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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   36,844 votes
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Director:
Paul Verhoeven
Writers (WGA):
Gary Scott Thompson (story) and
Andrew W. Marlowe (story) ...
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Release Date:
4 August 2000 (USA) more
Tagline:
What would you do if you were invisible? How far would you go? more
Plot:
Scientists discover how to make people invisible, but their test subject becomes an insane killer who stalks them. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 7 wins & 9 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(44 articles)
Goyer's The Invisible Man
 (From EmpireOnline. 21 June 2009, 11:30 PM, PDT)

More Elisabeth Shue Piranha 3D set pics surface...
 (From Fangoria. 9 June 2009, 12:02 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Good, but not great. more
US TV Schedule:
Sat. July 182:30 AMMAX   

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hollow Man - Unsichtbare Gefahr (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime:
112 min | USA:119 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA | Germany
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS (8 channels) | Dolby Digital | DTS

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Trivia:
A scene depicting the invisible Sebastian brutally raping his neighbor, then climbing off her as she wept was deleted because test audiences, still identifying with Sebastian, seemed to feel it was too early in the movie for him to have descended to that level of evil. Other deleted scenes included Sarah discussing with Linda and Matt the possibility that Sebastian had fondled her, Sarah confronting Sebastian about the death of the dog, and Linda being stalked by Sebastian. The latter two scenes contain footage that was used in the promotional trailers. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Sometimes the mattress retains heat (as seen through the monitor) after Caine gets up, other times it does not. more
Quotes:
Matt: My 5th grade teacher told me, that "Genius is the ability to go from A to D without having to go through B and C." Sebastian can do that, but for me, I gotta have the B and C. more
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Referenced in Hollow Man: Anatomy of a Thriller (2000) (V) more
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3 out of 5 people found the following comment useful:-
Good, but not great., 5 August 2000
6/10
Author: Jeff (spoonjef@aol.com) from L.A. CA

Hollow Man boasts some pretty impressive visual effects and does have an intriguing story. Kevin Bacon plays Sebastion Caine, an arrogant scientist who develops a serum for invisibility. Withholding information from his superiors, Caine tests his serum on himself and undergoes a transformation that is quite visually arresting. It's like an anatomy book come to life. But while Caine's transformation and subsequent experiments with his new found power prove interesting, the movie fails to capture what it feels like to truly be invisible. Caine says to his colleagues, "You have know idea how much fun this is." In truth, we don't. We see Caine slowly going mad and trapping his fellow scientists in the lab when they threaten to go public. But, we don't get any sense of power from Caine. True he does venture out into public and enters the apartment of his very fetching neighbor, but that's about all the real world we see with Caine. It would've been interesting to see Caine in the real world, and what would've been done to capture him. Instead, we have Bacon, Elisabeth Shue and Josh Brolin and a few others mixing it up in a hidden lab somewhere in D.C. While the actors try to make the best with what they have, Paul Verhoeven tries to goose us a little. He succeeds in a few instances, and he does manage to hold your attention for a while, but the ending is the weakest link in the movie. Had there been a stronger ending, the movie would've been a little better. As it is now, it's a good exercise in visual effects territory, but there are so many other possibilities that lay with the story of an invisible human being.

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