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Looker (1981) 5.9
Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts ... See full summary » Director:Michael CrichtonWriter:Michael Crichton |
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Cast
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Dr. Larry Roberts
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Jennifer Long
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Moustache Man
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Dr. Jim Belfield
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Tina Cassidy
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Terri Welles | ... |
Lisa Convey
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Michael Hawkins | ... |
Senator Robert Harrison
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Ashley Cox | ... |
Candy
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Donna Kei Benz | ... |
Ellen
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Catherine Parks | ... |
Jan
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Commercial Director
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Cindy's Mother
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Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix. Written by alfiehitchie
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If Looks Could Kill...Parents Guide:
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Country:
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30 October 1981 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
As Belas São Assassinadas See more »Company Credits
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Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
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The Digital Matrix Inc. headquarters building is the landmark hillside campus of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. See more »Goofs
At the conference near the end, when Dr. Larry Roberts is disguised as a security guard, during several sequences getting in and out of elevators the wound on the side of his mouth disappears and reappears. See more »Quotes
Lisa Convey: You probably think I'm beautiful, Dr. Roberts, but I'm not. I have lots of defects to fix. I have a list right here. My nose is .2 millimeters too narrow. And my cheekbones are .4 millimeters too high. And my chin has a little .1 bump here. And my areola distance is 5 millimeters. And I have a mole here on my ribs. So I need plastic surgery.See more »
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"Flute Concerto, Op.10, No.2, RV439, La notte) (uncredited)Composed by Antonio Vivaldi
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Obviously forgotten today, and maybe that's a problem.
Michael Crichton dealt in practical Science Fiction. How a potential technology could really cause problems in the here and now. This movie hit on a few of them, some of which HAVE come to pass.
His premise is that computers could be used to simulate characters (already has happened) and that they could be used to influence us by using algorithms to calculate our optimum responses. (Again, probably happening now, even if we don't know about it.)
The plot is that a plastic surgeon is asked to alter four women into perfect specimens, but three of them are killed after wards (they never really explain why.) In trying to protect the last, whom he develops a personal bond with, he uncovers a plot to use computer generated images (wow, and now they are real!) to manipulate our responses.
A note on nudity. We have Susan Dey of Partridge family fame going topless in a couple of scenes. We'd NEVER see that now. If we are lucky, we might see a name actress have her head CGI'd (ironic) onto a body double. But usually, the MPAA would go completely nuts and give the film an R or NC-17 rating.
Some things are dated, such as tape-reading computers and big hair on the women- SO 1980's. But the film's concepts hold up pretty well.