Animal Room
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| Directed by | Craig Singer |
| Produced by | Craig Singer Sylvia Caminer |
| Written by | Craig Singer |
| Starring | Neil Patrick Harris Matthew Lillard |
| Cinematography | Amy Vincent |
| Editing by | Sabine Hoffmann |
| Studio | Vanguard International Cinema |
| Distributed by | ViewCave |
| Release date(s) | 1995 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Animal Room is a 1995 American drama/science fiction film directed, produced, and written by Craig Singer and starring Neil Patrick Harris as a bullied drug-using teenager and Matthew Lillard as the bully who loves to torment Harris's character. The film is referred to as a modernized version of A Clockwork Orange.
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[edit] Plot
Neil Patrick Harris and Matthew Lillard star in writer/director Craig Singer's violent tale of rehabilitation gone horribly awry. When high school student Arnold Mosk (Neil Patrick Harris) is busted for using drugs, he's immediately placed in an experimental isolation program known as "The Animal Room." "The Animal Room" is a rehabilitation center where the rules of normal society don't apply, a kind-of lawless clubhouse inhabited by the most dangerous and disturbed youth imaginable. When Arnold shows up in "The Animal Room," sadistic gang leader Doug Van Housen (Lillard) immediately targets the frightened newcomer for torment. Doug is the kind of kid who's just too far gone to care what society thinks of him, and he places precious little value on human life. Should Arnold remain in "The Animal Room" he will almost certainly die. Now, it's up to Arnold's childhood friend Gary - a popular student and talented athlete - to break his old pal out of the controversial treatment program before the situation turns deadly.
[edit] Cast
- Neil Patrick Harris as Arnold Mosk
- Matthew Lillard as Doug Van Housen
- Catherine Hicks as Mrs. Mosk
- Amanda Peet as Debbie
- Gabriel Olds as Gary Trancer
- Brian Vincent as Eddie LeMaster
- Stephen Pearl as Principal Jones
[edit] Availability
Animal Room is known to be little-seen, but it is available online. Its DVD was released in 2001.[1]
