• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1998-06-26
  • Runtime85 minutes
  • TaglineHe doesn't just talk to the animals!
  • Revenue294,500,000$
  • GenreComedy, Family, Fantasy
  • Production
    Companies20th Century Fox, Davis Entertainment, Joseph M. Singer Entertainment
  • Budget71,000,000$

Movie Overview

A successful physician and devoted family man, John Dolittle seems to have the world by the tail, until a long suppressed talent he possessed as a child, the ability to communicate with animals is suddenly reawakened with a vengeance! Now every creature within squawking distance wants the good doctor's advice, unleashing an outrageous chain of events that turns his world upside down!

Casts

Eddie Murphy

Ossie Davis

Oliver Platt

Peter Boyle

Richard Schiff

Kristen Wilson

Jeffrey Tambor

Kyla Pratt

Raven-Symoné

Steven Gilborn

June Christopher

Cherie Franklin

Norm Macdonald

Chris Rock

Albert Brooks

Jenna Elfman

Reni Santoni

John Leguizamo

Julie Kavner

Garry Shandling

Ellen DeGeneres

Paul Reubens

Eddie Frierson

Phil Proctor

Gilbert Gottfried

Brian Doyle-Murray

Doug Shamburger

Jeff Doucette

Archie Hahn

Tom Towles

Royce D. Applegate

Chad Einbinder

Jonathan Lipnicki

Hamilton Camp

Kerrigan Mahan

Mark Adair-Rios

Don Calfa

Kellye Nakahara

Beth Grant

Yule Caise

Charles Branklyn

Richard Penn

Karl T. Wright

Stan Sellers

Ming Lo

Arnold F. Turner