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DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 31, 1998
• R2: 19 Jun 2000
Budget $10 Million
MPAA Rating
PG
Running Time
1 hour, 55 minutes
Country USA
Studio United Artists
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Other Titles
• Invasion of the Body Snatchers
• Die Körperfresser kommen (1979)
• Terrore dallo spazio profondo (1978)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Zombie, Investigation, Serial Killer, Monsters, Mistaken Identity, Doctor, Murder, Disturbing, Suspense, Escape, Robots, Role-switching
Tagline: You'll never close your eyes again.
Plot: In this remake of the 1956 cult classic, terror slowly and silently strikes San Francisco as the city is mysteriously covered by alien spores that produce strangely beautiful flowers. Unbeknownst to the people, the flowers are the bearers of alien pods that make a spiderlike webbing that captures their victims as they sleep and replicates their human form. Although they still look human, the victims are transformed into emotionless creatures by a strange race of aliens out to consume and control humanity--and only four people are left to stop them. Donald Sutherland stars as Matthew Bennel, a Department of Health inspector whose close friend and coworker Elizabeth Driscoll (Brooke Adams) is overwhelmed by fear and paranoia when she begins to suspect her boyfriend, Geoffrey (Art Hindle), of no longer being human. Together, with their friends Jack (Jeff Goldblum) and Nancy (Veronica Cartwright), they are out to stop the bizarre alien invasion before they fall victim to the alien pods. Leonard Nimoy costars as Dr. David Kibner, a guru psychiatrist who might not be whom he seems. This haunting parable of human paranoia is a creepy glimpse of a city overrun with robotlike yuppies threatening to wipe out all of humankind. Sutherland gives a knockout performance as the leader of the
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 Excellent remake/sequel to Don Siegel's paranoid classic of the same name, this features some top-notch make-up effects, a wonderful San Francisco location and—best yet—Spock!-- (eSplatter.com)
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Jack Finney
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Body Snatchers, The Love Letter | |
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| Cast |
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 | Jeff Goldblum
Independence Day, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park |
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 | Leonard Nimoy
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country |
 | Brooke Adams
The Dead Zone, Days of Heaven, Sometimes They Come Back | Art Hindle
Porky's, Porky's II: The Next Day, The Brood | Lelia Goldoni
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Day of the Locust, Shadows | |
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