Seeds of Madness - Clonus Horror
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Seeds of Madness - Clonus Horror |
| Original title | Parts: The Clonus Horror |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1979 |
| length | 87 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Robert S. Fiveson |
| script | Bob Sullivan (Story) Bob Sullivan and Ron Smith (Script) Myrl A. Schreibman and Robert S. Fiveson (Adaptation) |
| production |
Robert S. Fiveson Myrl A. Schreibman |
| music | Hod David Schudson |
| camera | Max Beaufort |
| cut | Robert Gordon |
| occupation | |
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Saat des Wahnsinns - Clonus Horror (alternative title: Clonus ) is a feature film from 1979 , which is a mixture of science fiction film and horror film . The American film was directed by Robert Fiveson . The production amounted to 257,000 US dollars . The film returned to the consciousness of the film scene in 2005 when the Hollywood production Die Insel was accused of plagiarism.
action
A US desert site, Clonus is a place where human clones are bred to serve as human spare parts depots for the US financial and political elite . One of the elite hearing ends, the designated president of the United States Jeffrey Knight. The clones don't know anything about their outside world. You will be sealed off from the outside world by security personnel from the compound. Since they have never known anything else, they do not know that they are in the USA. The clones are told that some of them will be allowed to go to America once they have had enough physical training. After a few clones have been selected, they have a farewell party. Then they are drugged and cannibalized. The remaining bodies are frozen. The main character is one of the clones, who questions his own existence and manages to escape from the site. He is pursued by guards, flees to a nearby town and is taken in by a retired journalist. This brings him to his sponsor, who happens to be Jeffrey Knight's brother. Knight's brother Richard and his son argue about what to do with the clone. It turns out that the clone is actually supposed to serve Richard as a spare parts store. Clonus' hunters eventually murder the clone after luring it into a trap. They then interrogate Richard and his son. The journalist is also murdered. However, before his death he had managed to pass incriminating material to the press, which ultimately made the project known to the public.
publication
- The film was released by Mondo Macabro under the title Clonus .
- It was first published in Germany in 1983 on video.
controversy
In 2005, the DreamWorks production The Island, starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson, hit theaters. The plot essentially revolves around an isolated desert area in the USA. There human clones are bred to serve as human spare parts stores for the US financial and political elite. The clones know nothing about their outside world and are sealed off from the outside world by the security personnel of the facility. They are led to believe that they can move to an island as a reward, and when the main characters question their own existence and manage to escape, guards pursue them and they flee to a nearby town. Finally, the project is made known to the public.
In August 2005, the two directors Robert S. Fiveson and Myrl A. Schreibman sued Warner Bros. and Dreamworks. They took the view during the trial that Michael Bay had plagiarized the plot of their film . On November 20, 2006, an out-of-court settlement was reached on the payment of one million US dollars.
Individual evidence
- ^ Stuart, IV Galbraith, "Clonus (Parts - The Clonus Horror)" (DVD review) . In: DVDTalk.com . March 17, 2005. Retrieved June 5, 2007.
- ↑ Seeds of Madness - Clonus Horror. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 14, 2016 .
- ↑ TV feature film 01/08, p. 145.
- ↑ Interview with "Clonus" author , 2007 (English)
- ↑ UPI News Service: Copyright lawsuit claims 'The Island' cloned 'Parts: The Clonus Horror' . August 10, 2005. Retrieved June 6, 2007.
- ^ Clonus' Producers File Suit . In: Satellite News . mst3kinfo.com. August 10, 2005. Archived from the original on March 24, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.
- ↑ http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=2006889457FSupp2d432_1847.xml&docbase=CSLWAR2-1986-2006
- ↑ Albert Walker, "An Interview with Bob Sullivan, Screenwriter for Clonus" . In: AgonyBooth.com . May 17, 2007. Retrieved June 6, 2007.