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Demon Seed

  • 1977
  • Approved
  • 1h 34m
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6.3/10
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Demon Seed (1977)
A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.
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A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creators wife.

  • Director
    • Donald Cammell
  • Writers
    • Dean R. Koontz
    • Robert Jaffe
    • Roger O. Hirson
  • Stars
    • Julie Christie
    • Fritz Weaver
    • Gerrit Graham
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    9.5K
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    • Director
      • Donald Cammell
    • Writers
      • Dean R. Koontz
      • Robert Jaffe
      • Roger O. Hirson
    • Stars
      • Julie Christie
      • Fritz Weaver
      • Gerrit Graham
    • 90User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 55Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 4 nominations

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    Julie Christie in Demon Seed (1977)
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    Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver in Demon Seed (1977)

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    Julie Christie
    Julie Christie
    • Susan Harris
    Fritz Weaver
    Fritz Weaver
    • Alex Harris
    Gerrit Graham
    Gerrit Graham
    • Walter Gabler
    Berry Kroeger
    Berry Kroeger
    • Petrosian
    Lisa Lu
    Lisa Lu
    • Soong Yen
    Larry J. Blake
    Larry J. Blake
    • Cameron
    John O'Leary
    • Royce
    Alfred Dennis
    Alfred Dennis
    • Mokri
    Davis Roberts
    Davis Roberts
    • Warner
    Patricia Wilson
    Patricia Wilson
    • Mrs. Talbert
    E. Hampton Beagle
    • Night Operator
    Michael Glass
    • Technician
    Barbarao
    Barbarao
    • Technician
    • (as Barbara O. Jones)
    Dana Laurita
    • Amy
    Monica MacLean
    • Joan Kemp
    Peter Elbling
    Peter Elbling
    • Scientist
    • (as Harold Oblong)
    Georgie Paul
    • Housekeeper
    Michelle Stacy
    Michelle Stacy
    • Marlene
    • Director
      • Donald Cammell
    • Writers
      • Dean R. Koontz
      • Robert Jaffe
      • Roger O. Hirson
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    • Trivia
      Dr. Harris' futuristic-looking car was actually a production car, unmodified at the time of filming - a Bricklin SV-1. The Bricklin was built in Canada but intended for the U.S. market, featuring high performance and a number of innovative safety features (in fact, the model number stood for "Safety Vehicle 1"). The SV-1 was the only production vehicle in automotive history to have powered gull-wing doors that opened and closed at the touch of a button (on other gull-wing cars, like the DeLorean it's often compared to, the doors must be opened and closed manually). Fewer than 3,000 were produced during its short run from 1974-1976, and it's estimated that fewer than 1,120 remain in existence.
    • Goofs
      When Mrs. Harris is trying to get the little girl out of the car for her session, a sound man can be seen through the back window behind her.
    • Quotes

      Proteus IV: I want to study man: his isometric body and his glass-jaw mind.

      Alex Harris: Ambitious program, but at the moment all the terminals are occupied.

      Proteus IV: Construct one.

      Alex Harris: I'm sorry. Request denied.

      Proteus IV: Dr. Harris, when are you going to let me out of this *box*?

    • Connections
      Featured in Donald Cammell: The Ultimate Performance (1998)

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    Orchestral portion of the score is just one in a series of amazing efforts from the late Jerry Fielding
    My mixed (at best) feelings about the film as a whole are reflected in the range of previous comments. My response to the contributions of composer Jerry Fielding, however, is unadulterated awe. The harmonic richness and complexity of his music sometimes seemed wasted on the films they accompanied - i.e. "Funeral Home", "Grey Lady Down, some of the Michael Winner collaborations et al - both the attention to detail his scores displayed and the complexity of response his music evoked were simply not supported by what was on screen. In fact, some of these films probably could have been served just as well if not better either by a relative hack or simply by a composer more able to work at "half-mast" on a given project - i.e. Goldsmith, Williams etc. Fielding's effectiveness was not restricted to scoring intense and/or violent scenes - witness his brief, exquisite interludes early and late in ""Junior Bonner", the heartbreakingly beautiful music underscoring Warren Oates' tortured efforts to express his feelings to Isela Vega in "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" or for that matter the many gentle moments of respite in "The Wild Bunch" itself. Still, some of the most imaginative and memorable marriages of sound and image in the history of film are provided by Fielding in just such intense contexts, often in scenes anticipating or immediately following violence and especially scenes of violation – i.e. the rapes of "Straw Dogs", the near rape of "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia", the rough sex / bondage of "The Nightcomers", or the not-in-itself particularly violent but perhaps even more disturbing – more violating – situation played out in "Demon Seed" 's centerpiece. However unbelievable or even ludicrous this scene's premise - or the "science" underlying it - may seem, the emotional journey the film's protagonist is forced to take is massive and mind bending (the scene turning into something somewhat reminiscent of the penultimate scene of 2001). Fielding's music is more than up to the task, amply supporting and even expanding the scope of this journey.

    Anyway, I think I've expended enough syllables. Fielding is one of the extremely small group of film composers whose work is just as absorbing and memorable with or without the image. So, to all those who are interested – follow the IMDb links and search … and look and listen …

    P.S. As a previous poster has noted, the soundtrack recording is available on a cd pairing it with the score from "Soylent Green" by Fred Myrow. It was released by FSM (Film Score Monthly) on their Silver Age Classics label.
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    • Release date
      • April 15, 1977 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Proteus Generation
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
      • Herb Jaffe
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 34 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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