Instinct is a movie directed by Jon Turteltaub in 1999 and inspired by the book Ishmael by Daniel Quinn, first published in 1992. The movie features Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney, George Dzundza, John Ashton, and others.
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Storyline
In a high-security facility for the criminally insane, the disturbed anthropologist Ethan Powell is scheduled for evaluation by a talented young psychiatrist named Theo Caulder. Fueled by his ambition and an insatiable thirst for the truth, Caulder will ultimately endanger everything, including his own life, in a courageous effort to comprehend the perplexing behaviors of this lunatic.
Movie vs Book
Year
1999
Minutes
126
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Year
1992
Pages
338
Book Rate
7.96
S: Goodreads
Book
Ishmael
Author: Daniel Quinn
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 338 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Ishmael
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