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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, English, Spanish, Subtitled
Seth Brundle, a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.
"Extremely intense, sharply written remake..." Leonard Maltin
"...sensitive, humanistic..." VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever
Editor's Note
This version of THE FLY is an update of the original horror classic about a brilliant scientist who develops a machine that molecularly transports objects in seconds, but inadvertently combines his DNA with that of a fly. Jeff Goldblum gives an outstanding performance as Seth Brundle, the heart-wrenching victim. David Cronenberg's classic won an Academy Award for Best Makeup.
Plot Summary
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 metamorphosis.
| Features | The Fly Trailers And Promotional Material | | Alternate Ending | | Audio: English DTS, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Audio: French Dolby Digital Stereo | | Charles Edward Pogue's Original Screenplay | | David Cronenberg's Rewrite | | Deleted Scenes | | Fear of the Flesh: The Making of The Fly | | George Langelaan's Original Short Story | | Interactive American Cinematographer Article "More About The Fly" | | Interactive American Cinematographer Article "New Buzz On An Old Theme" | | Interactive Cinefex Article "THE Fly Papers" | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Still Gallery | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Test Footage |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 10/4/2005 |
| Running Time: 95 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1986 | | Catalog ID: 2240524 | | UPC: 00024543190851 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1987) |  | Stephan Dupuis, Chris Walas, Winner, Best Makeup | |
British Academy Awards (1988) | | | Jon Berg, et. al., Nominee, Best Special Effects |
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| | Professional Reviews | Variety
"...[Cronenberg] is expertly able to create some shocking scenes....Visually intriguing..." 08/13/1986Los Angeles Times
"...THE FLY plunges deeper into the forbidding realm of genetic dysfunction with genuinely unsettling results....It unfolds with such eerie grandeur that it will leave you stoked with a creepy high for hours after you've left the theater..." 08/14/1986 p.C1 Total Film
"[T]ouching and humorous." 01/01/2004 p.134-5 New York Times
"THE FLY explores hidden fears of sex and reproduction, but it also allows a tenderness to blossom between Mr. Goldblum and Ms. Davis that is touching and exceptional in his work." 10/18/2005 p.E3 Empire
"[T]his is a perfectly structured film....Typical of Cronenberg is the combination of graphic sickness and good humour that accompanies Brundle's metamorphosis..." 05/01/2008 p.161 Ultimate DVD
5 stars out of 5 -- "Davis delivers one of her finest performances....It's easy to see how this masterpiece established Cronenberg as a bastion of the body-horror genre." 05/01/2008 p.83 VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever 7 of 10
A sensitive, humanistic remake of the 1958 horror film about a scientist whose flesh is genetically intermixed with a housefly via his experimental transportation device. A thoughtful, shocking horror film, with fine performances from Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis and a brutally emotional conclusion.
Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide 7 of 10
Jeff Goldblum is just right as slightly crazed scientist who tests himself in a genetic transporter machine--and starts to evolve into a human fly. Extremely intense, sharply written remake of the 1958 movie that (unfortunately) goes over the line to be gross and disgusting. - Leonard Maltin
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