The Fly
A brilliant but eccentric scientist races to contain his revolutionary teleportation technology—capable of instant travel yet fatal to living tissue—after a tenacious science journalist uncovers its deadly secret and threatens to expose it to the world.
“Be afraid. Be very afraid.”
Synopsis
Seth Brundle achieves a major scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation and decides to test the technology on himself. Unknown to him, a housefly enters the teleportation device at the same time, resulting in the fusion of his body with that of the insect.
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Principal cast & crew: 20
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Edited by Ronald SandersShot by Mark IrwinScored by Howard ShoreDesigned by Carol Spier
Box Office
1986 · Box office
💰 Box-office hit — grossed 4.0× its budget
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Worldwide gross
$60.6M
US & Canada: $40.5M — 67% of worldwide · International: $20.2M (33%)
Opening weekend: $7.0M — 17% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $11.0M — 27% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,195 theaters
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Also known as
- Die Fliegede
- La moscaes
- La Mouchefr
- La moscait
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Cast & Crew
20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jeff Goldblum
as Seth Brundle
Geena Davis
as Veronica Quaife
John Getz
as Stathis Borans
Joy Boushel
as Tawny
Leslie Carlson
as Dr. Cheevers
George Chuvalo
as Marky
Michael Copeman
as 2nd Man in Bar
David Cronenberg
as Gynecologist
Carol Lazare
as Nurse
Shawn Hewitt
as Clerk
Typhoon
as Baboon (uncredited)
Ann Green
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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1Other crew
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