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Instinct is a 1999 American film starring Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding, Jr., George Dzundza, Donald Sutherland, and Maura Tierney. It was very loosely inspired by Ishmael, a novel by Daniel Quinn. In the United States, the film had the working title Ishmael. In 2000, the film was nominated for and won a Genesis Award in the category of feature film.
The film examines the mind of anthropologist Ethan Powell (Hopkins) who has been missing for a few years, living in the jungle with gorillas. He had been convicted of killing and injuring several supposed Wilderness Park Rangers in Africa, and is sent to prison. A bright young psychiatrist (Gooding) tries to find out why he killed them, but becomes entangled in a quest to learn the true history and nature of humankind. Eventually it is revealed that the man did it to protect his gorilla family when the rangers arrived and started shooting them. He gets a hearing to reveal the truth, but an attack by a vicious guard causes Powell to stop talking again. At the end of the film, Powell escapes from prison, using a pen to dig out the lock on a window and heads back to Africa.
Actors: Jenn Page (producer), Jenn Page (actress), Elwood Carlisle (actor), David H. Lawrence XVII (actor), Travis Van Winkle (actor), Andrew Koenig (director), Garrett Hargrove (writer), Chris Morgan (producer), Joy Giovanni (actress), Kasan Butcher (actor), R. Ernie Silva (producer), R. Ernie Silva (actor), Joseph Carrillo (composer), Anthony Pearce (miscellaneous crew), Anthony Pearce (producer),
Plot: "Reason" deals with the pains of trying to become an internation super villian. She creates her arch nemesis, a super hero to act solely on "Instinct," but he's not much of a super hero once she's removed all of his reason and logic for problem solving skills.
Genres: Comedy, Short,