UK, USA, Japan, 1992
108m
35mm film, colour, 1.85:1
Dolby SR, English
A British/American/Japanese science fiction film directed by Brett Leonard.
Plot Summary
A scientists uses a combination of drugs and virtual reality to turn a simple-minded gardener into a genius but soon loses control of his increasingly intelligent subject.
Credits
* = uncredited
Crew
Directed by: Brett Leonard
© MCMXCII [1992] Allied Vision/Lane Pringle
New Line Cinema presents an Allied Vision, Lane Pringle production in association with Jufi Eight Co. Ltd. A Brett Leonard film
Executive Producers: Edward Simons, Steven Lane, Clive Turner, Robert Pringle
Produced by: Gimel Everett
Associate Producers: Peter A. McRae, Masao Takiyama
Screenplay by: Brett Leonard & Gimel Everett; Robert Pringle *
Based on the Short Story by: Stephen King *
Director of Photography: Russell Carpenter
Edited by: Alan Baumgarten
Music by: Dan Wyman
Sound Mixer: Russel C. Fager
Costume Designer: Mary Jane Fort
Key Makeup/Hair: Patti Brand
Special Makeup Effects by: Magical Media Industries, Inc.
Special Visual Effects Conceived and Supervised by: Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett
Virtual Reality Simulation Sequences and Digital Live Action Computer Graphic Effects by: Angel Studios and Xaos, Inc.
Miniature Effects Created by: David Stipes, David Stipes Productions
Production Designer: Alex McDowell
Cast
Jeff Fahey (Jobe Smith)
Pierce Brosnan (Dr Lawrence Angelo)
Jenny Wright (Marnie Burke)
Mark Bringelson (Sebastian Timms)
Geoffrey Lewis (Terry McKeen)
Jeremy Slate (Father McKeen)
Dean Norris (director)
Colleen Coffey (Caroline Angelo)
Troy Evans (Lieutenant Goodwin)
Rosalee Mayeux (Carla Parkette)
Austin O’Brien (Peter Parkette)
Michael Gregory (security chief)
Joe Hart (patrolman Cooley)
John Laughlin (Jake Simpson)
Ray Lykins (Harold Parkette)
Jim Landis (Ed Walts)
Mike Valverde (day gate guard)
Dale Raoul (dolly)
Frank Collison (night gate guard)
Jonathan Smart (assistant)
Alternative Titles
Le Cobaye – Canada (France), France
El cortador de césped – Spain
Epafes mias xehoristis pragmatikotitas – Greece
A Fünyíróember – Hungary
Gräsklipparen – Finland (Swedish)
Gräsklipparmannen – Sweden
Gressklippermannen – Norway
El hombre del jardín – Argentina
El jardinero asesino inocente – Mexico
Kosac – Serbia
Kosec – Slovenia
Kosiarz umyslów – Poland
Manden med plæneklipperen – Denmark
O Passageiro do Futuro – Brazil
Der Rasenmähermann – Germany
Realidad virtual – Venezuela
Realidade Virtual – A Cobaia – Portugal
Ruohonleikkaaja – Finland (video)
Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man – advertising title
Sygrousi se alli diastasi – Greece (video)
Il tagliaerbe – Italy
El tallador de gespa – Spain (Catalan)
Virtual Wars – Japan
Links
Sequel
Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1996)
See also
The Lawnmower Man (1987)
Lawnmower Woman (1992)
Includes extracts from
The Mind’s Eye (1990)
Extracts included in
Beyond the Mind’s Eye (1992)
Twizzlers: The Movie (2015)
Cyber God: Creating The Lawnmower Man (2017)
References
Periodicals
- Interzone no.63 (September 1992) p.32 – review (by Nick Lowe)
- Samhain no.33 (July/August 1992 pp.6-7; 38-39 – illustrated interview with Brett Leonard (The Ten Million Dollar Man by Anwar Brett); illustrated review (by Anwar Brett)
- Scream no.80 (September/October 2023) pp.22-31 – illustrated article (The films of Stephen King (1976-1999) Part One by Barry McCann)
Books
- The Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Horror by Phil Hardy (ed.) p.484
- The Films of the Nineties: A Complete, Qualitative Filmography of Over 3000 Feature-Length English Language Films, Theatrical and Video-Only, Released Between January 1, 1990, and December 31, 1999 by Robert A. Nowlan and Gwendolyn L. Nowlan p.317
- The Ghost of One’s Self: Doppelgangers in Mystery, Horror and Science Fiction Films by Paul Meehan p.185
- Horror and Science Fiction Films IV by Donald C. Willis p.283
- Horror Films of the 1990s by John Kenneth Muir pp.241-243
- Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Film Sequels, Series, and Remakes Volume 2 by Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester p.177-178
- Terror Tracks: Music, Sound and Horror Cinema by Philip Hayward (ed) p.11
