The Fly

  • Theatrical - Wide 1986-08-15
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8/10

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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.... See more 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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The Fly

Review Date: Director: David Cronenberg Writer: David Cronenberg, Charles Edward Pogue Producers: Stuart Cornfeld Actors: Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis Plot: Cooky & brainy scientist invents a method of teleportation, wherein a human being could be transported from one place to...

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