The Fly [1958 film]
by Kurt Neumann (Director), James Clavell (Screenwriter)
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Vincent Price plays a brilliant research scientist who has discovered how to transport matter through space. But during an experiment a common household fly plays an unwitting part in a bizarre tragedy which results in the man of science winding up with the head of a fly, while his own head is attached to the fly's body.Tags
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A teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong.
Pretty damn awesome. There's plenty of corniness and bad science. But there's also disturbing psychological horror, rooted in empathy. My wife observes that she had her "heart strings tugged by a man wearing a rubber fly mask." And there's actually a good ending - very rare for this type of movie.
Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.3/4
Pretty damn awesome. There's plenty of corniness and bad science. But there's also disturbing psychological horror, rooted in empathy. My wife observes that she had her "heart strings tugged by a man wearing a rubber fly mask." And there's actually a good ending - very rare for this type of movie.
Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: D
Dialog: D
Pacing: C
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: C
Enjoyment: B
GPA: 2.3/4
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Screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist, James Clavell, was born on October 10, 1924, in Sydney, Australia. Clavell's full name was Charles Edmund DuMaresq de Clavelle. Though he wrote screenplays for such highly-acclaimed films as The Fly, The Great Escape, and To Sir With Love, Clavell is best known for his best-selling, grand novels. The show more novels, which are set in the Far East, include King Rat, Tai-pan, Shogun, Noble House, and Gai-Jin. Remarkable for their scrupulous attention to cultural detail and their innovative plots, Clavell's work has been compared to that of Charles Dickens. Clavell died on September 7, 1994, at the age of 69. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Fly [1958 film]
- Original title
- The Fly
- Original publication date
- 1958-07-16
- People/Characters
- André Delambre; Hélène Delambre; François Delambre
- Important places
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Quebec, Canada; Canada
- Related movies
- The Fly (1958 | IMDb)
- Original language
- English
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- Languages
- English, Spanish
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