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Brett Leonard (* 14. Mai 1959 in Toledo, Ohio) ist ein US-amerikanischer Regisseur und Drehbuchautor. Sein Debüt als Regisseur und Drehbuchautor gab er 1989 mit dem Horrorfilm Dead Pit. Drei Jahre später inszenierte er den Film Der Rasenmähermann, der auf einer Kurzgeschichte von Stephen King basiert. 1993 drehte er für Peter ...
- 14. Mai 1959
- Leonard, Brett
- US-amerikanischer Regisseur, Drehbuchautor
Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Virtuosity (1995) feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects.
- Director, writer, producer
- May 14, 1959 (age 64), Toledo, Ohio
Director: Virtuosity. Brett Leonard is a film director. Mr. Leonard has recently been named by The Producers Guild of America, in association with Variety Magazine, as one of its "Digital 25", recognizing the twenty five leading visionaries, innovators and producers who have made significant contributions to the advancement of storytelling ...
- January 1, 1
- 46 Sek.
- Toledo, Ohio, USA
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- Stephen King Lawsuit
- Home Media
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- Short Film
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Dr. Lawrence Angelo, a scientist at Virtual Space Industries (VSI), runs experiments using psychoactive drugs and virtual reality to enhance cognitive performance, labeled "Project 5". Angelo has benevolent aims, but VSI is funded by "The Shop", a clandestine group hoping to find military applications for Angelo's research. One of his test subjects...
The plot of Stephen King's 1975 short story "The Lawnmower Man" concerns Harold Parkette, who hires "Pastoral Greenery and Outdoor Services Inc." to cut his lawn. Parkette later spies on the serviceman, discovering his lawnmower mows the lawn by itself while he crawls after it, naked, eating the grass. The serviceman is actually a satyr who worship...
The film was tested in Jacksonville, Florida, Fresno, California and Providence, Rhode Island on February 14, 1992and released in the United States on March 6, in 1,276 theatres. The film was released in Japan under the title Virtual Wars.
Director's cut
The original theatrical release had a large element cut from it involving Rosco the chimpanzee. In the film's opening Rosco escapes the lab and is helped by Jobe, who then witnesses him getting shot dead. This then led to several other cuts throughout the film to remove call back to this plot element. Another major difference includes moments with Lawrence's wife. In the theatrical cut she just disappears, but in the director's cut, Jobe controls her later on, and still later she is killed by...
Critical reception
As of July 2022[update], the film held a 37% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 41 reviews. The site's consensus states: "The Lawnmower Man suffers from a predictable, melodramatic script, and its once-groundbreaking visual effects look dated today". Metacriticgives the film a rating of 42 out of 100 based on 14 reviews.
Box office
The movie debuted at number two at the box office with $7.7 million in its opening weekend behind Wayne's World. It went on to gross $32.1 million in the United States and Canada, making it the highest-grossing independent film for the calendar year and the second biggest released in 1992 after Miramax's The Crying Game.It did better internationally and grossed £3,622,720 ($6 million) in the United Kingdom and $112 million in other markets for a worldwide total of $150 million.
The film, originally titled Stephen King's The Lawnmower Man, differed so much from the source material that King sued the filmmakers in May 1992 to remove his name from the title.King stated in court documents that the film "bore no meaningful resemblance" to his story. A federal judge ruled in King's favor in July 1992, the first successful such ...
The theatrical version of the film was initially released on VHS and Laserdisc on August 26, 1992. Alongside the 108-minute theatrical version, New Line Home Video also released an unrated director's cut running 142 minutes on VHS and Laserdisc. The success of the unrated version alerted King to New Line's continued defiance of the order that his n...
A graphic novel adaptation of the film was announced by Innovation Comics for April 1992 release,but was never published. A sequel, Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace, was released in 1996 with Austin O'Brien as the only returning actor from the original film. It was retitled Lawnmower Man 2: Jobe's Warfor its video release. The film received negat...
An earlier short film, also titled The Lawnmower Man, was directed by Lee Goldson in 1987.That film was a direct adaptation of the short story by King.
9. Dez. 2016 · This is a conversation about how that story came to be; and how, in shaping that story, director Brett Leonard came to believe that virtual reality is "going to be is the most transformative...
Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959 in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A.) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science-fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as The Lawnmower Man and Virtuosity (1995) feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects.
Regisseur Brett Leonard („Der Rasenmähermann“, „Virtuosity“) geht weit über die Grenzen des guten Geschmacks hinaus, macht dies aber mit einem gerüttelt Maß an Stil. Sein Thriller ist optisch...
