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ERA
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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Creator
"It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy."
1985 1h 47m EN
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6.2
MID
★6.2TMDB · 61
ComedyRomanceScience Fiction
Synopsis
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With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.
“It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.”
Cast
Peter O'Toole
Dr. Harry Wolper
Mariel Hemingway
Meli
Vincent Spano
Boris Lafkin
Virginia Madsen
Barbara Spencer
David Ogden Stiers
Dr. Sid Kullenbeck
John Dehner
Paul
Karen Kopins
Lucy Wolper
Kenneth Tigar
Pavlo
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ivan Passer
- Writers
- Jeremy Leven
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ivan Passer, shot by Robbie Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
MoodPlayr · trivia#02
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Peter O'Toole and Mariel Hemingway and Vincent Spano carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0088960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
MoodPlayr · trivia#07
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ivan Passer directs. Robbie Greenberg behind the camera. Richard Chew cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Ivan Passer, shot by Robbie Greenberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Richard Chew shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Peter O'Toole and Mariel Hemingway and Vincent Spano carry the top of the cast.
- 5Marketing tagline: "It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.".
- 6IMDB entry: tt0088960 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 61 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Robbie Greenberg
- Editing
- Richard Chew
- Costume design
- Julie Weiss
- Runtime
- 107 min · 1h 47m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Creator (1985)
Also by
Ivan Passer
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Trailers & featurettes
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Key crew
- ProducerStephen J. Friedman
- Associate ProducerCharles Mulvehill
- NovelJeremy Leven
- Art DirectionJosan F. Russo
- EditorRichard Chew
- MusicSylvester Levay
- Costume DesignJulie Weiss
- CastingLynn Stalmaster
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- cloning
- scientist
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1985-09-20R
