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The Fly is a 1986 horror, science fiction, and drama film directed by David Cronenberg. The screenplay was written by Charles Edward Pogue and Cronenberg, based on a work by George Langelaan. Mel Brooks produced the film, which was filmed in Toronto and distributed by Netflix. The cast includes Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, and George Chuvalo. Howard Shore composed the score, while Mark Irwin served as director of photography and Ronald Sanders as film editor.
The film has a runtime of 92 to 96 minutes and is rated R. It was released in the United States and Canada on August 15, 1986, and January 8, 1987. The production had a budget of 15,000,000 and generated revenue of 60,629,159. The Fly received the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling and was named to the National Board of Review’s Top Ten Films. It has been followed by The Fly II.
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Film · TMDB
7.4When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Cast
- Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle
- Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife
- John Getz as Stathis Borans
- Joy Boushel as Tawny
- Leslie Carlson as Dr. Cheevers
- George Chuvalo as Marky
Themes
- monster
- experiment
- mutation
- toronto, canada
- mutant
- transformation
- halloween
- remake
- tragedy
- creature
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Ratings
IMDb
7.6/10
221,270 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
93%
Metacritic
81/100
- Year
- 1986
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 10 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Cronenberg
- Screenplay by
- Charles Edward Pogue David Cronenberg
- Based on
- " The Fly ", 1957 story in Playboy , by George Langelaan
- Produced by
- Stuart Cornfeld Mel Brooks
- Starring
- Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz
- Cinematography
- Mark Irwin
- Edited by
- Ronald Sanders
- Music by
- Howard Shore
- Production companies
- Brooksfilms SLM Production Group
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- August 15, 1986 ( 1986-08-15 )
- Running time
- 96 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $9 –15 million
- Box office
- $60.6 million
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction body 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. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name and the 1958 film of the same name, The Fly tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis.
The Fly was released on August 15, 1986, to positive reviews. It grossed $60.6 million at the box office, becoming a commercial success. Walas and Dupuis' work on the film resulted in them winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup. The tagline of the film, "Be afraid. Be very afraid.", has been used in many other productions as part of popular culture. A sequel, directed by Walas, was released in 1989.
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