The Annihilation of Fish
6.9
“A Crazy Love Story.”
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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Cast
32 people
James Earl Jones
Fish
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Lion King
Lynn Redgrave
Poinsettia
Known for
Peter Pan
Spider
Charles Burnett
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Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property
Olivia's Story
Anthony C Winkler
Nancy Richardson
Margot Kidder
Mrs. Muldroone
Known for
Superman
The Amityville Horror
John L. Demps Jr.
Kris Dodge
Sarah Benoit
Reno Minister's Wife
Also in
Fear the Walking Dead
Them
Paul M Heller
Milkman
Anthony C. Winkler
Andy Garza
Wedding Groom
Also in
Rites of Passage
Charles Burnett Director · Anthony C. Winkler Writer Laura Karpman Composer
United States release November 2, 2001 · Produced in United States · Production Paul Heller Productions
Production
American Sterling Productions
Production
Paul Heller Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 12, 1999
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 2, 2001
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles
United States · June 17, 2025
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