The Lawnmower Man Page #6

Synopsis: A scientist performs experiments involving intelligence enhancing drugs and virtual reality on a simple-minded gardener. He puts the gardener on an extensive schedule of learning, and quickly he becomes brilliant. But at this point the gardener has a few ideas of his own on how the research should continue, and the scientist begins losing control of his experiments.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Brett Leonard
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
42
Rotten Tomatoes:
35%
R
Year:
1992
108 min
762 Views


It's so hot today, Jobe.

Why don't you come up

for a cold glass of lemonade?

Oh, Jesus, Mother of God,

would you look at that?

Go on, you dolt!

Go on!

Jobe, have you

ever kissed a girl before?

Really?

Give me your tongue.

Give me your tongue.

Soft.

Hard.

He absorbed Latin yesterday

in less than two hours.

It took me a year just

to learn the Latin alphabet.

God damn,

Larry, I am speechless.

I think it's time we brought

this out of the closet...

and report

these results directly...

to the Department of Scientific

Intelligence in Washington.

DSI is bound

to offer you both tits.

The timing isn't right.

There's some factors that need

ironing out.

Iron them out.

I'm not going to be able to keep

this quiet much longer.

The historical perspective

of expressionism,

as typified by

Van Gogh and Gauguin...

Rhythm and blues. You like it?

Yeah, sure.

I like it.

Classical.

You should try

listening to a whole tune once.

You might like it.

Too much to hear.

I get it all by sampling

segments, anyway.

Who taught you how to drive?

Me!

There you go. Enjoy yourselves.

Jim, you need anything else?

Hi, Dolly!

Hi, Jobe.

I'll be right with you.

Don't you want to check out

the comics first?

I gave them up, Peter.

No way!

Matter of fact, I got my whole

collection in that crate...

and I'm giving it to you.

Whoa, awesome! Dudical!

Order me fries

and a Coke, all right?

Are you all right?

I don't got time for this.

I hope he doesn't puke

on the counter.

What's wrong with that fool?

He's probably been taking dope.

Look at that guy!

Weirdo.

Whatever the hell's

his problem?

Probably dancing

with the booze lady.

He's having a breakdown.

Oh, man!

Are you all right, Jobe?

Peter, I got to go.

The things that people think.

I had to use all

my concentration to block it.

I don't want it

to happen again...

because if it does,

I think I would go crazy.

It's amazing.

Even with

the treatments stopped...

your abilities

continue to change and grow.

I speculated that if

psychic powers existed...

this research would be

the key to unlocking them.

But this is beyond

anything I ever expected.

I mean,

like the accelerated learning.

The results are

completely unexpected.

Completely.

Well... don't worry, Jobe.

I'll sort something out.

I've got to keep this psychic

development quiet...

especially from Timms.

Who's Timms?

I'm preparing Angelo to present

his results to you personally...

as you've requested.

He's met

with incredible success.

Precisely why we feel it's time

for you to guide his efforts...

in a specific direction.

Which direction is that?

We're most anxious

to see what effect...

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Brett Leonard

Brett Leonard (born May 14, 1959) is an American film director, producer and music video director specializing in the science fiction and horror genres. A few of his films such as The Lawnmower Man (1992) and Virtuosity (1995) feature groundbreaking computer animation and visual effects. The Lawnmower Man is considered the first, seminal film to feature "virtual reality" as a cautionary tale becoming the number one commercially successful independent film of 1992, budgeted at just under $6 million and eventually earning over $150 million worldwide.Virtuosity became the first major film to feature nanotechnology set in a cyberpunk-based future with Brett Leonard casting Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington together, a full 12 years before they would again co-star in American Gangster. more…

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