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The Lawnmower Man

Year:
Duration:
107 min | USA:140 min (director's cut)
Genres:
Horror | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
5.3
Director:
Brett Leonard
Awards:
3 nominations
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1992-03-06
Filming Locations: Brandeis-Bardin Institute - 1101 Pepper Tree Lane, Simi Valley, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $10,000,000
Opening Weekend: $7,751,971 (USA) (8 March 1992)
Gross: $27,207,265 (USA) (5 April 1992)
Cast
Actor
Character
Austin O'Brien
Austin O'Brien
The Lawnmower Man
Jeff Fahey
Jobe Smith
Pierce Brosnan
Dr. Lawrence Angelo
Jenny Wright
Marnie Burke
Mark Bringelson
Sebastian Timms
Geoffrey Lewis
Terry McKeen
Jeremy Slate
Father Francis McKeen
Dean Norris
The Director
Colleen Coffey
Caroline Angelo
Jim Landis
Ed Walts
Troy Evans
Lieutenant Goodwin
Rosalee Mayeux
Carla Parkette
Michael Gregory
Security Chief
Joe Hart
Patrolman Cooley
John Laughlin
Jake Simpson
Ray Lykins
Harold Parkette
Michael Valverde
Day Gate Guard (as Mike Valverde)
Dale Raoul
Dolly
Frank Collison
Night Gate Guard
John Smart
Assistant (as Jonathan Smart)
Stephen Gregory Foster
Letchworth (as Steffen Gregory Foster)
Doug Hutchison
Security Tech
Denney Pierce
Skinhead Guard
Roger Rook
Older Guard
Craig Benton
White Coat
Randall Fontana
Hotel Waiter
Mara Duronslet
Young Woman Clerk
Duane Byrne
Letchworth Buddy
Bruce Holman
Crime Scene Detective (uncredited)
Darrell Mapson
Guard - Struggle with Dr. Angelo (uncredited)
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Trivia
The eight minutes of computer generated special effects took seven people eight months to complete on a budget of $500,000.
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Jobe's hair was initially going to be red, but was changed to bleached-blond because red hair didn't look realistic on Jeff Fahey.
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When Dr. Angelo stimulates Jobe's brain using virtual reality, the symbols that fly at Jobe, at close inspection, are Kabbalistic mystical symbols with ancient Hebrew writing around them.
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Goofs
Dr. Angelo, remarking on Jobe's progress with Latin, says that he himself took a year to learn just the Latin alphabet, which is still in use, plus a few letters, as the English alphabet. (In mitigation, he could be referring to the difficulty in reading ancient manuscripts, or how long a child takes to learn how to read, though this seems unlikely in context.)
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As Dr. Angelo is telling Caroline that she doesn't understand what he is going through, he rubs his eyes with his empty left hand in close-up. In the next shot, a cigarette has suddenly appeared in his hand as he pulls his hand from his eyes.
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At the start of the film text appears explaining virtual reality; one of the very first words printed is 'Millenium' which should have been spelled 'Millennium'.
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Quotes
Jobe Smith: Mind over matter Dr. Angelo, not a miracle - a fact.
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Jobe Smith: By the year 2001, there won't be a person on this planet who isn't hooked into it, and hooked into me.
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Jobe Smith: You realize, Dr. Angelo, that my intelligence has surpassed yours...
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Faq
Q
Is the film based on a book?
A
No. Despite the title, the movie is based on an original script written by Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett originally titled Cyber God. New Line Cinema held the rights to adapt Stephen King's story and decided to combine the two stories. However, the movie bears little to no resemblance to the short story. The only similarities are the mower moving on its own that kills a person who's remains are found in a birdbath and name of the gardening company. The movie was originally promoted as Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, but King successfully sued the producers into removing his name. The story is actually closer to Flowers for Algernon, which concerns a mentally disabled person becoming a genius due to an experiment. The Shop, the organization responsible for the experiments, is from Stephen King's Firestarter and also deals with the group giving powerful psychic powers to someone.
Q
What's the story behind the lawsuit of King vs. New Line Cinema?
A
Due to The Lawnmower Man movie being significantly different from the Stephen King short story entitled "The Lawnmower Man", Stephen King sued New Line Cinema (and its parent company Allied Vision) to disassociate himself from this film version. King claimed that by falsely crediting him, Allied had maliciously tarnished his good name, causing "irreparable harm" to his reputation. You can justify King's claims when you consider (a) how dissimilar the two works are, and (b) how poorly this film version was received at the box office.The courts ruled in favour of King, and ordered Allied Vision to strike King's name from the credits and all related advertising. After Allied Visions lawyers made an appeal, the judge ruled that the works were substantially similar, justifying a "based upon" credit.Although the final decision was partially in favour of Allied, they removed all references to Stephen King, including the "based upon" credit, when the movie hit the video market.
Q
What are the differences between the Theatrical Version and the Director's Cut?
A
This Sci-Fi movie from 1992, starring Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey, has nothing to do with the original short story written by Stephen King and released as a part of his book "Night Shift". Stephen King sued the producers several times for using his name as an advertisement for the movie, even though it differs immensely from his original work. Four years later they released a rather dull sequel which starred a different cast of actors. It barely had anything to do with the first movie.The Theatrical Version misses out on 33 minutes of footage that result from either short or pretty long cuts, or the usage of alternative footage. Whether you prefer the Director's Cut or the Theatrical Version is up to you to decide. Despite the immense runtime, the Director's Cut seems to offer a more interesting version of the movie. Outside the UK and a few other European countries it is hard to get the Theatrical Version anyways. The US DVD includes a few deleted scenes in the bonus section and we assume that these are the scenes which ended up in the Director's Cut. A detailed comparison between both versions with pictures can be found here.
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