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Box office. $26,558 [1] All the Little Animals is a 1998 drama film directed and produced by Jeremy Thomas and starring Christian Bale and John Hurt. Based on the 1968 novella of the same name by Walker Hamilton, it was adapted for the screen by Eski Thomas. The film screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. [2]
Jul 9, 1999 · A 1998 adventure drama thriller film about a mentally slow young man who escapes his abusive stepfather and learns to bury roadkill animals. Starring John Hurt and Christian Bale, directed by Jeremy Thomas, based on a novella by E.M. Forster.
- (3.2K)
- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- Jeremy Thomas
- 1999-07-09
"All the Little Animals" has certain things going for it like excellent acting and pleasant scenery. And I like that the movie is about people attempting to live off the grid, especially the bit ...
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- Jeremy Thomas
- R
- John Hurt
"All the Little Animals" is a particularly odd film that, despite its title, is not a children's movie, a cute animal movie or the story of a veterinarian, but a dark and insinuating fable. Because it falls so far outside our ordinary story expectations it may frustrate some viewers, but it has a fearsome single-mindedness that suggests deep Jungian origins. Like the 1989 fantasy "Paperhouse ...
A mentally slow young man escapes his abusive stepfather and learns to bury roadkill animals from a strange old man. But his world turns into a nightmare when his stepfather catches up to him.
Watch the official trailer of All the Little Animals, a drama film about a young man who runs away from home and helps an old man bury animals killed by cars. Starring John Hurt, Christian Bale, and Daniel Benzali.
- 2 min
Bobby Platt is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange old man who wanders the highways to bury roadkill animals. Bobby becomes the old man's apprentice and learns to see the world of nature in a strange idyllic way. But soon the shadow of his stepfather catches up to him and ...
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