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Horror Movies & Sci-Fi Movies Database
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05.12.09
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A virulent new disease is killing the children of Manhattan and has reached epidemic proportions. Peter Mann in desperation asks the entomologist, Dr. Susan Tyler, if she can help by killing the disease carrier, the common cockroach. Susan genetically engineers a new species of predatory insect to exterminate the cockroach and then die off. This novel solution works and the children recover but nature isn't the laboratory and things don't exactly go according to plan. Three years later people start to disappear, mutilated bodies are found and wild rumors of giant insects mimicking man start to emerge from the bag people living in the subway under Manhattan. Peter and Susan are called in to investigate.
Movie Tagline:
For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... until now.
Also Known As:
Judus
Title: Mimic Release Date: August 22, 1997
Runtime: 105 mins Genre: Horror All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi Languages: English, Italian Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Dolby Digital, SDDS IMDB Rating: 5.7 Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With M
MPAA Rating: R
MPAA Rating Reason: Rated R for terror/violence and language.
Director(s):
Guillermo del Toro
Cast:
Mira Sorvino ...Dr. Susan Tyler
Jeremy Northam ...Dr. Peter Mann
Alexander Goodwin ...Chuy
Giancarlo Giannini ...Manny
Charles S. Dutton ...Leonard
Josh Brolin ...Josh
Alix Koromzay ...Remy
F. Murray Abraham ...Dr. Gates
James Costa ...Ricky
Javon Barnwell ...Davis
Norman Reedus ...Jeremy
Pak Kwong Ho ...Preacher
Glenn Bang ...yang (as Glen Bang)
Margaret Ma ...Chinese Woman
Warna Fisher ...Bag Lady
Alan Argue ...Skeletal Bum
Charles Hayter ...Homeless Man
Julian Richings ...Workman
James Kidnie ...Subway Repairman
Eve English ...Homeless Woman
Bill Lasovich ...Long John #1
Doug Jones ...Long John #2
Roger Clown ...Long John #3
Marian Caparros ...Bystander SWAT arrival
Thomas Lundy ...Subway passenger
Napo ...Homeless
Rocco Salata ...Swat Team Leader
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
Ole Bornedal
Stuart Cornfeld
Cary Granat
Clark Henderson
Michael Phillips
Richard Potter
B.J. Rack
Andrew Rona
Scott Shiffman
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Michael Zoumas
Writer(s):
Donald A. Wollheim
Matthew Robbins
Guillermo del Toro
Matthew Robbins
Guillermo del Toro
Composer(s):
Marco Beltrami
Trailer(s):
Mimic Horror Film Trailer 1
Movie Soundtrack(s):
"Give Me Central 209"
"Wake Up This Morning"
"By The Stream"
More Movie Taglines:
- For thousands of years, man has been evolution's greatest creation... until now.
- This summer, brace yourself for the ultimate battle between man and nature.
- A Bold Experiment. A Deadly Mistake! [DVD cover]
- We protect ourselves by destroying our enemies but evolution has a way of keeping things alive.
- Evolution has a way of keeping things alive.
Movie Quote(s):
- [on insect's inner motivation] Dr. Gates: Can I eat it or will it eat me?
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Susan Tyler: Sometimes an insect will even mimic its predator.
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Susan Tyler: They mimic us. We mimic them.
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Dr. Gates: My God, the organs, they're... perfectly formed.
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Leonard: You better tell me, what the hell is going on around here?
Movie Trivia:
- The escalator in Delancey Street subway station is shown as dismantled for maintenance because the scene was filmed on a Toronto subway station platform that was closed in 1966, so its escalator was removed (See also The Time Shifters (1999) (TV)).
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Screenwriters Matt Greenberg and John Sayles are uncredited in the movie, but were credited in some of the trailers and TV spots.
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Director Guillermo del Toro disowned the film after constant clashes with Bob Weinstein, who would frequently visit the set and make unreasonable demands about what should be shot, deviating away from the script. Since then del Toro has never worked with the Weinsteins.
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The scene where Mira Sorvino and Jeremy Northam walk in the hall with all the sick kids lying in their beds was actually directed by Ole Bornedal, one of the producers on the film.
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Originally planned as a single 30-min. short as part of a feature of sci-fi/horror/comedy shorts by Miramax. The other segments also grew into the features Impostor (2001) and Alien Love Triangle (2002).
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Insect, Disease, Entomologist, Epidemic, Cockroach ...[more]
Keywords All:
Subway, Giant Insect, Animal Killing, Spoon, Police Officer Killed, Switchblade, Cdc, Husband Wife Relationship, Father Son Relationship, Explosion, Torn In Half, Shoe, Bum, Lungs, Mutation, Crucifix, Stabbed In The Chest, Shoe Shiner, Car Set On Fire, Babe Scientist, Scent, Stabbed To Death, Eaten Alive, Double Child Murder, Missing Child, Train, Polaroid Camera, Sweat, Child In Peril, Search For Son, Shot In The Head, Scientist, New York City, Fall From Height, Chase, Dead Dog, Shot To Death, Pistol, Sewer, Fall Through Glass Roof, Subway Station, Pregnancy Test, Bloody Body Of Child, One Word Title, Virus, Imitation, Tape Recorder, Impaled Child, Manhattan New York City, Sick Child, Dead Children, Creature, Piano Playing, Injured Leg, Dog, Hit By Train, Rain, Preacher, Jump Off Roof, Button, Cut Hand, Hazmat Suit, Autism, Fall To Death, Drugged Drink, Gene Manipulation, Blood Splatter, Cigarette Smoking, Dragging Body, Blood, Judas Breed, Lighter, Bathtub, Nest, Subterranean, Glow Stick, Based On Short Story, Dissection, Corpse, Impalement, Disappearance, Exploding Car, Flashlight, Press Conference, New York, Child Killed By Animal, Death Of Child, Death Of Father, Title Spoken By Character, Actor Shares First Name With Character
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Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 54 votes cast total
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