Primate
Something's wrong with Ben.
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Production
Budget
$24 000 000
Box office
$39 074 453
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Director
Actors
Johnny Sequoyah, Jessica Alexander, Troy Kotsur, Victoria Wyant, Gia Hunter, Benjamin Cheng, Charlie Mann, Tienne Simon, Miguel Hernando Torres Umba, Amina Abdi
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Johannes Roberts, Ernest Riera
Producer
Walter Hamada, Bradley Pilz, John Hodges, Vicki Dee Rock, Pete Chiappetta, Andrew Lary, Anthony Tittanegro, Nathan Samdahl, Johannes Roberts
Camera operator
Stephen Murphy
Composer
Adrian Johnston
Artist
Simon Bowles
Audition
Jennifer L. Smith, Tricia Wood, Kharmel Cochrane
Editing
Peter Gvozdas, Matthew Moss
Whole Team (105)
Whole Team (105)
Short description
Lucy, a college student, along with her friends, spend their vacation at her family's home in Hawaii, which includes her pet chimpanzee, Ben. However, when Ben contracts rabies after being bitten by a rabid animal, the group must fight for their lives in order to avoid the now-violent chimp.
What's left behind the scenes
- Johannes Roberts admits that he was inspired by Stephen King's novel "Cujo" (1981) and its 1983 film adaptation. Roberts once noticed his mother's dog circling a pool. Emphasizing the difference between dogs and chimpanzees, Roberts described the film's concept as "truly unsettling" – dogs generally evoke sympathy in viewers, unlike chimpanzees.
- Troy Kotsur (who played Adam) later recounted that he specifically asked Johannes Roberts not to show him a mock-up of a disfigured corpse of one of the characters before filming began, so that his reaction to seeing it would be as genuine as possible.
- Troy Kotsur (he played Adam) recounted one incident that occurred immediately after filming wrapped. His character was covered in fake blood. At the end of the shooting day, he washed it off and headed to a restaurant, not noticing that his hands weren't completely clean. The waiter, seeing the bloodstains, asked in surprise what had happened.
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