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The Fly

  • 7.6 /10

  • 4350

  • 93%

Plot

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and 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
Jeff Goldblum

as Seth Brundle

Geena Davis as Veronica Quaife
Geena Davis

as Veronica Quaife

John Getz as Stathis Borans
John Getz

as Stathis Borans

Joy Boushel as Tawny
Joy Boushel

as Tawny

Leslie Carlson as Dr. Brent Cheevers
Leslie Carlson

as Dr. Brent Cheevers

George Chuvalo as Marky
George Chuvalo

as Marky

Michael Copeman as 2nd Man in Bar
Michael Copeman

as 2nd Man in Bar

David Cronenberg as Gynecologist
David Cronenberg

as Gynecologist

Carol Lazare as Nurse
Carol Lazare

as Nurse

Shawn Hewitt as Clerk
Shawn Hewitt

as Clerk

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • August 15, 1986

Production Companies

  • SLM Production Group

  • Brooksfilms

Production Countries

  • Canada

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $15,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $60,629,159.00

Runtime

  • 1.60 hrs

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Reviews

_**Slowly turning into a monster, aka slowly succumbing to age**_ An eccentric scientist living in a warehouse laboratory in a big city in the Northeast (Jeff Goldblum) discovers how to teleport objects, which draws the attention of a journalist (Geena Davis). Everything is going fine until he foolishly uses his invention on himself and a pesky fly inadvertently teleports with him. John Getz i…

Nobody could ever call Jeff Goldbum a versatile actor, but here he is very much in his element as "Brundle". A madcap scientist, he dreams of being able to teleport things just like Willy Wonka does in 1971. He is almost as keen on journalist "Veronica" (Geena Davis) and so offers her exclusive access to follow and film his research. That all goes remarkably well - first a scarf, then more animat…

What was his electric bill and how did he not blow out every fuse in his building? Telepods must suck up a lot of juice. Anyway, it's fun. It is the typical 80s flick, with a plot that takes all of 5 minutes to get rolling and a cast that was talented and still cheap enough to throw in a sci-fi horror flick. But, you know, it's also mindless fun, it's not exactly deep, it's about science,…

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