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    Creator Director: Ivan Passer Cast: Jeff Corey, Peter O'Toole, John Dehner, Mariel Hemingway

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/27/1999
    • Original Release: 1985
    • Rating: Rated R
    • Sales Rank: 4,449

    Viewer Rating: (4 ratings)

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    Side #1 --
    0. Chapter Index
    1. Fresh New Kid [6:17]
    2. The Big Picture [4:28]
    3. God And The Cosmos [6:07]
    4. Meaning [6:21]
    5. Love Is Dead [3:13]
    6. Little Pictures [2:29]
    7. Egg [5:47]
    8. Roomates [3:54]
    9. Beethoven [2:57]
    10. Shy [1:55]
    11. Faculty Frolic [7:00]
    12. Less Yourself [1:41]
    13. Overhead [4:04]
    14. Middle Class [3:20]
    15. Love [2:41]
    16. Dentures [2:06]
    17. Little Human [1:40]
    18. Morning Sickness [1:35]
    19. Football [3:37]
    20. Repossess [5:36]
    21. Just Under $800,000 [3:16]
    22. Hospital [3:09]
    23. Life Support [3:06]
    24. Coma [4:11]
    25. Cells [1:33]
    26. Blind Belief [4:57]
    27. Back To The Sea [3:07]
    28. Excellant Sign [3:13]
    29. Fertile Antique [:30]
    30. End Credits [3:13]

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    Editorial Reviews

    This romantic, melancholy twist on the Frankenstein formula stars Peter O'Toole as Professor Harry Wolper, a lonely eccentric who has dedicated decades of research to cloning his long-dead wife Lucy from a culture of living tissue. To this end, he enlists the services of likeable Graduate assistant Boris (Vincent Spano), who is initially baffled by the professor's endless rants about God, Science and "The Big Picture." After Wolper posts bills seeking a human egg donor, his wish is granted by the vivacious young Meli (Mariel Hemingway), in whom the professor soon discovers a more willing convert to his grand design... and perhaps a love more immediate and real than the one he lost. Boris eventually manages to come around to "The Big Picture" himself when Wolper points him in the direction of another graduate, Barbara (Virginia Madsen). Despite opting for a platonic relationship to better determine if they are ideally matched, Boris and Barbara soon fall deeply in love, realizing that they are soul-mates as the professor had predicted. Tragedy strikes, however, when a brain hemorrhage renders Barbara comatose, and Wolper's nemesis Dr. Sid Kuhlenbeck (David Ogden Stiers) persuades the university to shut down Harry's private cloning laboratory. Meli forces Wolper to choose between her love and his misplaced longing for his dead wife... and his answer is suddenly made clear when he witnesses Boris's heartfelt determination to bring his own true love back to the land of the living. Written by Jeremy Leven (based on his own novel), this is a flawed but engaging comedy which proves that a well-written story can incorporate traditional science fiction elements as more than a mere plot device and actually enhance the humanity of the characters. Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide

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    Creatorby Anonymous

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    August 22, 2004: 'Creator' suffered from lack of studio support when it was released and, as such, its box office was not what it deserved. This is classic Peter O'Toole, but more than that 'Creator' does an elegant job of capturing the brief singularity and value of each life, regardless of the particular DNA? BIG Kudos to Jerey Leven, 'Creator's' creator, who came up with a simple phrase (made all the more powerful by the circumstances in which they were used) and to Peter O'Toole (for burning it into my mind so effectively with his manner of delivery that bespoke of his heartbreak for his departed wife, Lucy). What is the phrase? Four words he offers to 'Boris' giving him hope of breaking through the darkness of Barbara's coma. Jeeze, some 15 years later, just thinking of that scene brings tears to my eyes. Simply a masterful use of words to convey emotions that seek answers while ofering support and the promise of hope. I think one of the reasons the movie came off so well (in addition, of course, to a brilliant performance by the cast) was that the script was written by the 'creator' of the novel... so it stayed as true to the story as any adaptation can. This movie deserved a far bigger audience than it had in 1985. Its message is just as meaningful today. Rent or buy it, and see it with someone special!

    Creatorby Anonymous

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    July 13, 2003: This is easily my all-time favorite movie. It's got everything: comedy, drama, science fiction, romance, religion. You will laugh, you will cry, you will think, you will define love in a whole new way. Listen for Dr. Wolper's ''love formula''. It's a winner!


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