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It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.

1985•1h 47m•

★6.1(55 ratings)

ComedyRomanceScience Fiction

Overview

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

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Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Dr. Harry Wolper

Mariel Hemingway

Mariel Hemingway

Meli

Vincent Spano

Vincent Spano

Boris Lafkin

Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Barbara Spencer

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Dr. Sid Kullenbeck

John Dehner

John Dehner

Paul

Karen Kopins

Karen Kopins

Lucy Wolper

Kenneth Tigar

Kenneth Tigar

Pavlo

Elsa Raven

Elsa Raven

Mrs. Mallory

Lee Kessler

Lee Kessler

Mrs. Pruitt

Rance Howard

Rance Howard

Mr. Spencer

Ellen Geer

Ellen Geer

Mrs. Spencer

Full Crew

Direction

Director: Ivan Passer

Writing

Novel: Jeremy Leven
Screenplay: Jeremy Leven

Production

Associate Producer: Charles Mulvehill
Producer: Stephen J. Friedman
Casting: Lynn Stalmaster

Music & Sound

Music: Sylvester Levay

Cinematography

Director of Photography: Robbie Greenberg

Editing

Editor: Richard Chew

Art Direction

Art Direction: Josan F. Russo

Costume & Make-Up

Costume Design: Julie Weiss

Keywords

cloningscientist

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The film's tagline is: "It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy."

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The runtime is 107 minutes (1h 47m).

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The film was directed by Ivan Passer.

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The screenplay was written by Jeremy Leven.

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Cinematography was handled by Robbie Greenberg.

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This title is listed on IMDb as tt0088960.

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6.1/10

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55 votes

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Age Rating:

R

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English

Country of Origin:

United States of America