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Kinsey (2004)

15 118 min  -  Biography | Drama  -   13 January 2005 (Australia)
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A look at the life of Alfred Kinsey (Neeson), a pioneer in the area of human sexuality research, whose 1948 publication "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was one of the first recorded works that saw science address sexual behavior.

Director:

Bill Condon

Writer:

Bill Condon
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson ...
Laura Linney ...
Chris O'Donnell ...
Peter Sarsgaard ...
Timothy Hutton ...
Paul Gebhard
John Lithgow ...
Tim Curry ...
Oliver Platt ...
Herman Wells
Dylan Baker ...
Alan Gregg
Julianne Nicholson ...
Alice Martin
William Sadler ...
Kenneth Braun
John McMartin ...
Huntington Hartford
Veronica Cartwright ...
Sara Kinsey
Kathleen Chalfant ...
Barbara Merkle
Heather Goldenhersh ...
Martha Pomeroy
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Storyline

Called Prok as an adult (short for Professor Kinsey), Alfred Kinsey has been interested in biology since he was a child growing up in the early twentieth century, despite the criticisms of such being nonsense from his overbearing and devoutly Christian father, professor Alfred Seguine Kinsey. Prok goes on to become a biology professor at Indiana University, initially focusing on the study of gall wasps. But those studies in combination with questions from his students, coming to terms with the needs of sex with his own wife, a former student of his named Clara McMillen (who he calls Mac), and what he sees as the gross misinformation on the subject currently within popular belief makes him change his focus to human sexuality. Many of those gross untruths - as he sees them - are that oral sex and masturbation cause a slew of maladies, which are perpetuated by what is presented in the university's hygiene class taught by Professor Thurman Rice... Written by Huggo  

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Plot Keywords:

Sex | Student | Professor | Sexuality | Marriage  | See more »

Taglines:

Let's talk about sex.

Genres:

Biography | Drama

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive sexual content, including some graphic images and descriptions See all certifications »

Parents Guide:

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Australia) See more »

Also Known As:

Kinsey - Die Wahrheit über Sex See more »

Filming Locations:

Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$169,038 (USA) (14 November 2004) (5 Screens)

Gross:

$10,214,647 (USA) (27 March 2005)
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Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Black and White  | Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

Bill Condon and Laura Linney appeared at a benefit screening of the movie at Indiana University to help raise money for the Kinsey Institute. See more »

Goofs

Anachronisms: The newspaper headlines about Kinsey's first book in the late 1940s are pasted onto current newspapers. Just above one of the headlines we see a story about the New York Mets and the Houston Astros. These teams did not exist in the late 1940s. See more »

Quotes

Thurman Rice: There's a cure for syphilis... and it's called abstinence.
Alfred Kinsey: Penicillin works just as well!
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Crazy Credits

At the end of the film (following the main cast credits), a montage
featuring Kinsey Institute footage of the mating habits of various animals
is accompanied by "Fever" by Little Willie John. See more »

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Soundtracks

"Top of the Plaza"
Written and Performed by Daniel May
Published by Revision West (BMI)
Courtesy of Marc Ferrari/Mastersource See more »