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Creator

Creator

It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.

19856.01h 47m

Overview

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

Directed by Ivan Passer
Written by Jeremy Leven
Produced by Stephen J. Friedman
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Top Cast

Peter O'Toole

Peter O'Toole

Dr. Harry Wolper

Mariel Hemingway

Mariel Hemingway

Meli

Vincent Spano

Vincent Spano

Boris Lafkin

Virginia Madsen

Virginia Madsen

Barbara Spencer

David Ogden Stiers

David Ogden Stiers

Dr. Sid Kullenbeck

John Dehner

John Dehner

Paul

Karen Kopins

Karen Kopins

Lucy Wolper

Kenneth Tigar

Kenneth Tigar

Pavlo

Elsa Raven

Elsa Raven

Mrs. Mallory

L

Lee Kessler

Mrs. Pruitt

Themes & Keywords

cloningscientist

About Creator

Creator is a comedy, romance, science fiction film released in 1985 exploring themes of cloning, scientist. Directed by Ivan Passer, it stars Peter O'Toole, Mariel Hemingway, Vincent Spano. With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

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