The Fly

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film science fiction horror film

The Fly is a 1986 science fiction horror film directed by David Cronenberg about a scientist whose teleportation experiment goes horribly wrong, leading to his gradual transformation into a human-fly hybrid.

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Label	Occurrences
The Fly canonical	6
The Fly (1986 film)	5
The Fly franchise	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ science fiction horror film ⓘ
award	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup
awardYear	1987 ⓘ
basedOn	The Fly ⓘ surface form: The Fly (1957 short story) The Fly (1958 film) ⓘ
character	Seth Brundle ⓘ Stathis Borans ⓘ Veronica Quaife ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Mark Irwin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Canada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticalReception	widely acclaimed for performances, direction, and makeup effects ⓘ
director	David Cronenberg ⓘ
distributedBy	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy	Ronald Sanders ⓘ
editorialDesignation	remake of the 1958 film The Fly ⓘ
followedBy	The Fly II ⓘ
genre	horror film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
homeMedia	released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
leadActress	Geena Davis ⓘ
leadCharacterOccupation	scientist ⓘ
makeupBy	Chris Walas ⓘ Stephan Dupuis ⓘ
musicBy	Howard Shore ⓘ
notableFor	being one of David Cronenberg's most commercially successful films ⓘ graphic depiction of physical transformation ⓘ
partOf	The Fly franchise ⓘ
plotSummary	A scientist tests a teleportation device on himself and gradually transforms into a human-fly hybrid after a fly contaminates the experiment. ⓘ
producer	Stuart Cornfeld ⓘ
productionCompany	Brooksfilms ⓘ
releaseDateUS	1986-08-15 ⓘ
releaseYear	1986 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	96 ⓘ
screenwriter	Charles Edward Pogue ⓘ David Cronenberg ⓘ
setting	Toronto ⓘ surface form: Toronto (fictionalized as an unnamed North American city)
starring	Geena Davis ⓘ Jeff Goldblum ⓘ John Getz ⓘ
subgenre	body horror film ⓘ
theme	body horror ⓘ disease and decay ⓘ scientific experimentation gone wrong ⓘ

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Geena Davis → notableWork → The Fly ⓘ

Jeff Goldblum → notableWork → The Fly ⓘ

David Cronenberg → notableWork → The Fly ⓘ

David Cronenberg → directed → The Fly ⓘ

The Fly (1986 film score) → forWork → The Fly ⓘ