Doctor Dolittle (1967)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.0/10   

Director:

Richard Fleischer

Escritores:

Hugh Lofting (novels)
Leslie Bricusse (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

19 diciembre 1967 (USA)

Género:

Aventura | Comedia | Familia | Fantasía | Musical | Romance

Frase comercial:

Ride across the sea inside the GIANT PINK SEA SNAIL!

Plot:

Doctor Dolittle is a world-renowned veterinarian who speaks a wide array of animal languages. He sets off from his home in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh...

Plot Keywords:

England | Snail | Moth | Veterinarian | Fish Tank

Premios:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 14 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Oft-maligned…and deservedly so.

Reparto

Rex Harrison	...	Dr. John Dolittle
Samantha Eggar	...	Emma Fairfax
Anthony Newley	...	Matthew Mugg
Richard Attenborough	...	Albert Blossom
Peter Bull	...	Gen. Bellowes
Muriel Landers	...	Mrs. Blossom
William Dix	...	Tommy Stubbins
Geoffrey Holder	...	William Shakespeare X
Portia Nelson	...	Sarah Dolittle
Norma Varden	...	Lady Petherington

También conocida como:

Doctor Dolittle (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

152 min | 145 min (FMC Library Print)

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | UK:U | Australia:G | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | USA:Approved

Locaciones de Filmación:

20th Century Fox Ranch, Malibu Creek State Park - 1925 Las Virgenes Road, Calabasas, California, USA

Compañía:

APJAC Productions

Trivialidades:

Nine separate versions of the musical soundtrack were commissioned in several languages, with over a million copies pressed total. Almost none of them sold, which is why to this day the soundtrack turns up in many thrift stores and 99-cent "cut out" bins.

Errores:

Anacronismos: In the scene when Matthew Mugg is plotting the breakout of Dr Dolittle from jail, he says he is going to blow up the road with Dynamite. The opening scene states the movie is set in 1845, Dynamite was not invented until 1866.

Citas:

Polynesia: I speak over two thousand languages, including Dodo and Unicorn. I had a classical education.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

When I Look In Your Eyes

Oft-maligned…and deservedly so.

This film's reputation is so bad that you may be tempted to watch it. If so, you'll find a few charms ("Talk to the Animals" and "When I Look Into Your Eyes" numbers, great production values and a very game Rex Harrison) and riches of embarrassments.

It actually starts off fairly well with Anthony Newley introducing Dolittle and explaining how the doctor shifted from human patients to animals. But as it grids on, songs begin to sound similar, dropped in only when it's time for something different (rather than growing out of the plot and characters). The script has a few clever lines, but mostly unbelievable characters (in particular, Samantha Eggar's character is angry without motivation, whereas she could have provided some much needed romantic interest) and situations. (Yes, it's a fantasy, but fantasies can be convincing.)

Amazingly, Rex Harrison puts a lot of effort into his part and many of his scenes do pay off ("When I Look Into Your Eyes" song; courtroom scene). The photography, sets, costumes and other production values are gorgeous and you can see the money up there on the screen. But by film's end, one is appalled by the huge investment of time, talent and money, which yield so little result.