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Released
2001 · FILM

Human Nature

Obsessive scientist Nathan battles his lover Lila’s devotion to a feral man raised in the wild as he races to transform him into a civilized citizen before primal instincts and love tear them apart.

“In the Interest of Civilization… Conform.”

Directed by
Michel Gondry
Written by
Charlie Kaufman
Runtime
96 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Nathan, an obsessive scientist, and Lila, a naturalist and his lover, discover Puff, a man who was born and raised in the wild. As Nathan attempts to train Puff in the ways of civilization, Lila seeks to protect his natural state. A power struggle ensues between the three, leading to the formation of an unusual love triangle.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Russell IckeShot by Tim Maurice JonesScored by Graeme RevellDesigned by K K Barrett

Box Office

2001 · Box office

📉 Underperformed — grossed 0.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.6M

Budget$6.0M
Worldwide gross$1.6M
break-even (2.5×)

Also known as

  • Human Nature - Die Krone der Schöpfungde

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