Doctor Dolittle Page #2

Synopsis: Dr. John Dolittle has the world in his hands: A beautiful wife at his side, two adorable daughters and a career that could not go better. One night, he nearly runs over a dog with his car. The dog yells "bonehead" and disappears. From then on, his childhood ability is back: To communicate with animals. Unfortunately, the word of Dolittle's ability is spreading quickly. Soon, many animals from rat to horse flock to his place to get medical advice. But his colleagues suspect he's going mad, and as the clinic Dolittle used to work for is about to being taken over for a huge amount of money, many decisions have to be made. Believe him? Put him into a mental institution? Sell the clinic? But also his family is close to breaking apart. Until a circus tiger falls seriously ill.
Director(s): Betty Thomas
Production: 20th Century Fox
  4 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
46
Rotten Tomatoes:
43%
PG-13
Year:
1998
85 min
Website
4,072 Views


this fancy sports car you always wanted.

- Right here. Beautiful.

- Oh, my God, John. You didn't!

No, I didn't. But I saw how fluttery you got,

so don't tell me you don't care about money.

- "Oh, John, you didn't!"

- That's not funny.

So, Daddy, you have to find Rodney.

- I'll put down some of that sticky paper.

- No, don't!

Don't worry. You peel him right off it.

Tell you what. I will turn the house upside

down and I will find Rodney for you. Yes?

- And call me if my egg starts to hatch.

- I will call you if your egg starts to hatch.

Aaaggghhh! Aaaggghhh!

Aaaggghhh!

Maya! Aagghh!

Aagghh! Aagghh! Aagghh!

Let's go. Let's go.

Get in there. And you stay in there!

Dolittle.

Mrs Parkus, do you have a death wish?

But I took it out of the shell.

- Can I talk to you for a minute?

- Sure.

- You couldn't tell what it was without me?

- I knew what it was.

She was frightened. She wanted her doctor.

- It's a beautiful thing.

- That's a beau... That's a beautiful thing?

- How old are you?

- 26.

You spend all your time here, right? Probably

grab your naps curled up in the break room.

Occasional nooky with

one of the interns in the closet.

I have a real life. And I'd appreciate it if you

only called me when it was a real emergency.

If a patient comes in

carrying his own head, call me.

Somebody has a bicycle up their ass,

call me. Understand?

Yeah, I understand.

So, you want me to give her the injection?

I would not be a smartass right now

if I was you.

Making little smart statements to me

at two o'clock in the morning after I came...

Is there something wrong, Doctor?

- Oh... no, Mrs Parkus.

- Oh.

Ooh!

- There we go.

- Ugh.

- OK.

- Mm, thank you.

You're welcome.

Watch where you're goin'

next time, bonehead!

Let me start by saying thank you very much

for giving up part of your weekend.

We just want to make sure

we can answer any and all of your questions.

We want you to be comfortable

with what we're proposing.

And, uh... speaking of which...

that explains the details of the buyout.

The information you're probably

most interested in is on page four.

Oh, wow, four million dollars!

That's pretty comfortable.

- I'm comfortable. You comfortable, Geno?

- I have some questions.

- No, you don't.

- Yes, I do.

Are we gonna have to cut back on our staff?

Yes. Unfortunately,

we'll have to make some cuts.

Bread?

No, thank you.

- "No, thank you"?

- Yeah. You offered me some bread, and...

...I don't want any, thanks.

- So you have no problem with staff cuts?

- You gonna share that bread?

- You just said you didn't want any.

- What is it, some kind ofjoke?

- Absolutely not.

- Bagel chips!

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Nat Mauldin

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