Released Date:
1986-08-15
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA, UK, Canada
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (107153 Reviews)
Director:
David CronenbergGeorge Langelaan (short story)
Charles Edward Pogue (screenplay)
David Cronenberg (screenplay)
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. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
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