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- Meet the man who can talk to animals Eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria ‘s England has the remarkable ability to talk to animals! But after losing his wife, he hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company.
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Mar 19, 2016 · Unfortunately, the most recent film adaptation, the Eddie Murphy series of films, does not follow the source material at all. Early in the first movie we see a very young Dolittle talking to his dog, which prompts his parents to freak out a bit and get rid of the dog.
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Mar 14, 2020 · Robert Downey Jr. electrifies as the man who could talk to animals: Dolittle. After losing his wife, he hermits himself away behind the high wall of his manor, but is forced to set sail on...
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Doctor Dolittle, the hero of Hugh Lofting’s children’s series about an English country doctor who learned to speak the language of animals, turns 100 this year.
Doctor John Dolittle is the central character of a series of children's books by Hugh Lofting starting with the 1920 The Story of Doctor Dolittle. He is a physician who shuns human patients in favour of animals, with whom he can speak in their own languages.
- Barry (Ralph Fiennes) In comparison to previous sinister roles, such as Lord Voldemort or Amon Goeth in Schindler’s List, Barry may be one of the more lighthearted villains Academy Award-nominee Ralph Fiennes has played.
- Betsy (Selena Gomez) Easily the tallest of Robert Downey Jr.’ s onscreen animal friends, Betsy is a giraffe voiced by former Disney Channel star and current pop star, Selena Gomez.
- Chee-Chee (Rami Malek) You have heard of the Cowardly Lion - now, meet the Cowardly Gorilla. Oscar-winner Rami Malek, who will also appear as James Bond’s next villain in No Time to Die, goes from portraying a larger than life rock star in Bohemian Rhapsody to a larger than life jungle beast in Dolittle.
- Dab-Dab (Octavia Spencer) Octavia Spencer, the titular antagonist of last year’s thriller Ma, plays an absent-minded duck named Dab-Dab in Dolittle. This is the third time the Oscar-winning actress has voiced an animal, after playing a snake in Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters and an otter in Zootopia, and her second voice role in 2020, along with playing the Manticore in Pixar’s upcoming fantasy Onward.
But will there ever be a time when, Dr Dolittle style, we’ll be able to talk to animals and they can respond in kind? While it seems to be the stuff of fiction and fantasy, could AI and new technologies further the cause of animal translation?
Dec 29, 2016 · Doctor Dolittle's parrot, Polynesia, does a good job at talking and teaching him to talk to the animals who come to him for care. I find myself humming that song quite a bit, and...
