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Director:
Writers:
John Varley (short story)
Corinne Jacker (teleplay)
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Release Date:
1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
They want to control his mind but can't even find his body. more
Plot:
The mind of a computer programmer is removed by a totalitarian government and accidentally trapped in a virtual reality simulation. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Linda Griffiths ... Computech Apollonia James

Raul Julia ... Aram Fingal / Rick Blaine
Donald Moore ... Novicorp Chairman / The Fat Man (as Donald C. Moore)
Wanda Cannon ... Felicia Varley / Lola
Helen Carscallen ... Dr. Darwin
Rex Hagon ... Shuttle Passenger (as Rex Hagan)
Patrick Brymer ... Nirvana Clerk
Chapelle Jaffe ... Djamilla
Denise Pidgeon ... Doppling Medico (as Denise Pigeon)
Bunty Webb ... Teacher
Audra Williams ... Desirée
Hadley Kay ... Marco

Gary Farmer ... Tooby
Arnie Achtman ... Slavin
Maury Chaykin ... Gondol
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Additional Details

Runtime:
83 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
All of the animal footage during the sequence where Fingal is doppled into a baboon is taken from the film Animals Are Beautiful People (1974). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Appollonia's hair when she is attempting to save Fingal from being sucked into the computer. more
Quotes:
Appollonia: Thou shalt not screw around with things thou dost not understand. more
Movie Connections:
References All About Eve (1950) more

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..mmm....huh?, 22 October 2001
1/10
Author: thehardyboyz2043 (thehardyboyz2043@aol.com) from Marysville, Washington

I didn't really understand the movie when I saw it on MST, and I'm not so sure anyone involved in the film's production understood the concept either.

There's something here about Raul Julia, getting lost somewhere in a computer program, where he must go into the past to get out, at least I think that's it. The movie's point is never really clear or ever fully explained, but after the first 30 mins. it didn't really matter. The acting is pretty bad, but the whole execution of the plot is what sinks this one. MST had some fun with this one, with mixed results in my opinion. 7 stars for that, none for the flick.

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