Fierce Creatures
Fierce Creatures is a 1997 farcical comedy film. While not literally a sequel, Fierce Creatures is a spiritual successor to the 1988 film A Fish Called Wanda. Both films star John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and Michael Palin. Fierce Creatures was written by John Cleese and directed by Robert Young and Fred Schepisi. The film was dedicated to Gerald Durrell and Peter Cook. Some scenes were filmed at Jersey Zoo, a zoological park founded by Durrell.
Plot
Willa Weston arrives in Atlanta to take a high-ranking position in a company recently acquired by Octopus Inc.'s owner, Rod McCain. When he informs her he has already sold the company, she then agrees to run another recent acquisition, Marwood Zoo. She is to create a business model that can be used for multiple zoos in the future. Rod McCain's son Vincent, who is attracted to Willa, announces that he will join her at the zoo. The zoo's newly appointed director is a retired Hong Kong Police Force officer and former Octopus Television employee, Rollo Lee. To meet Octopus's revenue target of 20% from all assets, he institutes a "fierce creatures" theme. Believing dangerous and violent animals will attract more visitors, all animals not meeting those requirements must go.
More details
author | John Cleese |
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contentLocation | United Kingdom |
director | Fred Schepisi Robert Young |
editor | Robert Gibson |
genre | comedy |
keywords | animal attack connect dead body discover golf course hong kong hong kong police force hotel room keep market meet new life police force retire run steal their way warn work out |
musicBy | Jerry Goldsmith |
producer | John Cleese Michael Shamberg |
productionCompany | Jersey Films |
publisher | Universal Pictures |
recordedAt | Pinewood Studios |