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Directed by | Luke Greenfield |
Screenplay by | Tom Brady Rob Schneider |
Story by | Tom Brady |
Produced by | Barry Bernardi Carr D'Angelo Todd Garner |
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Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
Edited by | Jeff Gourson |
Music by | Teddy Castellucci |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $47 million[1] |
Box office | $84.7 million[1] |
The Animal is a 2001 American science fiction comedy film[2] directed by Luke Greenfield, written by Tom Brady and Rob Schneider from a story conceived by Brady, and produced by Barry Bernardi, Carr D'Angelo, and Todd Garner. It stars Schneider in the lead role, alongside Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Guy Torry, and Edward Asner with supporting roles by Michael Caton and Louis Lombardi. The film depicts a police station evidence clerk who is critically injured and is put back together by a mad scientist who transplants animal parts, resulting in strange animalistic changes to his behavior.
Produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions in association with Revolution Studios, The Animal was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on June 6, 2001. The film received negative to mixed reviews.
A sequel is in development that will be released on Tubi.