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eXistenZ (1999)
6.8
Ratings: 6.8/10 from 47,573 users
Metascore:
68/100
Reviews: 493 user | 175 critic | 29 from Metacritic.com A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged. Director:David CronenbergWriter:David Cronenberg |
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Kiri Vinokur
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Hugo Carlaw
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Merle
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Robert A. Silverman | ... |
D'Arcy Nader
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Oscar Hsu | ... | |
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Noel Dichter
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Kirsten Johnson | ... |
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James Kirchner | ... |
Landry
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Balázs Koós | ... |
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Storyline
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective. Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
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Play Or Be Played. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sci-fi violence and gore, and for language See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
eXistenZ: Mundo virtual See more »Box Office
Budget:
$CAD31,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$810,262 (USA) (25 April 1999) (256 Screens)Gross:
$2,840,417 (USA) (20 June 1999)Company Credits
Production Co:
Alliance Atlantis Communications, Canadian Television Fund, Harold Greenberg Fund, The See more »
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Sound Mix:
Dolby DigitalColor:
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1.78 : 1
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Seminar Leader: eXistenZ. Written like this. One word. Small 'E', capital 'X', capital 'Z'. 'eXistenZ'. It's new, it's from Antenna Research, and it's here... right now.
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When Kiri and his assistant operate on Allegra's pod, Kiri says, "Köszönöm, köszönöm, köszönöm," Hungarian for "Thank you, thank you, thank you." See more »Goofs
Continuity: The first time we see Ted Pikul at the trout farm, he labels an envelope with the letters LA. The L is clearly connected to the A. However in the next shot with the envelope on the conveyor belt the L and A are no longer connected. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Seminar Leader: eXistenZ. Written like this. One word. Small 'E', capital 'X', capital 'Z'. 'eXistenZ'. It's new, it's from Antenna Research, and it's here... right now.
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