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The Fly (86) (A)

STARS...
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, and Les Carlson.

PLOT SUMMARY...
A fly, caught in a scientist's teleportation pod, leads to a tragic accident.

QUICK SCAN...
THE FLY brings to mind "Flatliners". Jeff Goldblum is fascinating as a brilliant, but quirky, scientist who's turning into a fly. Geena Davis, as Goldblum's girlfriend, gives a warm and ultimately heartbreaking performance. The Makeup Efects, as Goldblum gradually transforms into a fly, are gooey but good. The teleporting FX are effective.

DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg
YEAR & RATING: 1986 (R)

BEST BETS:

The Fly (58)

Earth Girls Are Easy

Jurassic Park
SYNOPSIS...
A scientist, trying to impress a woman, shows her his teleportation machine. She is very impressed indeed. They fall in love.

Drunk and alone, the scientist decides to teleport himself. He doesn't know there's a fly in the telepod with him. Initially he is jazzed because he soon demonstrates great physical power. Gradually, however he begins his horrible transformation into a fly/man.

The fly man makes his girlfriend stay away. When her ex-husband shows up at the fly guy's place, and tries to shoot him, the fly destroys the guy's arm and leg instead. When the fly guy emerges from one last telepod experiment, even more horribly mutated than before, he asks his girlfriend to kill him, which she reluctantly does.

Review:

David Cronenberg's, THE FLY, is an effective, if at times disgusting, Sci-Fi tale.

Quirky scientist, Jeff Goldblum ("Jurassic Park"), meets adorable journalist, Geena Davis ("Earth Girls are Easy"), at a party. Schmoozing her up, he tells her, "I'm working on something that will change the world, and human life as we know it." Soon, they're back at his place and he's teleporting one of her stockings from one telepod to another. The fact that Goldblum is using his invention to get laid is fresh and fun, making this my favorite scene in the film.

The Screenplay, by Charles Edward Pogue, and Cronenberg, has some fun dialogue. When Davis first sees Goldblum's teleportation pods, she remarks, "Designer phone booths, very cute."

The romance between Goldblum and Davis is both believable and important to the story. It's nice to see a Sci-Fi film whose romance doesn't seem grafted on.

Later, when Goldblum, alone and drunk, decides to teleport himself, he doesn't know there's a house fly in the pod with him. Eventually, be begins to mutate into a fly.

Goldblum, with his wide-eyed and neurotic manner, seems well cast as the eccentric scientist. The fact that he makes his mad scientist sympathetic, is to his credit. The extremely photogenic and likeable Davis is a perfect counterpoint to Goldblum's twitchy fly man.

The teleportation FX are simple, yet effective. DreamQuest, Visual Effects Coordinator, Lesley Mallgrave, and Visual Effects Supervisor, Hoyt H. Yeatman, are the responsible parties. Goldblum's gradual transformation into the fly is both horrible and fascinating. Chris Walas Inc. and C.W.I. are given the credit.

The film's screen images, by Director of Photography, Mark Irwin, are particularly sharp and well defined, like an unusually vivid dream. The Music, by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, is both majestic and haunting.

THE FLY will be fairly watchable for many Sci-Fi fans. A strong stomach helps.

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The Fly (86) (A)
	STARS... Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, and Les Carlson. PLOT SUMMARY... A fly, caught in a scientist's teleportation pod, leads to a tragic accident. QUICK SCAN... THE FLY brings to mind "Flatliners". Jeff Goldblum is fascinating as a brilliant, but quirky, scientist who's turning into a fly. Geena Davis, as Goldblum's girlfriend, gives a warm and ultimately heartbreaking performance. The Makeup Efects, as Goldblum gradually transforms into a fly, are gooey but good. The teleporting FX are effective.
DIRECTOR: David Cronenberg YEAR & RATING: 1986 (R) BEST BETS: The Fly (58) Earth Girls Are Easy Jurassic Park	SYNOPSIS... A scientist, trying to impress a woman, shows her his teleportation machine. She is very impressed indeed. They fall in love. Drunk and alone, the scientist decides to teleport himself. He doesn't know there's a fly in the telepod with him. Initially he is jazzed because he soon demonstrates great physical power. Gradually, however he begins his horrible transformation into a fly/man. The fly man makes his girlfriend stay away. When her ex-husband shows up at the fly guy's place, and tries to shoot him, the fly destroys the guy's arm and leg instead. When the fly guy emerges from one last telepod experiment, even more horribly mutated than before, he asks his girlfriend to kill him, which she reluctantly does.
Review: David Cronenberg's, THE FLY, is an effective, if at times disgusting, Sci-Fi tale. Quirky scientist, Jeff Goldblum ("Jurassic Park"), meets adorable journalist, Geena Davis ("Earth Girls are Easy"), at a party. Schmoozing her up, he tells her, "I'm working on something that will change the world, and human life as we know it." Soon, they're back at his place and he's teleporting one of her stockings from one telepod to another. The fact that Goldblum is using his invention to get laid is fresh and fun, making this my favorite scene in the film. The Screenplay, by Charles Edward Pogue, and Cronenberg, has some fun dialogue. When Davis first sees Goldblum's teleportation pods, she remarks, "Designer phone booths, very cute." The romance between Goldblum and Davis is both believable and important to the story. It's nice to see a Sci-Fi film whose romance doesn't seem grafted on. Later, when Goldblum, alone and drunk, decides to teleport himself, he doesn't know there's a house fly in the pod with him. Eventually, be begins to mutate into a fly. Goldblum, with his wide-eyed and neurotic manner, seems well cast as the eccentric scientist. The fact that he makes his mad scientist sympathetic, is to his credit. The extremely photogenic and likeable Davis is a perfect counterpoint to Goldblum's twitchy fly man. The teleportation FX are simple, yet effective. DreamQuest, Visual Effects Coordinator, Lesley Mallgrave, and Visual Effects Supervisor, Hoyt H. Yeatman, are the responsible parties. Goldblum's gradual transformation into the fly is both horrible and fascinating. Chris Walas Inc. and C.W.I. are given the credit. The film's screen images, by Director of Photography, Mark Irwin, are particularly sharp and well defined, like an unusually vivid dream. The Music, by Howard Shore, and performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, is both majestic and haunting. THE FLY will be fairly watchable for many Sci-Fi fans. A strong stomach helps.