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6.1With 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.
Released: 1985-09-20107 minDir: Ivan PasserComedy, Romance, Science Fiction
Cast
- Peter O'Toole as Dr. Harry Wolper
- Mariel Hemingway as Meli
- Vincent Spano as Boris Lafkin
- Virginia Madsen as Barbara Spencer
- David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Sid Kullenbeck
- John Dehner as Paul
Themes
- cloning
- scientist
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
3,671 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
38%
- Year
- 1985
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 107
- FilmAffinity ID
- 155743
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- publication date
- 1985-01-01
- title
- Creator
- review score
- 38%
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Stephen J. Friedman
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English language
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comedy
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IMDb
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Peter O'Toole
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Roger Ebert
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Universal Pictures
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Jonathan Demme
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David Ogden Stiers
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American Film Institute
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Virginia Madsen
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Southern California
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Rance Howard
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The Creator
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Mariel Hemingway
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Chicago Sun-Times
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Ivan Passer
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Jeff Corey
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Vincent Spano
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Categories
1985 American films1985 comedy films1985 English-language films1985 filmsAmerican comedy filmsEnglish-language comedy filmsFilms about academiaFilms about cloningFilms based on American novelsFilms directed by Ivan PasserFilms scored by Sylvester LevayFilms set in CaliforniaRotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataRotten Tomatoes template using name parameterTemplate film date with 1 release date