What’s Up, Docs?
Hey! What will happen to the title of the movie I directed in 1967, “Doctor Dolittle”? It seems to have gotten lost in some kind of numbers games.
All I see in the newspapers are ads for Eddie Murphy’s “Dr. Dolittle 2” and articles and reviews comparing it with Eddie Murphy’s “Dr. D1.” The title of my “Doctor Dolittle,” which starred Rex Harrison and won nine academy nominations and two Academy Awards, didn’t have a number, so I guess it’ll have to be referred to as number “0” from now on.
To make matters somewhat more confusing, Kenneth Turan, in his review (“They’re Not Quite House-Trained,” June 22) refers to Murphy’s “Dr. D1” as the “original ‘Dr. D.’ ” So what is my “Dr. D” now going to be called, the “Original Original Dr. D0”?
Maybe we should talk to the animals about this?
RICHARD FLEISCHER
Los Angeles
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