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Medicine Man (1992)

★ 6.0 · 415 ratings on TMDB

He turned his back on civilization. Only to discover he had the power to save it.

Medicine Man poster★ 6.0

An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.

DirectorJohn McTiernan
CastAngelo Barra Moreira, Bec-Kana-Re Dos Santos Kaiapo, Edinei Maria Serrio Dos Santos, Elias Monteiro Da Silva, Francisco Tsiren Tsere Rereme, José Lavat
GenresAdventure, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Medicine Man keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E7/E8 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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