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Release Date
Aug 15, 1986 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 29, 2003
Budget USD 15,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio 20th Century Fox, Brooks Films
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Other Titles
• The Fly
• Die Fliege (1987)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mutants, Love, Mad Scientists, Cult Classic, Monsters, Bugs, Robots, Tragedy, Gore, Love Triangle, Disturbing, Psychos
Tagline: Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Plot: David Cronenberg's remake of the 1958 classic transcends its genre to become a moving portrait of a man and his lover attempting to come to terms with his physical disintegration. "The Fly" stars Jeff Goldblum as a spaced-out scientist who invents a genetic teleportation machine and accidentally transforms himself into a fly. In the horrifyingly graphic detail that is his trademark, Cronenberg depicts the scientist's painful mutation from human into insect. What gives the film its tragic dimension is the emotional depth of the relationship between the scientist and his journalist girlfriend (Geena Davis) as she witnesses his slow, painful
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 Smart entertainment that's well made and acted while being pretty grotesque which just adds to its effectiveness. Intense finale is worth waiting for.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
"The Fly" is a slick, accessible, scary, high-budget remake of the classic Vincent Price film of the same name.-- (eSplatter.com)
David Cronenberg direction is impecable and he knows a thing or two about freakin out his audience. The fun in the film doesn't start until Seth begins his transformation and then all hell breaks loose and the Fly-ish fun begins.  --Hyde (horror-web.com)
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| Written by |
David Cronenberg
Scanners II: The New Order, Scanners III: The Takeover, Scanner Cop II |
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| Cast |
Jeff Goldblum
Independence Day, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
 | Geena Davis
Beetle Juice, Thelma & Louise, A League of Their Own |
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| John Getz
Blood Simple., Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Men at Work | Joy Boushel
Look Who's Talking, Quest for Fire, Terror Train | Leslie Carlson
A Christmas Story, Videodrome, Anne of Green Gables: The Sequel | | |
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| Music By |
Howard Shore
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Silence of the Lambs |
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