Instinct Page #2

Synopsis: Nearly two years after having gone amiss in Africa, renowned anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell is caught committing a crime and subsequently imprisoned in a Florida mental institution, where aspiring psychiatrist Dr. Theo Calder takes over his important case. Dr. Powell, who has been with a group of gorillas during all that time, is not talking at all and seems to be living in a dreamworld. Very slowly, Dr. Calder manages to reach Ethan Powell and starts finding out why Ethan killed two of the poachers. Yet Theo's case is not just about why the murders have happened, but also about how Dr. Powell became the being he is in the first place. With Ethan's silence broken, Theo is introduced into a world beyond common human comprehension: The true nature of being. He learns that mankind's control of everything is a mere illusion and that the true values of existence can't be found so easily. Ethan changes Theo's view of things forever.
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Jon Turteltaub
Production: Buena Vista Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.5
Metacritic:
43
Rotten Tomatoes:
27%
R
Year:
1999
126 min
516 Views


For the best-seller?

Maybe.

What is it? Tell me.

Is that a yes?

So, how come he doesn't talk?

Well, they say...

that he used to live

with monkeys.

Where?

"Where?" Michigan.

Oh.

Peter. Peter, why?

Look what you did.

Ex-Excuse me.

Our ball. Excuse me.

Excuse me!

Can we have our ball back?

Peter.

I hear you almost took out

a correctional at the airport.

I hope you try that in here...

once.

Pete, what'd you get, buddy?

Hey, Pete, what card

did you get, man?

Pete!

Let me see the card!

Let me see.

Let me see. Show me your card.

That ain't my ace.

I want my ace of diamonds

I want my ace of diamonds!

Give me the card!

Show me the card!

You got my ace? You got my ace?

You got my ace. You got my ace!

You got my ace! You got

my ace, don't you?

You got my ace!

That ain't my ace!

I want my ace!

Give me my card.

You got the ace of diamonds.

Show me the card. Let me see the card!

The card!

Ace of diamonds! Show it to me!

Show me the card!

Give me the card.

Card! Ace of diamonds!

You got my card?

I want my card!

Give me my card!

I got it again!

Ace of diamonds!

Mr. Dacks, it looks like

it's Bluto again.

I got it again!

The ace of diamonds!

Bluto, you are one lucky

son of a gun.

Just as long as you're confident

they're sticking to the schedule.

It's the same thing

every day, sir.

Warden, I'm Dr. Theo Caulder.

I'm Jack Keefer.

This is Dr. John Murray, in charge

of our psychotics. How do you do?

What do you think

of our anthill, Dr. Caulder?

- Is Dr. Powell down there?

- No.

The psychotics are not

in the general population.

Uh, could we get you

one of these?

It's got vanilla bean in it this morning.

Uh, no, thank you.

I'd actually like

to get started.

I can give you Powell now in an unused

visitation room and again on Friday.

You and Dr. Murray can work out a schedule

for your time with the other inmates.

The "other inmates"?

I was told you'd be on temporary

staff at our facility, Doctor.

That's the deal.

Well, I was kind of hoping to spend

most of every day with Powell.

This is Harmony Bay, Dr. Caulder.

It was out of date 30 years ago.

It's crumbling under our feet. Two, three

years, they're gonna tear the old girl down.

Meanwhile, we have the toughest

correctional job in the state.

I'm gonna have to ask you to try to

fit in with our scheme of things...

and treat Powell

like every other inmate.

I hope that's okay with you.

Watch the cup for me.

Well, here we are.

Haldol, 20 milligrams,

four times a day?

- How am I supposed to talk to him?

- He doesn't talk, remember?

Dr. Theo Caulder. First interview

with Dr. Ethan Powell.

Dr. Powell,

I'm Dr. Theo Caulder.

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Gerald Di Pego

Gerald Di Pego was born in 1941. He is a writer and producer, known for Instinct (1999), Phenomenon (1996) and The Forgotten (2004). He has been married to Christine DiPego since 1992. He was previously married to Janet Kapsin. more…

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