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``DOLITTLE'' DOES LITTLE FOR HUGH LOFTING'S TALES.(DAILY BREAK)(Review)

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From: The Virginian Pilot
Date: 19980701
Author:Vincent, Mal

Byline: MAL VINCENT, MOVIE CRITIC

THINGS ARE so desperate in Hollywood that they're remaking flops.

``Dr. Dolittle,'' a big-budget 1967 film starring Rex Harrison, almost broke 20th Century-Fox and brought the musical bonanza, begun by ``The Sound of Music,'' to a screeching halt. Nonetheless, it received seven Academy Award nominations and won two Oscars: for its song ``Talk to the Animals'' and for visual effects.

The present remake is not likely to win Oscars. It has some funny moments, but it wastes most of its possibilities on lame toilet jokes that are ...

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