The Animal

The Animal
The Animal
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luke Greenfield
Screenplay by	Tom Brady; Rob Schneider;
Story by	Tom Brady
Produced by	Barry Bernardi; Carr D'Angelo; Todd Garner;
Starring	Rob Schneider; Colleen Haskell; John C. McGinley; Guy Torry; Edward Asner;
Cinematography	Peter Lyons Collister
Edited by	Jeff Gourson; Peck Prior;
Music by	Teddy Castellucci
Production; companies	Revolution Studios; Happy Madison Productions;
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Releasing
Release date	June 1, 2001;
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$47 million
Box office	$84.7 million

The Animal is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Luke Greenfield, written by Tom Brady and Rob Schneider from a story conceived by Brady. It stars Schneider in the lead role, alongside Colleen Haskell, John C. McGinley, Guy Torry, and Edward Asner with supporting roles by Michael Caton and Louis Lombardi. The film depicts a police station evidence clerk who is critically injured and is put back together by a mad scientist who transplants animal parts, resulting in strange animalistic changes to his behavior.

Produced by Adam Sandler's production company Happy Madison Productions in association with Revolution Studios, The Animal was released by Columbia Pictures in the United States on June 1, 2001. The film received negative to mixed reviews.