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Of Unknown Origin (1983)A man who recently completed rebuilding a townhouse becomes obsessed with a rat infestation until it becomes an interspecies duel. Director:George P. Cosmatos |
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Bart Hughes
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Lorrie Wells
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Lawrence Dane | ... |
Eliot Riverton
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Louis Del Grande | ... |
Clete
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| Shannon Tweed | ... |
Meg Hughes
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Keith Knight | ... |
Hardware Salesman
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| Maury Chaykin | ... |
Dan Errol
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Leif Anderson | ... |
Peter Hughes
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Jimmy Tapp | ... |
Meg's Father
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Gayle Garfinkle | ... |
Janis Wycoff
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Earl Pennington | ... |
Mr. Thompson
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Jacklin Webb | ... |
Newspaper Vendor
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Bronwen Mantel | ... |
Florence Riverton
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Monik Nantel | ... |
Secretary
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Storyline
Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent. Written by Chris Holland <stomptokyo@aol.com>
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If it can't scare them to death, it will find another way. See more »Genres:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
Origem Desconhecida See more »Filming Locations:
Montréal, Québec, CanadaBox Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$540,446 (USA) (27 November 1983) (199 Screens)Gross:
$1,080,470 (USA) (4 December 1983)Company Credits
Production Co:
Warner Bros. Pictures, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC), Famous Players Limited See more »
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Sweden: | USA:Sound Mix:
MonoColor:
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1.85 : 1
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Bart Hughes: I had a party.
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Meg Hughes: [Meg sees the house is a wreck] Oh, my God! Bart, what happened?Bart Hughes: I had a party.
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