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  • Laura Shutkever
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Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998.
Doctor Dolittle. Dir. Betty Thomas. 20th-Century Fox. 1998. 150 150 Laura Shutkever

Representation of animals in Betty Thomas’s Doctor Dolittle The animal presence in Doctor Dolittle (1998) is extremely intriguing, using impressive CGI and a vast spectrum of species to depict a…

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  • Moss Goodwin
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Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011.
Life of Pi. Dir. Ang Lee. 20th-Century Fox. 2011. 150 150 Moss Goodwin

Ang Lees’s Life of Pi is a shipwreck film that depicts the epic journey of the main character Piscine ‘Pi’ Molitor Patel, whilst addressing many issues along the way such as those…

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  • Barry Germansky
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Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox. 1968.
Planet of the Apes. Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner. 20th Century Fox. 1968. 150 150 Barry Germansky

Evolutionary Reversal in Planet of the Apes Planet of the Apes (1968) brilliantly satirizes the process by which humans simultaneously invented the concept of the “animal kingdom” and appointed themselves to its…

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  • Erik Mortensen
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The Ghost and the Darkness. Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Constellation Entertainment. 1996.
The Ghost and the Darkness. Dir. Stephen Hopkins. Constellation Entertainment. 1996. 150 150 Erik Mortensen

Film Poster for The Ghost and the Darkness URL: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/01/Ghostandthedarkness.jpg This film is a retelling of The Man-Eaters of Tsavo – the published journal of John Henry Patterson. He was…

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