Plastic surgeon Larry Roberts performs a series of minor alterations on a group of models who are seeking perfection. The operations are a resounding success. But when someone starts killing his beautiful patients, Dr. Roberts becomes suspicious and starts investigating. What he uncovers are the mysterious - and perhaps murderous - activities of a high-tech computer company called Digital Matrix.
Practical Effects
Scanning effects that invented the 'uncanny valley' aesthetic.
Direction
Crichton's clinical eye makes corporate evil feel sterile.
Director
Michael Crichton
Albert Finney
Dr. Larry Roberts
James Coburn
John Reston
Susan Dey
Cindy Fairmont
Leigh Taylor-Young
Jennifer Long
Dorian Harewood
Lt. Masters
Tim Rossovich
Moustache Man
Darryl Hickman
Dr. Jim Belfield
Kathryn Witt
Tina Cassidy
Terri Welles
Lisa Convey
Michael Hawkins
Senator Robert Harrison
Ashley Cox
Candy
Donna Kei Benz
Ellen
Catherine Parks
Jan
Terry Kiser
Commercial Director
Jeana Keough
Suzy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Crichton wrote this after researching computer graphics at MIT; the 'Looker' gun that freezes victims was his invention, not based on existing tech.
The film's 'commercial actress' concept essentially predicted CGI celebrity replication and TikTok face filters four decades early.
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