Animal (2005 film)

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{{Infobox film

|name = Animal

|image = Animal (2005 film) poster.jpg

|caption = Film poster

|director = David J. Burke

|writer = David C. Johnson

|story = Ving Rhames

|producer = Kip Konwiser

|starring = Ving Rhames
Terrence Howard
Jim Brown
Chazz Palminteri

|music = Chris Thomas King

|cinematography = P. J. López

|editing = Erik C. Andersen

|released = {{Film date|2005|10|04}}

|runtime = 105 minutes

|language = English

|country = United States

}}

Animal is a 2005 direct-to-video film directed by David J. Burke and starring Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, and Jim Brown. It was written by David C. Johnson. The film's profits were the subject of a lawsuit against the film's distributor, DEJ Productions. The case was still active into the year 2011. It was followed up by a 2007 sequel, Animal 2. The story of Willie Lynch is mentioned in the film, and passed on from father to son to half-brother. The film holds that the Lynch story is factual although it has been proved to be a modern forgery.{{Cite web|url=http://truthbetold.news/2016/03/black-myths-that-wont-die-the-willie-lynch-letter/|title = Enduring Myths: The Willie Lynch Letter|date = 17 March 2016}}