soundtrack)|Sleepy Hollow]] | next_year = 1999 }} # "Main Title" # "Into the Wild" # "Back to the Forest" # "Everybody Goes" # "The Killing" # "The Riot" # "Escape" # "End Credits" ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0128278|title=Instinct}} * {{AllMovie title|id=179998|title=Instinct}} * {{Mojo title|id=instinct|title=Instinct}} {{Jon Turteltaub}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2012}} [[Category:1999 films]] [[Category:1990s psychological thriller films]] [[Category:American psychological thriller films]] [[Category:Films based on American novels]] [[Category:Films directed by Jon Turteltaub]] [[Category:Films about gorillas]] [[Category:Films shot in Uganda]] [[Category:Spyglass Entertainment films]] [[Category:Touchstone Pictures films]] [[Category:Films scored by Danny Elfman]] [[Category:1999 drama films]] [[Category:1990s English-language films]] [[Category:1990s American films]]'