Dolittle is based on the title character created by Hugh Lofting and is primarily inspired by the author's second Doctor Dolittle book, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922).

Great Messages from Dolittle. One of the overarching themes of the movie is the concept of embracing family, no matter what that looks like. It could be your immediate family, strong friendship, or a couple of humans and a house full of animals from all over the globe.

Directed by Academy Award® winner Stephen Gaghan (Syriana, Traffic), Dolittle is produced by Joe Roth and Jeff Kirschenbaum under their Roth/Kirschenbaum Films (Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent) and Susan Downey (Sherlock Holmes franchise, The Judge) for Team Downey.

THR reports that it was clear pretty immediately that Dolittle director Stephen Gaghan, who is best known for gritty thrillers like Syriana, was perhaps the wrong person to helm this family-friendly kids movie. Early versions of the film were humorless, reports claim, and the special effects just weren't there.

Through a series of correspondence sent from the field, Lofting created the story of John Dolittle, the fictional animal doctor from Victorian England who had eschewed humanity for animals and developed the ability to communicate with them.

Along with the live animal actors, the movie utilizes special techniques including animatronics, blue screen, split screen and computerized digital effects. The large variety of animals in Dr. Dolittle required months of pre-production planning and patient training.

a lazy person; one who does little but does not admit to it.

Dolittle was originally created to entertain Lofting's children in letters he sent from the front during World War I, it is not surprising that he was a firm opponent of war, violence, and cruelty. After serving in Flanders and France, Lofting was wounded and invalided out.

Dolittle Reviews Not even Robert Downey Jr. hamming it up and acting eccentric and weird is enough to rescue this new adaptation of The Story of Doctor Dolittle from the dregs of awfulness. Director Stephen Gaghan struggles with bringing this type of material to life.

Dolittle was originally created to entertain Lofting's children in letters he sent from the front during World War I, it is not surprising that he was a firm opponent of war, violence, and cruelty. After serving in Flanders and France, Lofting was wounded and invalided out. The Story of Dr.

However, this is not the case for Doctor Dolittle (1967). Not only did some of the animals actually die – including one of the giraffes before insurance had kicked in – but a lot of them were rendered ill due to poor weather conditions that the studio had ignored.

Victorian England The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country.

Victorian England The stories are set in early Victorian England, where Doctor John Dolittle lives in the fictional English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh in the West Country.

Once upon a time, many years ago when our grandfathers were little children - there was a doctor; and his name was Dolittle - John Dolittle, M.D. "M.D." means that he was a proper doctor and knew a whole lot. He lived in a little town called, Puddleby–on–the–Marsh. All the folks, young and old, knew him well by sight.

The animals help Dolittle locate the boy's uncle, and they are reunited. Dolittle returns to England and makes a small fortune displaying the pusmi-pullyu, allowing him to retire to Puddleby with his animals.

His sister, Sarah Dolittle, was housekeeper for him, but the Doctor looked after the garden himself. He was very fond of animals and kept many kinds of pets.