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Overview

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Director:
Brett Leonard
Writers:
Stephen King (title only) (credit removed following lawsuit)
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Release Date:
6 March 1992 (USA) more
Tagline:
God made him simple. Science made him a god.
Plot:
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
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(6 articles)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jeff Fahey ... Jobe Smith

Pierce Brosnan ... Dr. Lawrence Angelo
Jenny Wright ... Marnie Burke
Mark Bringleson ... Sebastian Timms

Geoffrey Lewis ... Terry McKeen
Jeremy Slate ... Father Francis McKeen

Dean Norris ... The Director
Colleen Coffey ... Caroline Angelo
Jim Landis ... Ed Walts
Troy Evans ... Lieutenant Goodwin

Rosalee Mayeux ... Carla Parkette

Austin O'Brien ... Peter Parkette

Michael Gregory ... Security Chief

Joe Hart ... Patrolman Cooley
John Laughlin ... Jake Simpson
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man
Virtual Wars (Japan: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, sensuality and a scene of violence.
Runtime:
107 min | USA:140 min (director's cut)
Country:
UK | USA | Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Company:
Allied Vision more

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Trivia:
Jobe's hair was initially going to be red, but was changed to bleached-blond because red hair didn't look realistic on Jeff Fahey. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Dr. Angelo, remarking on Jobe's progress with Latin, says that he himself took a year to learn just the Latin alphabet, which is still in use, plus a few letters, as the English alphabet. (In mitigation, he could be referring to the difficulty in reading ancient manuscripts, though this seems unlikely in context.) more
Quotes:
Jobe Smith: Mind over matter Dr. Angelo, not a miracle - a fact. more
Soundtrack:
Game of Hearts more

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What's the story behind the lawsuit of King vs. New Line Cinema?
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
Worth a second look, 1 November 1999
7/10
Author: Grant Davis (grdavis@lconn.com) from Houston, Texas

Last week I had occasion to see this movie again, and I was surprised that it wasn't as offensive as I remember. The Lawnmower man came out in 1992, the year before the Internet hit the big time. Now that these 'VR futurists' have been shown wrong (and you can tell from the interviews that they were serious), one can watch it as a fantasy, rather than science fiction. In this respect it holds up: the computer graphics are beautiful, if a little dated, and a couple of restored scenes (in the director's cut or the DVD) make the story more compelling. Perhaps VR will deliver on its promises someday; meanwhile, there's a fairly good story here.

p.s. Stay far away from the sequel. It was just plain bad.

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