Details
Director: | David Cronenberg |
Writer: | David Cronenberg |
Producer: | Robert Lantos |
Theatrical: | 1999 |
Rated: | R |
Studio: | Alliance Atlantis Communications |
Genre: | Sci-Fi, Thriller |
Duration: | 97 |
Awards: | 3 wins & 7 nominations |
Languages: | English |
Subtitles: | English |
Sound: | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
Aspect Ratio: | 1.78:1 |
Discs: | 1 |
Region: | 1 |
Release: | Oct 1999 |
Features
AnamorphicClosed-captioned
Color
Widescreen
NTSC
1.85:1
Summary
Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin employing a bizarre organic gun. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, who is suddenly assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The events leading up to this, and the resulting game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine from either their own or the game's perspective.Credits
Jennifer Jason Leigh | ... | Allegra Geller |
Jude Law | ... | Ted Pikul |
Ian Holm | ... | Kiri Vinokur |
Willem Dafoe | ... | Gas |
Don McKellar | ... | Yevgeny Nourish |
Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Hugo Carlaw |
Christopher Eccleston | ... | Seminar Leader |
Sarah Polley | ... | Merle |
Robert A. Silverman | ... | D'Arcy Nader |
Oscar Hsu | ... | Chinese Waiter |
Kris Lemche | ... | Noel Dichter |
Vik Sahay | ... | Male Assistant |
Kirsten Johnson | ... | Female Assistant |
James Kirchner | ... | Landry |
Balázs Koós | ... | Male Volunteer |
Howard Shore | ... | Composer |
Peter Suschitzky | ... | Cinematographer |
Ronald Sanders | ... | Editor |
Carol Spier | ... | Production Designer |
Stephanie Belding | ... | Female Volunteer |
Gerry Quigley | ... | Trout Farm Worker |