Stars: Zero Mostel, Gene Wilder, Karen Black

Director: Tom O'Horgan

Summary: A film adapted from the Eugene Ionesco stage play. An office worker who loves a co-worker suffers in silence until he realises that everyone is turning into a rhinoceros.

This adaptation of Ionesco's absurdist classic was part of the American Film Theater series, conceived in the 1970s by producer Ely Landau and meant to be shown theatrically just like a play, with tickets sold in advance. Gene Wilder stars as Stanley, a depressive young man who abhors virtually all of humanity with the exception of his neighbor John (Mostel, in a bravura performance) and a beautiful young coworker named Daisy. Morosely cultivating his nonconformity, Stanley is disturbed at first when the inhabitants of his town begin turning into human rhinos, explained initially as rhinoceritis by local pundits. However, when just about everyone in town begins falling prey to the disease except for himself, Stanley wonders whether something else may be responsible for the phenomenon.

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Aspect Ratio:	16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Interviews With Tom OHorgan, AFT Trailer Gallery, AFT Cinebill For Rhinoceros, Stills Gallery, Posters, Eugene Ionesco And Rhinoceros By Michael Feingold, AFT Second Season Message By Ely Landau
Year:	1974
Release Date:	August 23, 2004
Runtime:	100 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	F H E D 1786
Label:	American Film Theatre Collection
Keywords:	Comedy, General, Rhinoceros
Genre:	Comedy