Doctor Dolittle / Doctor Dolittle 2

Image Not Available Director: Betty Thomas, Steve Carr Dvd Release: 21st March, 2005 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, Box set, PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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Doctor Dolittle is a 1967 musical film which tells the story of a veterinarian who can talk to animals. It stars Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley & Richard Attenborough. It was also the last film appearance of chimpanzee actor Cheeta. The movie was adapted by Leslie Bricusse from the novels by Hugh Lofting. It was directed by Richard Fleischer. It won Academy Awards for Best Effects, Special Effects & Best Music, Song. It was nominated for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Original Music Score, Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment, Best Picture & Best Sound. Alan Jay Lerner was originally chosen to write the script, but due to creative differences, he left & was replaced by Bricusse. This gave Rex Harrison the chance to sit out his contract & he was to be replaced by Christopher Plummer, but when Harrison agreed to stay, the producers paid Plummer his total agreed-upon salary to leave the production.

Betty Thomas is an American actress & director in television & motion pictures. She was born Betty Thomas Nienhauser in Saint Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Ohio University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She worked as an artist & taught school in Chicago before deciding to pursue a career in show business. Thomas joined The Second City comedy group & appeared in the films Tunnel Vision & Chesty Anderson, USN, Used Cars & Loose Shoes & on the TV series The Fun Factory. While Thomas had been building her career in comedy, her breakthough role as an actress came when she was cast in the dramatic role of police officer Lucille Bates on the TV series Hill Street Blues. She was nominated for six Emmy Awards for this role & won one for Best Supporting Actress in 1985. Following the end of the series, Thomas moved into directing. She first worked in TV, directing episodes of series such as Doogie Howser, M,D. Posters Of 28 Days

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