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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Interactive Menu, Scene Access, Spanish
Dr. Harry Wolper (Peter O'Toole), a lonely biologist, is unable to let go of the memory of his beloved wife who died 25 years earlier during childbirth. Armed with his genius as a biologist/physician, he is intent on mastering the process of creating life. Specifically in the form of his dead wife. All that's standing in his way is the university, the faculty, the laws of nature and about 20 local ordinances! But just when he is about to unravel the mystery of life, a sexy young assistant (Mariel Hemingway) moves in and captures his heart. Now, the only life that comes unraveled is his own. A wild and wonderful fantasy that is comically brought together by a wacky professor and his free-spirited assistant.
"[O'Toole's got] lethal charm!" Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
Editor's Note
An eccentric, brilliant scientist sets out to "recreate" his wife who died 25-years before. To complicate matters, just when he's about to succeed he falls head-over- heels for a beautiful coed. Based on the novel by Jeremy Leven.
Plot Summary
For thirty years, an unconventional but brilliant scientist has been attempting to regenerate his dead wife by combining her cells with those of lusty young women. Now, with the help of one of his lab assistants, he may just be getting close...
| Features | English 16-bit Stereo | | Spanish Subtitles | | English Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Standard Version | | Cast/Crew Bios | | Interactive Menus |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Trimark |
| Release Date: 4/27/1999 |
| Running Time: 107 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1985 | | Catalog ID: 7038 - D | | UPC: 00031398703839 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 4:3 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Chicago Sun Times 0 of 10
A London critic once described a stage performance by Peter O'Toole as his "Douglas Bader imitation," a reference to the Battle of Britain hero who walked on two artificial legs. O'Toole gives another Bader performance in Creator, lurching perilously through a chemistry laboratory and bludgeoning everyone around him with his lethal charm. It is the same sort of performance he gave in My Favorite Year and The Stunt Man - indeed, it is the basic performance he seems to be giving this decade - and, as usual, it works... The movie was directed by Ivan Passer (Cutter's Way), with his usual attention to personal quirks that preserve his characters from becoming trapped in the plot. I liked all of the casting, and I liked the fact that [Creator] found new combinations of familiar faces; who would expect to find O'Toole, [David Ogden] Stiers, [Mariel] Hemingway, [Vincent] Spano and [Virginia] Madsen in the same movie, and yet who familiar with their work would not enjoy seeing them together? - Roger Ebert
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  4 | | Plot |  4.5 | | Acting | 4.5 | | Overall Satisfaction |  5 |
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5 of 5 Missing the 'Big Picture'..? Wednesday, June 05, 2002
Michael Smith (moxycat from Grove City, Ohio
This movie is sure to help you find it. Peter O'Toole is at his best in this warm hearted comedy. A brilliant professor trying to re-create his dead wife, he learns a lesson himself along the way. His charm is at full force as he trys to teach faculty and his assistant to see life's 'Big Picture'. This movie may not have been a box office smash, but it is the one that I will want to share with grandkids many years from now, and help them to see the 'Big Picture'. Was this review helpful?  
5 of 5 Romance is alive, she's alive! Sunday, April 14, 2002
jager333 from LA, CA
To most, this movie may seem cliche and simplistic, but to those who have not succumb to the cynicism of the world around us will be able to see what the movie is simply about; the dream of love having the ability to transcend life's harshest moment. Was this review helpful?
5 of 5 CREATOR * * * 1/2 + Friday, April 30, 1999
JacksRice from Brooklyn, NY
Creator is a wonderful romp with peter o'toole playing mad doctor to vincent spano's smart yet kind of lost medical student. Was this review helpful?
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