# Fierce Creatures (1997)

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**Runtime**: 93 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Fred Schepisi, Robert Young
**Written by**: John Cleese, Iain Johnstone
**Starring**: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay, Ronnie Corbett

> *Don't pet them.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A zoo finds itself under budgetary siege, tasked with becoming a wildlife Wounded knee. The new boss’s get-tough policy trims the petting zoo down to man-eaters only. Keepers reluctantly trade pandas for pythons.

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