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The Lawnmower Man

  • 1992
  • R
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.4/10
40K
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POPULARITY
3,642
2,366
Jeff Fahey in The Lawnmower Man (1992)
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A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.

  • Director
    • Brett Leonard
  • Writers
    • Stephen King
    • Brett Leonard
    • Gimel Everett
  • Stars
    • Jeff Fahey
    • Pierce Brosnan
    • Jenny Wright
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.4/10
    40K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,642
    2,366
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Brett Leonard
      • Gimel Everett
    • Stars
      • Jeff Fahey
      • Pierce Brosnan
      • Jenny Wright
    • 163User reviews
    • 72Critic reviews
    • 42Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Videos4

    Lawnmower Man
    Trailer 2:03
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    Trailer 0:31
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    The Lawnmower Man: Jobe Attacks
    Clip 1:50
    The Lawnmower Man: Jobe Attacks
    The Lawnmower Man: Cast & Crew On The Virtual Reality World
    Featurette 2:09
    The Lawnmower Man: Cast & Crew On The Virtual Reality World

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    Jeff Fahey
    Jeff Fahey
    • Jobe Smith
    Pierce Brosnan
    Pierce Brosnan
    • Lawrence Angelo
    Jenny Wright
    Jenny Wright
    • Marnie Burke
    Mark Bringelson
    Mark Bringelson
    • Sebastian Timms
    Geoffrey Lewis
    Geoffrey Lewis
    • Terry McKeen
    Jeremy Slate
    Jeremy Slate
    • Father McKeen
    Dean Norris
    Dean Norris
    • Director
    Colleen Coffey
    Colleen Coffey
    • Caroline Angelo
    Troy Evans
    Troy Evans
    • Lt. Goodwin
    Rosalee Mayeux
    Rosalee Mayeux
    • Carla Parkette
    Austin O'Brien
    Austin O'Brien
    • Peter Parkette
    Michael Gregory
    Michael Gregory
    • Security Chief
    Joe Hart
    Joe Hart
    • Patrolman Cooley
    John Laughlin
    John Laughlin
    • Jake Simpson
    Ray Lykins
    Ray Lykins
    • Harold Parkette
    Jim Landis
    • Ed Walts
    Michael Valverde
    • Day Gate Guard
    • (as Mike Valverde)
    Dale Raoul
    Dale Raoul
    • Dolly
    • Director
      • Brett Leonard
    • Writers
      • Stephen King
      • Brett Leonard
      • Gimel Everett
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      New Line Cinema had obtained the rights to the Stephen King short story "The Lawnmower Man", and the producers also had an unrelated script called "Cyber God". For economical reasons, they simply placed King's title on the production of "Cyber God", and early promotional material with that claim even went public. King was furious at this abuse of his name, and he sued the studio to have his name and title removed from the film and promotion. The studio refused, but was eventually ordered to pay ten thousand dollars and full profits to King.
    • Goofs
      Twice in the movie, the scenes at the cafe are identical. Both show the same girl sitting at the counter and the waitress has just finished serving the same couple. That scene is first used earlier in the movie before Jobe and Terry enter the cafe. Later the same scene is used again just before Jobe goes into the cafe with Peter.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Lawrence Angelo: This is all so new.

      Jobe Smith: It's not new. I realized that nothing we've been doing is new. We haven't been tapping into new areas of the brain - we've just been awakening the most ancient. This technology is simply a route to powers that conjurers and alchemists used centuries ago. The human race lost that knowledge and now I'm reclaiming it through virtual reality.

      Dr. Lawrence Angelo: You're moving too fast. Even with all these new abilities, there are dangers. Man may be able to evolve a thousand-fold through this technology, but the rush must be tempered with wisdom.

    • Crazy credits
      At the start of the movie, just after the New Line Cinema logo, the following Virtual Reality 'statement' is given (the director stated that this was rewritten many times): By the turn of the millenium a technology known as VIRTUAL REALITY will be in widespread use. It will allow you to enter computer generated artificial worlds as unlimited as the imagination itself. Its creators foresee millions of positive uses - while others fear it as a new from of mind control...
    • Alternate versions
      A director's cut was released with 39 minutes of additional footage which included the following material:
      • When Rosco 1138 was shot in the theatrical version he died, but in the directors cut he survived
      • A scene when Jobe Smith is attacked by Rosco 1138, but Rosco looks at his pupils and sees he is not a threat
      • Dr. Angelo gives some soldiers a briefing on capturing Rosco
      • Jobe speaks to Rosco thinking he is a comic book super hero called Cyboman
      • Father McKeen finds Rosco with Jobe and calls V.S.I., Dr. Angelo's place of work
      • The soldiers go to Jobe's house and Dr. Angelo wants to get Rosco alive, but the soldiers kill Rosco and Jobe starts to cry
      • Father McKeen talks to Jobe and tells him how he endangered the church by letting Rosco in his house
      • Jobe and Terry McKeen are at the gas station and Jobe tells Terry and Jake about Cyboman and Jake makes fun of him
      • Dr. Angelo talks into his audio journal and wonders why Rosco bonded with the retarded man Jobe
      • In the theatrical version Dr. Angelo's wife leaves him, but in the director's cut she goes out with her friends. Dr. Angelo follows her to her car and she leaves; then he talks to Peter's mom [Carla Parkett] and they talk about how Peter reminds him of himself at that age
      • Terry McKeen and Jobe are in a diner and Jake starts harassing him about Cyboman
      • Father McKeen sees Jobe reading and yells at him and Terry defends him and tells Father McKeen to let Jobe be a man. Then Father McKeen leaves and tells Jobe he'll teach him to drive, but he learnt how already with the V.R. treatments he has been getting from Dr. Angelo
      • Jobe is with Dr. Angelo on the way to V.S.I. and asks if he is going to do to him what he did with Rosco
      • Jobe is scared because he can read minds; he asks Mrs. Angelo where Dr. Angelo is and he reads her mind
      • Dr. Angelo asks his wife where Jobe is and she does not respond because she is under Jobe's control
      • Dr. Angelo is tied up and his wife asks if he and Jobe need anything, still being under his control
      • The agents are going to pick up Jobe and Dr. Angelo when Jobe tells Dr. Angelo "Now you will witness the impossible" and makes Dr. Angelo watch his wife kill an agent and then is killed by the other two while he watches through V.R.
    • Connections
      Edited into Beyond the Mind's Eye (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      Jobe's Fury
      Written and Performed by Sterling

    User reviews163

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    Featured review
    9/10

    Intelligence vs innocent ignorance?

    Although this movie is concidered as sci-fi, visual effects of 1992 couldn't show virtual reality as beautiful and tempting as we can experience today. However I find Lawnowner to be one of best movies about moral and ethical problems in science. This movie shows sad truth of human nature. People tend to put intelligence higher than kindness and love. It shows how people use their superiority in knowledges as an apology for agression. And, to be honset, this "game of ego" happens even to the best of us - celebrities, famous scientists and many others. However, we can see any other characers who are far from intelligence and show different attitude towards Jobe. This proves that kindness and love are not inside brain but inside your heart. This is the ain point of the movie. There are many different meanings - how military has no ethics and boundaries, theme of loneliness. And all those connect into very philosophical and interesting movie. And even weak visual effects create unique psychodelic atmosphere. I think this movie is a must see.
    • kmmaryanna
    • May 19, 2020
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 6, 1992 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Japan
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man
    • Filming locations
      • Brandeis-Bardin Institute - 1101 Pepper Tree Lane, Simi Valley, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Allied Vision
      • Fuji Eight Company Ltd.
      • Lane Pringle Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $10,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $32,100,816
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $7,751,971
      • Mar 8, 1992
    • Gross worldwide
      • $32,100,816
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 48 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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