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The Fly is a american film of genre Drama directed by David Cronenberg released in USA on 15 august 1986 with Jeff Goldblum

The Fly (1986)

The Fly
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Released in USA 15 august 1986
Length 1h35
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Science fiction,    Horror
Rating75% 3.797863.797863.797863.797863.79786

The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. It is based loosely on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name, which also formed the basis for the 1958 film. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, who, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis, won the Academy Award for Best Makeup.

Synopsis

Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant but eccentric scientist, meets Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis), a journalist for Particle magazine, at a meet-the-press event held by Bartok Science Industries, the company that provides funding for Brundle's work. Seth takes Veronica back to the warehouse that serves him as both home and laboratory, and shows her a project that will change the world: a set of "Telepods" that allows instantaneous teleportation of an object from one pod to another. Brundle convinces Veronica to keep the project's existence quiet in exchange for exclusive rights to the story, and she begins to document his work. Although the Telepods can transport inanimate objects, they do not work properly on living things, as is demonstrated when a live baboon is turned inside-out during an experiment.

Actors

Jeff Goldblum

(Seth Brundle)
Geena Davis

(Veronica Quaife)
John Getz

(Stathis Borans)
Joy Boushel

(Tawny)
David Cronenberg

(Gynecologist)
Leslie Carlson

(Dr. Brent Cheevers)
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The Fly

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