Rhinoceros (film)
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Rhinoceros is a 1974 comedy film based on the play Rhinocerous by Eugène Ionesco. The film was produced and released as part of the American Film Theatre, which adapted theatrical works for a subscription-driven cinema series.
Plot
The residents of a large town are inexplicably turning into rhinoceroses. Stanley (Gene Wilder), a mild-mannered office clerk, watches the bizarre transformations from a bemused distance. But soon the strange occurrences invade his personal space, as his neighbor and best friend John (Zero Mostel) and his girlfriend Daisy (Karen Black) become part of the human-into-rhinoceros metamorphosis that is taking place. Eventually, Stanley realizes that he may be the only human left amidst the new rhinoceros majority.
Cast
- Zero Mostel as John
- Gene Wilder as Stanley
- Karen Black as Daisy
- Joe Silver as Norman
- Robert Weil as Carl
- Marilyn Chris as Mrs. Bingham
- Percy Rodrigues as Mr. Nicholson
- Robert Fields as Young Man
- Melody Santangello as Young Woman
- Don Calfa as Waiter
- Lou Cutell as Cashier
- Howard Morton as Doctor
- Manuel Aviles as Busboy
- Anne Ramsey as Lady with Cat
- Lorna Thayer as Restaurant Owner
