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| TOTAL RECALL (1990) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Arnold Schwarzenegger explodes out of the year 2084 A.D. with gut crunching, white knuckle, nonstop action, as he smashes his way through a horrifying real fantasy world, complete with a gorgeous but deadly wife and into a mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony ruled over by a terrorizing dictator, who can alter reality to suit his whims. The red planet erupts with rebellious mutants, the fire of an alluring and mysterious woman and a vicious and savage enemy. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arnold Schwarzenegger (Douglas Quaid), Rachel Ticotin (Melina), Sharon Stone (Lori), Ronny Cox (Vilos Cohaagen), Michael Ironside (Richter), Marshal Bell (George/Kuato), Mel Johnson Jr. (Benny), Michael Champion (Helm), Roy Brocksmith (Dr. Edgemar), Ray Baker (McClane), Rosemary Dunsmore (Dr. Lull), David Knell (Ernie), Alexia Robinson (Tiffany), Dean Norris (Tony), Mark Carlton (Bartender), Debbie Lee Carring-ton (Thumbelina), Lycia Naff (Mary), Robert Costanzo (Harry), Michael LaGuardia (Stevens), Robert Picardo (voice of Johnnycab). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| GET READY FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| DIRECTOR: Paul Verhoeven. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WRITERS: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Jon Povill and Gary Goldman. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", by Philip K. Dick. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| PRODUCERS: Buzz Feitshans and Ronald Shusett. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Robert Fentress and Elliot Schick. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jerry Goldsmith. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| DISTRIBUTOR: Carolco Pictures. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Vilos: I'll blow this place up and be home in time for corn flakes! | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RELEASE DATE: June 1st, 1990 (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE OPENING: $25.5 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Edgemar: Hold still or you'll be psychotic. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BOX OFFICE RESULT: $119.4 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Benny: You make me wish I had three hands. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WORLDWIDE BOX OFFICE: $261.4 million | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Quaid: If I am not me, then who the hell am I? | |||||||||||||||||||||
| BUDGET: $65 million (USA) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Quaid: I'll be back! | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - David Cronenberg was set to direct and even wrote a few drafts of the script before Paul Verhoeven took over. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Douglas Quaid: Now get your ass to Mars. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lori: That's for making me come to Mars. You know how much I hate this fucking planet! | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - During filming, Sharon Stone complained to Verhoeven that she wasn't sure whether her character really was married to Doug. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Benny: Ever fucked a mutant? | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| - Doug Quaid signs into a hotel as Brubaker, the name of the captain from the film Capricorn One, a movie about a faked trip to Mars. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| CRITICAL COMMENTS | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Riveting yarn offers endless twists and intriguing ideas...and the kind of over-the-top violence for which Verhoeven is known. Dazzling, Oscar-winning special effects throughout." -- Leonard Maltin | |||||||||||||||||||||
| - References to The Hitchhikers's Guide to the Galaxy include annoyingly polite robot (Johnny-cab), wrapping a towel around your head to avoid being found, and the triple-breasted whore. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "This is one of the most complex and visually interesting science fiction movies in a long time..." -- Roger Ebert |
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| - Academy Award Winner for Best Visual Effects. Also nominated for Best Sound Effects Editing and Best Sound. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| "Positively breathless with Martian car chases, shootouts and martial-arts action as outrageous as any kung-fu movie, yet it's never just another action film." -- John Hartl, Film.com | |||||||||||||||||||||
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