No off-the-peg murder
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | No off-the-peg murder |
| Original title | Looker |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1981 |
| length | 93 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Michael Crichton |
| script | Michael Crichton |
| production | Howard Jeffrey |
| music | Barry De Vorzon |
| camera | Paul Lohmann |
| cut | Carl Kress |
| occupation | |
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No murder off the peg (original title: Looker ) is an American thriller from 1981 with Albert Finney and James Coburn .
action
Some of the photo models that the plastic surgeon Dr. Larry Roberts received treatment, are killed in accidents. Roberts is suspected of being a murderer. He does his own research, which leads him on the trail of the high-tech company Digital Matrix, which is headed by John Reston. Digital Matrix experiments with influencing the psyche through television.
Premieres
- USA October 30, 1981
- Germany January 29, 1982
Reviews
Teleschau said: “Media critical mixture of thriller and science fiction” The New York Times (October 30, 1981) wrote that Looker was a “paranoid nightmare” about the dependence on computer technology. The basic idea is the only thing that satisfies. The script is stupid and pointless. The lexicon of the international film found: “At the time of its creation, it seemed far-fetched, but an exciting mixture of science fiction and reality-related thriller; a clear warning of the possibility of total manipulation of humans through microelectronics and computer technology. "
Awards
- 1985: "Best Science-Fiction Film" of the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (for Michael Crichton)
Web links
- No murder of the rod in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- No murder off the shelf at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ de.tv.yahoo.com
- ↑ No murder off the peg. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .