Doctor Dolittle
– Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to f..
Get ready for the wildest adventure of a lifetime in the most ambitious production ever brought to film. Earning a 1967 Academy Award nomination for Best Picture, this dazzling fantasy turns both ordinary and exotic animals into talking, dancing and singing sensations! Rex Harrison is unforgettable in this inspiring adaptation of Hugh Lofting's classic stories.Step into the English country home of the good doctor as he performs remarkable treatments on the wildest variety of patients you could imagine. Discover his secret cures and watch with wide-eyed excitement as he and his four-legged, fine-feathered friends charm their way into your heart!
19 Dec 1967
English
Richard Fleischer
Hugh Lofting (novels), Leslie Bricusse (screenplay)
Rex Harrison, Samantha Eggar, Anthony Newley, Richard Attenborough
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, England, in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. In so doing, he and his friends meet such exotic creatures as the Pushme-Pullyu and the Giant Lunar Moth. This musical is the source of the hit song, "If I Could Talk To The Animals."
Won 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 14 nominations.
20th Century Fox