Instinct · 1999

Instinct

«Nothing is more savage than civilization.»

Jon Turteltaub · 124 min · United States of America

In a prison for the criminally insane, deranged anthropologist Ethan Powell is set to be examined by a bright young psychiatrist, Theo Caulder. Driven by ambition and a hunger for the truth, Caulder will eventually risk everything—even put his very life on the line—in a harrowing attempt to understand the bizarre actions of this madman.

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Budget

US$80,000,000

Worldwide revenue

US$34,105,207

Production companies

Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures

Locations

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• Filming
• Setting

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Setting

Ruanda

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Cast

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  Anthony Hopkins

  Dr. Ethan Powell

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  Cuba Gooding Jr.

  Dr. Theo Caulder

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  Donald Sutherland

  Ben Hillard

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  Maura Tierney

  Lynn Powell

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  George Dzundza

  Dr. John Murray

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  John Ashton

  Guard Dacks

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  John Aylward

  Warden Keefer

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  Doug Spinuzza

  Nicko