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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786302483413 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, NTSC ISBN: 6302483417 Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: New Line Home Video Release Date: March 18, 1997 Running Time: 107 minutes Sales Rank: 27922 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: March 06, 1992
Amazon.com: In 1992, The Lawnmower Man was hailed as a CGI (computer-generated image) breakthrough. It's fascinating to consider it in a historical context, knowing it came just a year after Terminator 2: Judgment Day and was followed by Jurassic Park a year later. Written and directed by Brett Leonard, The Lawnmower Man focuses on a scientist (Pierce Brosnan) trying to utilize technology for governmental gain. As with all top-secret government projects in the movies, it goes horribly wrong. Forced to progress from a chimp to a human subject, Brosnan secretly recruits local backwards boy and lawnmower pusher Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The increases in intelligence are alarming. He learns Latin in two hours, becomes an object of sexual desire (apparently all it takes is cowboy boots), and then develops telepathic and telekinetic abilities. What the film ought to be remembered and appreciated for are the visuals, which undoubtedly advanced the arcade and home computer game industry. --Paul Tonks
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Rating: - Dated visuals put a damper on the impact of the movie
If no one has heard of The Lawnmower Man series, this movie was a considered a breakthrough in movie magic in its time during the early 90's. Many people say this was the TRON movie of its era heavy on special effects and blazing visuals never seen in movie theaters. This was true and The Lawnmower Man was astounding when it first came out however it somehow lost its appeal since the special effects actually bring down the movie.
Rating: - Access Granted!!!
This is a good scientific movie about a doctor named Angelo running some tests using virtual reality on a mentally challenged man name Jobe. After doing the tests and taking some drugs, Jobe becomes smarter and more dangerous. After doing more tests and more drugs, Jobe tries to take over Virtual Reality and become a Computer god, but Dr. Angelo tries to stop him, even if it means blowing up everything he's worked for. If you love sci-fi, you'll love THE LAWNMOWER MAN!!!
Rating: - Awesome, classic sci-fi!
This movie is great, a classic any science fiction fan can enjoy. The plot is based on a short story by Stephen King. I've never read the book, but it seems like King's work. Classic cyberpunk, virtual reality themes from the 90's. Some cool CGI special effects (for the time) and some good actors. I won't get into the plot, but basically its virtual reality gone wrong. I've watched this film many times, its worth owning if you are into VR and the like.
Rating: - The Director's Version
I own the Director's Cut of "The Lawnmower Man" on VHS that run 141 minutes. The original theater version is only 108 minutes long and this is all that is available on DVD. The reason is because of the director "Brett Leonard" himself. I saw him doing a review of the film and he stated that he never wanted all that extra material to be release. According to Mr. Leonard it made the film to long and boring to many people.
The problem is that the 108 minute version of the story looks as if things have been removed. When I saw this film at the theaters in 1991 I was lost on what the ... Read More
Rating: - great example of how wrong and stupid it is that directors and producers chop away so many cool essential scenes from movies
I don't understand why producers, film-makers, and directors feel it so necessary to cut away scenes from movies all the time, in order to shorten or make the film more acceptably "compact" or whatever. The first time I saw Lawnmower Man on DVD, in 2001, the cut version, that was the very first time I ever saw the movie, in general. And when I saw it, it seemed INCOMPLETE, INCOHERENT, AND CONFUSING. In many ways. Scenes that seemed to appear out of no where. Monkeys running like that? How? Why? From what? That woman in the house opening the door?? What the hell was that about?????
Ok, well ... Read More
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