Animal Behavior (1989)

A very funny movie about getting serious.

Genre : Comedy, Romance

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Jenny Bowen, Kjehl Rasmussen

Synopsis

Biologist Alex Brisco develops a new method to communicate with chimpanzees. Instead of using machines, she teaches the chimps simple sign language. Her research is overlooked by ignorant colleagues, but one man, Mark, a cellist, helps Alex with her research.

Actors

Alex Bristow

Mark Mathias

Mel Gorsky

Coral Grable

Doctor Parrish

Herself

Site Committee

Mrs. Norton

Crews

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Writer

Director

Director of Photography

Cliff Eidelman

Original Music Composer

Executive Producer

Co-Producer

Associate Producer

Producer

Production Design

Art Direction

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