The Illustrated Man (1969)

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A man, whose body is almost completely covered in tattoos, is looking for the woman who drew all the intricate designs on him. Each tattoo hides a futuristic story, which you experience when you stare at it. Movie Tagline: Don't dare stare at the illustrated man. Title: Illustrated Man, The Release Date: March 26, 1969 Runtime: 103 mins Genre: Sci-Fi All Genres: Sci-Fi Languages: English Country: USA Colors: Color Sound: Mono IMDB Rating: 5.7 Brimstone Pit Rating: 6.7 - (Rate This Horror Movie) Category: Horror Movies Starting With I MPAA Rating: PG Director(s): Jack Smight Cast: Rod Steiger ...Carl Claire Bloom ...Felicia Robert Drivas ...Willie Don Dubbins ...Pickard Jason Evers ...Simmons Tim Weldon ...John Christine Matchett ...Anna Remaining Cast: Producer(s): Howard B. Kreitsek Ted Mann Writer(s): Ray Bradbury Howard B. Kreitsek Composer(s): Jerry Goldsmith More Photos from The Illustrated Man Trailer(s): The Illustrated Man Horror Film Trailer 1 More Movie Taglines: Don't dare stare at the illustrated man. Movie Quote(s): [first lines] Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be proven answers. [last lines] Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be absolute answers. Willie: Well, there must be a hundred houses like that around here. Carl: I'm only lookin' for one. And I'm lookin' for the lady who lives in it. And when I find her... I'm going to kill her. Oh, yes... oh, yes... I will kill her. Carl: Let me tell you... don't you look at those illustrations too long, because they'll come alive and they'll tell you stories. Carl: She had lived in the past, and she had lived in the future, and she put it all on me. Movie Trivia: Make-up director Gordon Bau and a team of eight assistants spent ten hours applying the temporary tattoos to Rod Steiger's torso, plus another full day tattooing his hands, legs and lower body. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, this film has the record for longest time applying make-up each day, at 20 hours. When Jack Smight contacted Ray Bradbury about buying the rights to "The Illustrated Man", Bradbury informed him he would sell it if Smight hired Burt Lancaster, Paul Newman or Rod Steiger for the lead role. Average Shot Length = ~6.8 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~7.1 seconds. IMDB Links: » User Comments at imdb.com » More information at imdb.com Keywords: Tattoo, Male Nudity, Attempted Murder, Lemonade, Anthology  ...[more] Keywords All: Wraparound Story, Nudity, Flashback, Based On Book, Independent Film Seen it? Rate it Currently 6.70/10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rating: 6.7 out of 10.0 - 69 votes cast total buy movie on dvd del.icio.us  |  digg  |  reddit Enter your zipcode for movie listings: » BACK TO HORROR MOVIES LIST