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Feature film — 1999

The Annihilation of Fish (1999)

6.31h 42mDrama — Romance — Comedy

A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.

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A high-signal pick with 16 votes.

American Sterling Productions / Paul Heller Productions

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Director: Charles Burnett

On screen

Cast & crew

James Earl Jones as Fish

James Earl Jones

Fish

Lynn Redgrave as Poinsettia

Lynn Redgrave

Poinsettia

Margot Kidder as Mrs. Muldroone

Margot Kidder

Mrs. Muldroone

Sarah Benoit as Reno Minister's Wife

Sarah Benoit

Reno Minister's Wife

A

Andy Garza

Wedding Groom

Tommy Redmond Hicks as New York City Minister

Tommy Redmond Hicks

New York City Minister

R

Ronald F. Hoiseck

Reno Minister

Shannon Wilcox as Hippie Preacher's Wife

Shannon Wilcox

Hippie Preacher's Wife

V

Victoria Prismantas

Young Hippie Woman

P

Paul M. Heller

Mailman

David Kagen as Social Worker

David Kagen

Social Worker

A

Arlene Albertson

Woman at Bus Station

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