The Fly
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$15 000 000
Box office
$60 629 159
Director
Actors
Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Leslie Carlson, George Chuvalo, Michael Copeman, David Cronenberg, Carol Lazare, Shawn Hewitt
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Carol Spier, Katherine Kean, Mitchell Rothzeid
Audition
Editing
Ronald Sanders
Whole Team (105)
Whole Team (105)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Brandlfly’s stomach acid was made from honey, eggs, and milk.
- Tim Burton was originally slated to direct the film, and Michael Keaton was considered for the role of Brandl.
- Mel Brooks was one of the film’s producers, but he did not want his name to appear in the credits of such a gruesome film.
- The infamous scene with the monkey and the cat was cut after a screening in Toronto. In this scene, Brundle tests a system of three telepods on a monkey from a previous experiment and a stray cat. The creature resulting from the teleportation attacks Brundle, who throws it into a corner and finishes it off with a metal pipe. Brundle is in an intermediate stage of transformation, not shown in other scenes. The scene continues with the scientist climbing onto the roof via the wall and ceiling, and observing the night city. Suddenly, he feels a sharp pain just below his left chest, falls from the roof onto a small awning, and witnesses an additional fly's claw emerging from his chest. Brundle bites off the new limb.
- One of the deleted scenes is a dream featuring a butterfly-child. The film had an alternate ending. Pregnant Veronica lies in bed with Stathis. She wakes up from a nightmare. Stathis comforts her, and Veronica falls back asleep, dreaming of a butterfly-child hatching from a cocoon. There were several variations of this scene.
- Director Robert Bierman began working on the film because David Cronenberg had been hired to work on the action film “Total Recall” (1990). But Bierman dropped out of the project after the tragic death of a family member. The director felt he could not work on such a dark film. Therefore, Cronenberg amicably terminated his contract with producer Dino De Laurentiis and took on “The Fly.”
- Jeff Goldblum, during the scenes where he transformed into a fly, spent five hours in makeup before filming. The makeup artists from “Chris Walas, Inc.” studied numerous illustrated books on various diseases before the start of filming.
- At the beginning of the film, when Veronica decides to turn on a tape recorder and record Seth's words without his permission, the tape runs out mid-sentence as Seth says, “Not ready yet.” Then we see a cassette inserted into the player, and the tape begins to rewind and play from the beginning, with the same dialogue where the tape previously ended.
- It was originally planned that Tim Burton would direct the film, and Michael Keaton was rumored for the role of Brundle.
- Director Robert Birman initially began work on the film because David Cronenberg had been hired for the action movie Total Recall (1990). However, Birman left the project following the tragic death of a family member; the director felt he would be unable to work on such a bleak film. Consequently, Cronenberg amicably terminated his contract with producer Dino De Laurentiis and took on The Fly.
- Mel Brooks was one of the film's producers, but he did not want his name appearing in the credits of such a gruesome movie.
- In the scenes where he transformed into the fly, Jeff Goldblum spent five hours in the makeup chair before filming; meanwhile, the makeup artists from Chris Walas, Inc. studied numerous illustrated books on various diseases before production began.
- The original screenplay was written by Charles Edward Pogue, but when David Cronenberg was hired as director, he substantially rewrote the script, altering the characters' personalities, their names, and some of the dialogue. However, the main plot line remained unchanged.
- In September 2009, it became known that the film would be remade and that David Cronenberg would direct it. Later, it was reported that no remake would be made.
- Cameo: David Cronenberg plays an obstetrician who removes a fly larva from Gina Davis's womb. David appeared in the cameo after Martin Scorsese, having become a fan of David's early films, arranged a meeting with him, during which he remarked that Cronenberg looked like a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon.
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