Split (1989)

Sci-fi story about a man (Timothy Dwight) on the run from a Big Brother-like security force.

Director:

Chris Shaw

Writers:

Chris Shaw, Joan Bechtel (additional dialogue)

Stars:

Timothy Dwight, Joan Bechtel, John J. Flynn

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Timothy Dwight	...	Starker
Joan Bechtel	...	Susan / Woman in Gallery
John J. Flynn	...	The Artist (as John Flynn)
Chris Shaw	...	Agency Director
John Martel	...	Agent #1
Jack Wiley	...	Agent #2
Barbara Horscraft	...	Cafe Customer
Debra Gordon	...	Cafe Customer
Rusty Lapioli	...	Cafe Worker
Ray Bancharian	...	Cafe Bouncer
Jim Yates	...	Transient
George Amis	...	Art Critic
Rod Schoenlank	...	Art Critic
Wendy Bowers	...	Woman in Gallery (as Wendy Bower)
Rebecca Rae Adams	...	Woman in Gallery (as Rebecca Adams)

Storyline

Sci-fi story about a man (Timothy Dwight) on the run from a Big Brother-like security force.

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Plot Keywords:

cyberpunk | surrealism | female rear nudity | female nudity | vagrant | 

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Taglines:

It's the cracked ones that let the light into the world

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 March 1989 (USA)

Also Known As:

Tudathasadás

Filming Locations:

Santa Cruz, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Starker Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

His bit part as the evangelist became the final film appearance for Gene Evans.

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Quotes

Agency Director: You think this guy Starker is nothing? You're right! He is nothing!He gets nothing out of life so he fixates on some trinket and decides it's precious. It's ridiculous. But it's dangerous. There are over a billion losers out there who all want to believe they're something. Some guy says he found the answer? That's how it starts. Religion. Health food. Aerobics. Pantyhose. Anything... Everything to distract them from the fact that they're bored, meaningless, impotent nothings waiting to die. ...

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Connections

References Pee-wee's Big Adventure (1985)

User Reviews

Idiot Movie

The movie is idiotic and is obviously geared towards persons who are into using drugs. The part at the end where he has some kind of petry dish that he is trying to put in the water - and then, the LSD-like effects over the film with the echoing of "Things are changing?" Is it some type of twisted, drug-using radical 'fantasy'? of the main character possibly putting a psychotropic or hallucinogenic drug in the water supply of that city in the movie? It's mad, in fact, maddening. Throw this movie in the trash where it belongs with the drugs the makers used while making it.

FYI: LSD was synthesized in 1937 by a Swiss chemist. The monster Hitler, in the monster's bunker, actually used a multitude of psychotropic drugs, possibly including LSD.