- BFI identifier439041
- Date1997 (Copyright)
1997-02-14 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisComedy set in an English zoo, bought by a ruthless Australian media mogul who appoints an employee as director to maximise profits. The director's scheme to boost attendance is to stock only "fierce creatures" and dispose of all the other animals. The keepers stage a revolt. (Synopsis) Comedy. When a London zoo is acquired by Rod McCain, ex-policeman Rollo Lee is brought in to make the operation profitable. Lee's idea is to get rid of all the domesticated animals and replace them only with extremely fierce ones. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget: £20M
- Genre
- CategoryFiction
- Credits
- CastJohn Cleese (Rollo Lee)
Jamie Lee Curtis (Willa Weston)
Kevin Kline (Vince McCain/Rod McCain)
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Title
Fierce Creatures (Original)
Death Fish II (Alternative)
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