Existenz
Sign in to saveExistenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman.
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6.8A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.
Released: 1999-04-1497 minDir: David CronenbergAction, Thriller, Science Fiction
Cast
- Jennifer Jason Leigh as Allegra Geller
- Jude Law as Ted Pikul
- Ian Holm as Kiri Vinokur
- Willem Dafoe as Gas
- Don McKellar as Yevgeny Nourish
- Callum Keith Rennie as Hugo Carlaw
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Key facts
- Film.name
- eXistenZ
- Film.image
- EXISTENZ.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- David Cronenberg
- Film.writer
- David Cronenberg
- Film.music
- Howard Shore
- Film.cinematography
- Peter Suschitzky
- Film.editing
- Ronald Sanders
- Film.runtime
- 97 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.gross
- $5.5 million (Canada/UK/US)
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Key dates
- Published
- 18 November 1999
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- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Screenwriter
- David Cronenberg
- Composer
- Howard Shore
- Producer
- David Cronenberg
- Cinematographer
- Peter Suschitzky
- Filming location
- Toronto
- Duration
- +97
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Existenz (stylized as eXistenZ) is a 1999 science fiction horror film written, produced and directed by David Cronenberg. The film follows Allegra Geller (Jennifer Jason Leigh), a game designer who becomes the target of assassins while playing a virtual reality game of her own creation. An international co-production between Canada, the United Kingdom, and France, it also stars Jude Law, Ian Holm, Don McKellar, Callum Keith Rennie, Sarah Polley, Christopher Eccleston, Willem Dafoe, and Robert A. Silverman.
The film received mostly positive reviews upon release. Cronenberg was awarded the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution at the 49th Berlin International Film Festival.
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