Mr. Stitch (1995)

Doctor Rue Wakeman (Rutger Hauer) and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature, Lazarus (Wil Wheaton), reads a lot of books and learns ... See full summary »

Director:

Roger Avary

Writer:

Roger Avary

Stars:

Rutger Hauer, Wil Wheaton, Stevo Polyi

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rutger Hauer	...	Doctor Rue Wakeman
Wil Wheaton	...	Lazarus
Stevo Polyi	...	Stevo
Rowland Wafford	...	Rowland
Richard Louderback	...	Red-Haired Skull Soldier
Kevin White	...	Over Zealous Soldier
Luke Stratte-McClure	...	Thorn Gardener
Al Sapienza	...	Clay Gardener
Valarie Trapp	...	Sandy Gardener
Nia Peeples	...	Doctor Elizabeth English
Ron Perlman	...	Doctor Frederick Texarian
Taylor Negron	...	Doctor Al Jacobs
Michael Harris	...	General Hardcastle
Ron Jeremy	...	Lieutenant Periainkle (as Ron Jeremy Hyatt)
Sloane Klevin	...	Voice of Security Computer

Storyline

Doctor Rue Wakeman (Rutger Hauer) and his team create a young man with skin and organs taken from other men and women. The creature, Lazarus (Wil Wheaton), reads a lot of books and learns all about the humans. But when he meets fascinating Doctor Elizabeth English (Nia Peeples), his life changes, and he decides to escape from the laboratory.

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Plot Keywords:

glasses | latex gloves | caucasian | needle | syringe | 

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some violence and disturbing images

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the first "original" movie aired by The Syfy Channel. A few years later, they started advertising their made-for-television movies as "Syfy Originals", but they did advertise this quite a bit as new and never-before-seen.

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Quotes

Lazarus: Where are my sexual organs?
Doctor Rue Wakeman: You have none.

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Crazy Credits

After the credits end, we can see Dr. English stitching someone, but we can't see who it is.

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Connections

References The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)

User Reviews

Wanted to fall asleep but couldn't

This is without doubt one of the worst films I have ever seen. I saw it at a friend's birthday party where someone had recommended it as being a good film.

Mr Stitch was so boring that I even found the opening credits boring! The rest of the film was no better. The first two thirds of it took place in this enormous white room without walls. The story seemed to drag on an awful lot and took forever to get to the point of the story which it didn't really appear to have much of.

The bizarre looking Frankenstein like creation continued to have memories which were left in the body parts that had come from the people who were dug up in order to build this prototype super soldier for the military. It was difficult trying to find a reason to stay awake, but the person who recommended it kept saying "a good bit was coming up soon". It never did.

I have heard that this film won a Golden Turkey award for the most boring film of all time. An award which is most deserving. The only notable parts of the movie with any entertainment value at all are the observation eyeball and the smoke cloud in the shape of a skull.

Watch it if you suffer from insomnia.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 August 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

88 Visages

Filming Locations:

Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Studio Megaboom, Rysher Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1