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 | Of Unknown Origin is a 1983 title directed by George P Cosmatos. It stars Jennifer Dale & Peter Weller. Posters Of Of Unknown Origin |
Finding an angry rodent swimming in your toilet might be a pretty unpleasant prospect, but cinematically speaking its far from terrifying. Created using jerky point-of-view shots & creature effects that range from incongruous real-life footage to button-eyed glove puppets, the rat is an unthreatening villain, despite Wellers best efforts to react in abject horror when he finds the corners of his mail nibbled or his dry groceries spoiled. There are some unsuccessful attempts to make Hughes plight more immediate to the audience by references to real-life rat problems, he visits a library to research his enemy & finds some disturbing photographs of rat-attack victims & subsequently ruins a dinner party with a genuinely unsettling rant about infestation & plagues, but its difficult to feel sorry for him when he cant even muster the tenacity to track down a professional exterminator. By the time Weller gets caught in one of his own traps, you will probably be rooting for the rat anyway, & might take some pleasure from a ridiculous denouement in which, dressed in full battle-gear, he completely destroys his beloved apartment by clumsily chasing the elusive vermin with a nail-studded baseball bat. Gore Verbinskis genuinely hilarious Mousehunt did it with a lot more charm.
| Jennifer Dale is a Canadian television, dancer & actress. She is the sister of Canadian actress Cynthia Dale. From 1980 to 1986 she was married to Robert Lantos ; they have 2 children, Sabrina & Ariel. She first entered the acting world in 1965, when she went alongside her sister to an audition. Jennifer Dale at the Internet Movie Database.
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 | Peter Weller, is an American film actor. Although he has appeared in over fifty films & television series, he is best known for his appearances as the title character in the cult classics The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Robocop & Robocop 2. However, he has also appeared in critically acclaimed movies such as Mighty Aphrodite & Naked Lunch. IMDB entry for Peter Weller
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 | George Pan Cosmatos was an Italian -born Greek film director. Cosmatos grew up in Egypt & Cyprus & is said to have spoken six languages. First Blood Part II. He received more praise for Tombstone, a 1993 Western movie about Doc Holliday & Wyatt Earp. at the Internet Movie Database
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