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The Fly(Movie, 1986)

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| 1h 36min | Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
The FlyRating: 3.7/5 (with 18651,865 votes)
The Fly is a 1986 American science fiction horror film directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. Produced by Brooksfilms and distributed by 20th Century Fox, the film stars Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis and John Getz. Loosely based on George Langelaan's 1957 short story of the same name and the 1958 film of the same name, The Fly tells of an eccentric scientist who, after one of his experiments goes wrong, slowly turns into a fly-hybrid creature. The score was composed by Howard Shore and the make-up effects were created by Chris Walas, along with makeup artist Stephan Dupuis. The Fly was released on August 15, 1986, to positive reviews. It grossed $60.6 million at the box office, becoming a commercial success. Walas and Dupuis' work on the film resulted in them winning an Academy Award for Best Makeup. The tagline of the film, "Be afraid. Be very afraid.", has been used in many other productions as part of popular culture. A s... ()
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Awards & Nominations for The Fly

Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling

About The Fly

When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.

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Additional Information

Shot in: Toronto
Based on the work of: George Langelaan ("The Fly")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 29 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Burmese (MY), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 08/15/1986
Appearing Characters: Seth Brundle
Producer: Mel Brooks
Film Editor: Ronald Sanders
Director of Photography: Mark Irwin
Composer: Howard Shore
Performer: Howard Shore
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Kärpänen"
"Sinek"

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Other movies with this title: The Fly (FR, 1908), The Fly (US, 1958), The Fly (YU, 1967), The Fly (HU, 1980), The Fly (GB, 2014), The Fly (US, 2023)

WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:3823, Added: 02/14/2018, Last updated: 03/28/2024