The Lawnmower Man

19921992
1616
1h 48min

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

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A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

Director
- Brett Leonard
Writers
- Stephen King(title only)
- Brett Leonard(screenplay)
- Gimel Everett(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 3 nominations

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Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)

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Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)

Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)

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The Lawnmower Man (1992)

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

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The Lawnmower Man (1992)

The Lawnmower Man (1992)

Director
- Brett Leonard
Writers
- Stephen King(title only) (credit removed following lawsuit)
- Brett Leonard(screenplay)
- Gimel Everett(screenplay)
All cast & crew

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A scientist performs experiments involving intelligence enhancing drugs and virtual reality on a simple-minded gardener. He puts the gardener on an extensive schedule of learning, and quickly he becomes brilliant. But at this point the gardener has a few ideas of his own on how the research should continue, and the scientist begins losing control of his experiments. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

virtual reality intelligence supernatural power science runs amok transformation 205 more

Taglines
- God made him simple. Science made him a god.
Genres
- Horror
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- 16
Parents guide

Trivia
New Line Cinema had obtained the rights to the Stephen King short story "The Lawnmower Man", and the producers also had an unrelated script called "Cyber God". For economical reasons, they simply placed King's title on the production of "Cyber God", and early promotional material with that claim even went public. King was furious at this abuse of his name, and he sued the studio to have his name and title removed from the film and promotion. The studio refused, but was eventually ordered to pay ten thousand dollars and full profits to King.

Goofs
At the start of the film text appears explaining virtual reality; one of the very first words printed is 'Millenium' which should have been spelled 'Millennium'.

Quotes
Dr. Lawrence Angelo: This is all so new.
Jobe Smith: It's not new. I realized that nothing we've been doing is new. We haven't been tapping into new areas of the brain - we've just been awakening the most ancient. This technology is simply a route to powers that conjurers and alchemists used centuries ago. The human race lost that knowledge and now I'm reclaiming it through virtual reality.
Dr. Lawrence Angelo: You're moving too fast. Even with all these new abilities, there are dangers. Man may be able to evolve a thousand-fold through this technology, but the rush must be tempered with wisdom.

Crazy credits
At the start of the movie, just after the New Line Cinema logo, the following Virtual Reality 'statement' is given (the director stated that this was rewritten many times): By the turn of the millenium a technology known as VIRTUAL REALITY will be in widespread use. It will allow you to enter computer generated artificial worlds as unlimited as the imagination itself. Its creators foresee millions of positive uses - while others fear it as a new from of mind control...

Alternate versions
A director's cut was released with 39 minutes of additional footage which included the following material:
When Rosco 1138 was shot in the theatrical version he died, but in the directors cut he survived
A scene when Jobe Smith is attacked by Rosco 1138, but Rosco looks at his pupils and sees he is not a threat
Dr. Angelo gives some soldiers a briefing on capturing Rosco
Jobe speaks to Rosco thinking he is a comic book super hero called Cyboman
Father McKeen finds Rosco with Jobe and calls V.S.I., Dr. Angelo's place of work
The soldiers go to Jobe's house and Dr. Angelo wants to get Rosco alive, but the soldiers kill Rosco and Jobe starts to cry
Father McKeen talks to Jobe and tells him how he endangered the church by letting Rosco in his house
Jobe and Terry McKeen are at the gas station and Jobe tells Terry and Jake about Cyboman and Jake makes fun of him
Dr. Angelo talks into his audio journal and wonders why Rosco bonded with the retarded man Jobe
In the theatrical version Dr. Angelo's wife leaves him, but in the director's cut she goes out with her friends. Dr. Angelo follows her to her car and she leaves; then he talks to Peter's mom [Carla Parkett] and they talk about how Peter reminds him of himself at that age
Terry McKeen and Jobe are in a diner and Jake starts harassing him about Cyboman
Father McKeen sees Jobe reading and yells at him and Terry defends him and tells Father McKeen to let Jobe be a man. Then Father McKeen leaves and tells Jobe he'll teach him to drive, but he learnt how already with the V.R. treatments he has been getting from Dr. Angelo
Jobe is with Dr. Angelo on the way to V.S.I. and asks if he is going to do to him what he did with Rosco
Jobe is scared because he can read minds; he asks Mrs. Angelo where Dr. Angelo is and he reads her mind
Dr. Angelo asks his wife where Jobe is and she does not respond because she is under Jobe's control
Dr. Angelo is tied up and his wife asks if he and Jobe need anything, still being under his control
The agents are going to pick up Jobe and Dr. Angelo when Jobe tells Dr. Angelo "Now you will witness the impossible" and makes Dr. Angelo watch his wife kill an agent and then is killed by the other two while he watches through V.R.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: My Cousin Vinny/Article 99/American Me/The Lawnmower Man/Shakes the Clown/Daughters of the Dust (1992)

Soundtracks
Jobe's Fury
Written and Performed by Sterling

Top review

Not an absolute masterpiece, but well worth the rental

I got 'The Lawnmower Man' as part of one of those 'Buy a pizza and get a free movie' deals, and I put off watching it. And put it off more. And more, until finally I had nothing else to do, so I popped it in the VCR and sat back. Two and half hours later (It was the director's cut- don't see the normal version as it is not nearly as good) it instantly became one of my favorite movies, so I rewound it and watched it again.

To date I have seen it four of five times, as it has problems, it's not very fast paced, but is terribly engaging and Fahey is superb in the lead. The writing isn't great, but is passable, and the computer effects, though far from the center of the story, are excellent.

If you haven't seen it yet, or have only seen the normal version, it is well worth the rental, or even purchase.

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Release date
- May 19, 1993 (Netherlands)
Countries of origin
Language
- English
Also known as
- Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man
Filming locations
- Brandeis-Bardin Institute - 1101 Pepper Tree Lane, Simi Valley, California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $32,100,816
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,751,971
- Mar 8, 1992
Gross worldwide
- $32,100,816

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Runtime
- 1h 48min
Color
- Color
Sound mix
- Dolby SR
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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