Dolittle
After losing his wife seven years earlier, the eccentric Dr. John Dolittle, famed doctor and veterinarian of Queen Victoria’s England, hermits himself away behind the high walls of Dolittle Manor with only his menagerie of exotic animals for company. But when the young queen falls gravely ill, a reluctant Dolittle is forced to set sail on an epic adventure to a mythical island in search of a cure, regaining his wit… From TMDB
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60 of 133 · most liked firstI watched the original Dr. Dolittle with Rex Harrison last week and it’s kinda wild that the plot of that movie was “man loves animals so much he devotes his life to learning to speak all of their languages as though they were people” while the American Eddie Murphy one is like “lolmagic”
unlabelledView post →It's time for another Enterprise movie night with Phlox. Now Showing: Dr. Dolittle (1998) #StarTrek #StarTrekMemes #StarTrekEnterprise
unlabelledView post →Books have the power to whisk you away to magical lands or give you valuable insight into history. But sometimes... they do both. From the book "Box Office Poison" by Tim Robey. This is a chapter on the film Doctor Dolittle (1967).
unlabelledView post →It's such bullshit that the first time we see Dr. Dolittle (Rex Harrison) in the eponymously-titled 1967 film, he's got a stethoscope up against a fish tank and he's claiming to be learning some fish language. I really don't think fish have language. I think Dolittle's a fraud.
unlabelledView post →All re-watches this week: My Fair Lady (1964) Doctor Dolittle (1967) Around The World in Eighty Days (1956) Cleopatra (1963) #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky 🎬🍿📽️
unlabelledView post →One year the first new movie I saw in theaters was DOLITTLE. So every that movie isn't DOLITTLE looks better by comparison.
unlabelledView post →After I saw Wonka, I thought about Doctor Dolittle, who also had a film around the late 60s with songs by the late legend, Leslie Bricusse. So, here is a new fan poster for a musical fantasy adventure, where Dr. Dolittle and his friends explore an uncharted island to find a rare and powerful plant.
unlabelledView post →Harold and the Purple Crayon will be the final straw that breaks the modern movie business. strong 1967 Doctor Dolittle emanations coming from this project
unlabelledView post →#NovemberMovieChallenge #FilmSky Day 18: Parrot in a movie Dolittle - 2020
unlabelledView post →Alexander Courage BOTD was a respected arranger and orchestrator in Hollywood long before "Star Trek." From the MGM musicals, to an Oscar nod for his work on DOCTOR DOLITTLE (1967), to orchestrating films for John Williams and Jerry Goldsmith, his career was long and fruitful. 2/ #filmsky #moviesky
unlabelledView post →Samantha Eggar, Oscar-nominated star of 'The Collector' and David Cronenberg's 'The Brood,' dies at 86 The actress also starred in "Doctor Dolittle," Disney's "Hercules," and an episode of "Star Trek: The Next Generation." variety.com/2025/film/ne...
unlabelledView post →Movie Alphabet Challenge 04/26 D: Dr. Dolittle #movies #moviesky #filmsky 🎬
unlabelledView post →And, sure, I'm an 80s kid Gen Xer with all the unearned disdain that implies for his Nutty Professor/ Klumps/ Dr. Dolittle/ Norbit stuff that I haven't seen, looking at Bowfinger, Dreamgirls, and Dolemite as his only "real" movie in 30 years (with a qualified exception for the Shreks). But...
unlabelledView post →How recent are we talking? That Artemis Fowl movie and Dolittle were on the brain again lately… Didn’t like the recent-ish French Count of Monte Cristo adaptation either.
unlabelledView post →I think about Are You That Somebody being written for the fucking Dr Dolittle movie more than I'm comfortable with youtu.be/uTMuqL0qx08?...
unlabelledView post →My poor Mom. She took us to DOCTOR DOLITTLE and regretted it: “You guys fell asleep! And I was stuck watching the worst movie ever made!” She changed her mind after we dragged her to WILLY WONKA, her new “worst movie”! #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social @tcmparty.bsky.social @tcmfans.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →That moment when you’re reminded Singing In The Rain, a film that coulda, woulda, shoulda swept the Oscars wasn’t nominated for Best Picture, but Doctor Dolittle was. An American In Paris Cabaret West Side Story (OG) The Wizard of Oz Mary Poppins
unlabelledView post →#JuneMovieChallenge #FilmSky 9: A movie with a duck in it Dolittle - 2020
unlabelledView post →That part in the terrible Dr. Dolittle movie where the dragon farts and the John Cena Polar Bear is like, "Respect." is basically how my brain works.
unlabelledView post →After Wonka came out, I thought back to Doctor Dolittle, which also had a film around the late 60s with songs by the late legend Leslie Bricusse. So, here's a fan poster for a musical fantasy adventure, where Dr. Dolittle and his friends explore an uncharted land to find a rare and powerful flower.
unlabelledView post →Remembering the lovely and talented Samantha Eggar, Oscar-nominated British film, stage, and television actress, on her 87th birthday, famous for roles in THE COLLECTOR, DOCTOR DOLITTLE, THE BROOD, THE EXTERMINATOR, CURTAINS, COLUMBO, FAMILY, THE LOVE BOAT, METALOCALYPSE, and so much more.
unlabelledView post →Samantha Eggar, Star of ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ Cronenberg’s ‘The Brood,’ Dies at 86 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
unlabelledView post →For tonight's Movie night in the discord (wink wink) I'm exposing anyone who joins to the South Wales accent. By watching Downey Jr attempt one for 2 hours in Dolittle 😂
unlabelledView post →15 movies to get to know me: Cinderella (1950) Deadpool 2 Breakfast Club Doctor Dolittle (1967) Frozen 2 A Goofy Movie Princess Mononoke Pitch Perfect Leap Year Star Wars: Rogue One The Marvels The Perks of Being a Wallflower Fierce Creatures The Fault in Our Stars Finding Dory
unlabelledView post →post a movie that you love or used to love, beginning with the letter "d." #moviesky #filmsky 🎥 I’m lazier than you. No posters and they’re all Drs Dr. Zhivago Dr. Dolittle (Rex Harrison and Eddie Murphy, not Robert Downey) Dr. Strangelove Dr. No
unlabelledView post →Technically we are getting a new Dr Dolittle movie in the near-isd future But it’s about his granddaughter and it’s set in present day Also it’s a cgi animated movie
unlabelledView post →Samantha Eggar, Star of ‘Doctor Dolittle,’ Cronenberg’s ‘The Brood,’ Dies at 86 💔😢 variety.com/2025/film/ne...
unlabelledView post →I do not understand the human race/Has so little love for creatures with a different face./Treating animals like people is no madness or disgrace./I do not understand the human race. From my favorite movie , Rex Harrlson, Dr Dolittle, 1967.
unlabelledView post →Friends, I have a question for you: Some time ago, I did a fan poster for a film version of Doctor Dolittle with Tom Hiddleston as the star. But lately, I have been thinking about recasting with Daveed Diggs, influenced by the late Sammy Davis Jr. who was also Black and Jewish. What do you think?
unlabelledView post →God, I don't know. I hate the movie Paparazzi with a passion I cannot explain. Also, fuck the Zombieland sequel. But according to letterboxd, Once Upon a Time in Venice, Smiley, Dolittle, and Shark Exorcist are rated among the lowest.
unlabelledView post →When COVID hit, one of the multiplexes near me had a big banner up for the RDJ Dolittle movie that stayed up for *way* too long as a result and I kept imagining this tattered Dolittle banner as the symbol of pre-apocalypse culture.
unlabelledView post →In "Dr. Dolittle 3" one of the characters says, "I burned the dopest CD for everyone to freak to." This movie came out in 2006. Therefore, I must put forward the theory that in the cinematic Dolittle universe the iPod was never invented.
unlabelledView post →After Lacock I drove through the hamlet of Tiddleywink, and on to Castle Combe. One of the prettiest villages in England! This is the By Brook river. The 1967 film 'Doctor Dolittle' was filmed here! 🎬
unlabelledView post →Flashback to that time I reminded my Discord that the RDJ Dolittle movie had an extensive scene where RDJ fists a CGI dragon and gets ass-blasted for nearly sixty full, on-screen seconds.
unlabelledView post →New on the blog today, my thoughts on BOX OFFICE POISON by Tim Robey. A hugely entertaining roll call of filmic wreckage from the past hundred years - featuring Doctor Dolittle, Catwoman, Speed 2 and many more! #FilmSky #BookSky 💙📚 #BookReview jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2025/03/16/b...
unlabelledView post →5 March 1908 – 1990 Rex Harrison, 82, English actor. Major Barbara (1941) Blithe Spirit * Anna and King of Siam * The Ghost and Mrs Muir * Unfaithfully Yours * Anne of the Thousand Days (1949 Tony Award) Cleopatra * My Fair Lady (Tony Award + Oscar film) The Honey Pot * Doctor Dolittle (1967 Oscar)
unlabelledView post →Remembering stage & film composer & lyricist Leslie Bricusse. Doctor Dolittle, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. “The Candy Man”, “Pure Imagination”, “Goldfinger”. #botd (Jan. 29, 1931 - Oct. 19, 2021)
unlabelledView post →#royal Queen Elizabeth II meets actor Rex Harrison and his wife Rachel Roberts at the premiere of the film 'Dr Dolittle' at the Odeon Marble Arch, London, #OTD Dec 12, 1967. The English actor Richard Attenborough (far right) and his wife Sheila Sim presenting Anthony Newley to the Queen
unlabelledView post →Dr. Dolittle (1998). I was 5, gonna be six in less than 2 months. It was my first PG-13 movie.
unlabelledView post →5 March 1939 – 2025 - Samantha Eggar, English-US actress. Dr. Crippen * The Collector (with Terence Stamp, 1938– 2025) * Walk, Don't Run (1966 Cary Grant final film) * Doctor Dolittle * The Molly Maguires * Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun * Seven-Per-Cent Solution * The Uncanny * The Brood
unlabelledView post →Over at @ticklishbiz.bsky.social we celebrated our fictional holiday of Flop-uary by talking about the worst Best Picture nominee ever, DOCTOR DOLITTLE. thefilmmaven.com/doctor-dolit...
unlabelledView post →Take Two 🎬 of inspired bitch’s Corny Christmas Movie Mix 🍿🎄Grumpy Cat’s Worst Christmas Ever: Does it have Aubrey Plaza’s sarcastic sassy siren of a voice as the adorable squished meme cat from the aughts, yes. Dr. Dolittle strip mall style. Who doesn’t get nostalgic about strip mall Santa magic🧑🏾🎄 ✨
unlabelledView post →People love to say that Doctor Dolittle is so bad that it killed Rex Harrison's film career, nearly ended movie musicals, and almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox. All of these things are true
unlabelledView post →Samantha Eggar Dead: 'The Collector,' 'Doctor Dolittle' Actress Was 86 www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
unlabelledView post →#LetterboxdFriday ##LastFourWatched 🎥 📽 Faith and John Hubley animated their daughters talking, Michelle Yeoh sequel of a Jackie Chan film, a minor remake of Doctor Dolittle, a great performance in a predictable horror.
unlabelledView post →Age yourself with a movie you saw in the theater. I was five when I saw Doctor Dolittle, and later that year, Santa brought me a talking Pushme-Pullyu for Christmas.
unlabelledView post →5 March 1939 – Samantha Eggar, 86, English actress Film debut Dr Crippen (1962) Psyche 59 * The Collector (OscarNom) Walk, Don't Run (Cary Grant's last film) Doctor Dolittle * The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun * The Uncanny * The Brood * All My Children * Commander in Chief * Mental (2009)
unlabelledView post →When recommending Pictures at a Revolution as my favorite film book I leave out that 20% is about Dr. Dolittle.
unlabelledView post →Every so often I stop and remember that the 1967 movie Doctor Dolittle has a scene where Rex Harrison softly cradles a seal wearing a bonnet and sings to her about her beautiful eyes, and it’s the most romantic scene in the movie. Then he yeets her off a cliff and is promptly arrested for murder.
unlabelledView post →Dr Dolittle 1967 Film Soundtrack "Vegetarian": youtu.be/2Kwl6ImvR9I via @YouTube
unlabelledView post →Sometimes I randomly think how much nicer it would have been for all involved if they'd had CGI for the animals in the OG Dr Dolittle movie, and possibly also for Rex Harrison (once described by a peer as "the top 5 most unpleasant men you've ever met.")
unlabelledView post →That looks like serious llama drama. #llamadrama 🦙🙄😉😁 I used to live near llama farms. I always felt like I was in a Dr. Dolittle movie when I was near them.
unlabelledView post →I think it was the Pushme-Pullyu from the OLD 1960s(?) Doctor Dolittle movie. The Wonka boat tunnel too. I have no memory of it but APPARENTLY Mr. Clean terrified me so much my mom had to run in and shut off the tv. Books, it was the first Goosebumps book and I was like 10? Maybe?
unlabelledView post →Share an ANIMATED movie title that begins with the letter “D” 🎥 D is for… Dr. Dolittle und seine Tiere (1928)🖤
unlabelledView post →In Doctor Dolittle (1967 film), it was the doctor's watertight mode of travel from Africa to Britain (where it visited its cousin, the Loch Ness Monster).
unlabelledView post →He's headlined 1 film in 7 years, Dolittle, which flopped. I haven't seen Oppenheimer, but I understand he was pretty good in it; he got an Oscar. He wasn't the lead, though, which is fine. That's the sort of thing I'd like to see him more of: scene-stealing supporting roles, (like Connery did).
unlabelledView post →My ★★★★ review of Doctor Dolittle on @letterboxd: boxd.it/HTPbV
unlabelledView post →Okay but will it be as epic as the last animated Dr. Dolittle movie?
unlabelledView post →Lot of movies @ageddragonflame.bsky.social and I have been watching lately. Between Dr Dolittle 2, Goofy Movie, and yesterday we saw Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, we were having a blast. Nicolas Cage and Pedro Pascal really carried that movie with their bromance :DD
unlabelledView post →And the tones of those two movies do not line up at all. It’s like one movie is this little Doctor Dolittle escapade with whimsical adventures and creatures, just a sweet little animal comedy for families, and the other is some kind of weird period piece psychodrama mashup of Daredevil and…
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