The Fly Page #4

Synopsis: Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum), a brilliant but eccentric scientist attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man. This Science-Gone-Mad film is the source of the quotable quote "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): David Cronenberg
Production: Fox
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 5 wins & 11 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.5
Metacritic:
79
Rotten Tomatoes:
91%
R
Year:
1986
96 min
2,874 Views


your material into a story.

You told me there was no story.

You said Brundle was a con man.

I've decided to trust

your journalistic instincts.

Thanks very much.

But this is not your story.

It's mine.

Says who?

I sent you to the Bartok party

to see what you could find.

Your discovery is my discovery.

I have a lot of background on Brundle.

He's worked on this for six years.

There's material to find

if you dig deep.

- I dug.

- Stathis....

All transportation is going

to become obsolete.

And I'm in the middle of it.

- The only inside recorder of the event.

- Okay.

Okay.

Look, just keep me informed.

All right?

As a friend?

As a professional confidante?

That's all?

I don't want you

to disappear from my life.

Okay.

What about sex?

I'm not saying love or affection.

Just stress-relieving sex.

You and me.

You're disgusting.

As always.

Couldn't disappoint you.

Residue means your old boyfriend,

doesn't it?

Stathis Borans is her old boyfriend.

"From the desk of Stathis Borans".

How about, "Under the desk

of Stathis Borans"?

She works for her old boyfriend

and runs out late at night to see him.

Is this the Ronnie game?

I'm catching on. I'm catching on.

I didn't mean to kill your brother,

but he didn't die in vain.

I wouldn't ask you to do anything

that I wouldn't do myself.

You're all right.

I can tell you're okay.

What are we waiting for? Let's do it.

How you doing?

Now, you tell me.

Am I different somehow?

"Is it live or is it Memorex?"

It's too bad Ronnie missed it.

I missed you last night.

It's still night. I came back.

You had to celebrate without me.

I'm sorry.

I went through last night.

You went through?

Without testing the baboon?

I was drunk. I was a bit upset.

You could've killed yourself.

Are you sleeping with Stathis?

What are you talking about?

I don't know.

I just get that feeling.

That's why you were upset?

I got jealous.

Oh, God. Seth, you don't

have to be jealous.

He's an old boyfriend.

He taught college.

I was a science major.

He got me started in journalism.

Does he love you?

How could he not?

You went through and I wasn't there.

I taped it for you.

You did?

I asked the computer if it improved

me, but it didn't understand.

That made me think about what

I'm feeling and why. I'm thinking...

...that process of being taken apart

atom by atom and reassembled...

It's like filtering coffee.

It's a purifying process. It's cleansed me.

I think it's going to allow me

to realize...

...the personal potential I've been

neglecting all these years...

...that I've been obsessively pursuing

goal after goal.

- Do you take coffee with your sugar?

- What?

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Charles Edward Pogue

Charles Edward Pogue Jr. (born January 18, 1950) is an American screenwriter, playwright and stage actor. He is best known for writing the screenplays of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983), Psycho III (1986), The Fly (1986) and Dragonheart (1996). more…

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