Of Unknown Origin

Of Unknown Origin
Of Unknown Origin
Directed by George P. Cosmatos
Produced by Pierre David
Claude Heroux
Written by Brian Taggert
Based on The Visitor by Chauncey G. Parker III
Starring Peter Weller
Louis Del Grande
Kenneth Welsh
Shannon Tweed
Music by Kenneth Wannberg
Cinematography Rene Verzier
Editing by Roberto Silvo
Distributed by Warner Brothers Pictures
Release date(s) November 24, 1983 (USA)
Running time 88 min.
Country  United States
 Canada
Language English
Budget $4,000,000
Box office $1,080,470 (USA)

Of Unknown Origin is a 1983 film directed by George P. Cosmatos. The film was written by Brian Taggert, based on the novel The Visitor by Chauncey G. Parker III. It was filmed on location in Montreal, Quebec but set in New York City.[1] The film won two awards at the Paris Film Festival.[2]

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Plot

Mild-mannered everyman Bart Hughes has a great life in New York. When his wife and child leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that should get him a promotion. Some sort of rodent in his basement starts to bother him and consumes his time. Bart starts going crazy trying to kill the creature, destroying most of his house in the process.

Principal cast

Actor Role
Peter Weller Bart Hughes
Jennifer Dale Lorrie Wells
Aimée Castle Birthday
Kenneth Welsh James Hall
Louis Del Grande Clete
Shannon Tweed Meg Hughes
Keith Knight Hardware
Maury Chaykin Dan Errol

Critical reception

Vincent Canby of The New York Times had nothing but disdain for the movie, but lightly praised Weller's performance and opens his review:

“ Peter Weller, one of our best young stage and screen actors, is not at all bad in a rather terrible, Canadian suspense-horror film mysteriously titled Of Unknown Origin.[3] ”

References

  1. ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086036/locations
  2. ^ Awards for Of Unknown Origin at the Internet Movie Database
  3. ^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9E04E4D7123BF937A15752C1A965948260

External links

v · d · eFilms directed by George P. Cosmatos
1970s
The Beloved (1970) · Massacre in Rome (1973) · The Cassandra Crossing (1976) · Escape to Athena (1979)
1980s
Of Unknown Origin (1983) · Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) · Cobra (1986) · Leviathan (1989)
1990s
Tombstone (1993) · Shadow Conspiracy (1997)



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