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Theatrical release posterDirected by Ivan Passer Produced by Stephen J. Friedman Written by Jeremy Leven Music by Sylvester Levay Cinematography Robbie Greenberg Editing by Bill Phillips (supervising editor), Jimmy Ling, Hal Sanders (editors), Michael A. Warner (assistant editor) Distributed by Universal Pictures Release date(s) December 20, 1985 Running time 107 min. Country United States Language English Creator is a 1985 film directed by Ivan Passer, starring Peter O'Toole, Vincent Spano, Mariel Hemingway, and Virginia Madsen. It is based on a book of the same title by Jeremy Leven.
Plot
Harry Wolper (played by O'Toole) is a Nobel Prize laureate in biology, obsessed by the possibility to clone his beloved late wife, Lucy. Helped by the student Boris Lafkin (Spano) and an eccentric egg-donor girl, Meli (Hemingway), Dr. Wolper finally succeeds in the cloning process, but the events leading to this achievement create strong bonds between himself and Meli, and also between Spano and his schoolmate, Barbara (Madsen). In the end, Harry realizes that he is in love with Meli, and interrupts the cloning process dropping the last cells of Lucy into the sea.
Cast
- Peter O'Toole: Dr. Harry Wolper
- Mariel Hemingway: Meli
- Vincent Spano: Boris Lafkin
- Virginia Madsen: Barbara Spencer
- David Ogden Stiers: Dr. Sid Kullenbeck
- John Dehner: Paul
- Eve McVeagh: Woman with monkey (final screen appearance)
External links
- Creator at the Internet Movie Database
- Creator at AllRovi
- Creator at Rotten Tomatoes
Categories:- English-language films
- 1985 films
- Films based on novels
- American films
- 1980s comedy films
- Cloning in fiction
- 1980s comedy film stubs
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