Robert Downey Jr.
Dr. John Dolittle
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He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages. He later becomes a naturalist, using his abilities to speak with animals to better understand nature and the history of the world. [1]
- Doctor, naturalist
- The Story of Doctor Dolittle
Jan 17, 2020 · After his wife's death, Dr. John Dolittle (Robert Downey, Jr.) decided to hide from the world with his beloved animals. But he has to take a journey to a mysterious island to find a healing tree, which is the only medicine that can help the dying Queen Victoria (Jessie Buckley) in Buckingham Palace.
- (69K)
- Adventure, Comedy, Family
- Stephen Gaghan
- 2020-01-17
John Dolittle, MD, is a respected physician and quiet bachelor living with his spinster sister Sarah in the small English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. His love of animals grows over the years and his household menagerie eventually scares off his human clientele, leading to loss of wealth.
- 180
- Hugh Lofting
- October 25, 1920
- Frederick A. Stokes
A doctor discovers that he can communicate with animals. Director. Betty Thomas. Writers. Hugh Lofting. Nat Mauldin. Larry Levin. Stars. Eddie Murphy. Peter Boyle. Ossie Davis. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +2. Add to Watchlist. Added by 75.0K users. 120 User reviews. 45 Critic reviews. 46 Metascore. Awards.
- Betty Thomas
- 29 sec
The Dr. Dolittle franchise consists of American feature-length family films, based on the book series written by Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle. Like their source material, the plot of each respective film follows the titular characters' adventures given their abilities to communicate with animals.
CharacterFilms(doctor Dolittle)Films(dr. Dolittle)Eddie Murphy Dari Gerard Smith Y Raymond ...Eddie MurphyLisa DolittleDr. Maya DolittleCharisse Dolittle- ~$730,971,580, (total of 6 films)
- United States
- ~$353,500,000, (total of 7 films)
- 1967-2020
1 Video. 99+ Photos. Adventure Comedy Family. After the animal communicating veterinarian goes too far for his clientele, he and his friends escape their hometown to the sea in search of the Great Pink Sea Snail. Director. Richard Fleischer. Writers. Hugh Lofting. Leslie Bricusse. Stars. Rex Harrison. Samantha Eggar. Anthony Newley.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920), a children’s novel by Hugh Lofting, is the first in a series of books about the adventures of the title character, who learns how to speak with animals. The original story contained many plot elements and vocabulary choices that have become controversial over time; later editions often bowdlerize these passages.
