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Lawnmower Man (Unrated) | 
 enlarge | Director: Brett Leonard
Actors: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringleson, Geoffrey Lewis
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: Video
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Rating:  47 reviews
Sales Rank: 9902
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Special Edition, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 141 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6302483417
UPC: 794043428234
EAN: 9786302483413
ASIN: 6302483417
Theatrical Release Date: March 6, 1992
Release Date: March 18, 1997
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Condition: cover shows some shelf wear. immediate shipping
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In 1992, The Lawnmower Man was hailed as a CGI (computer-generated image) breakthrough. It's fascinating to consider it in a historical context, knowing it came just a year after Terminator 2: Judgment Day and was followed by Jurassic Park a year later. Written and directed by Brett Leonard, The Lawnmower Man focuses on a scientist (Pierce Brosnan) trying to utilize technology for governmental gain. As with all top-secret government projects in the movies, it goes horribly wrong. Forced to progress from a chimp to a human subject, Brosnan secretly recruits local backwards boy and lawnmower pusher Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The increases in intelligence are alarming. He learns Latin in two hours, becomes an object of sexual desire (apparently all it takes is cowboy boots), and then develops telepathic and telekinetic abilities. What the film ought to be remembered and appreciated for are the visuals, which undoubtedly advanced the arcade and home computer game industry. --Paul Tonks
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Dated visuals put a damper on the impact of the movie October 29, 2008
Ryan E. Wool (NYC, NY)
If no one has heard of The Lawnmower Man series, this movie was a considered a breakthrough in movie magic in its time during the early 90's. Many people say this was the TRON movie of its era heavy on special effects and blazing visuals never seen in movie theaters. This was true and The Lawnmower Man was astounding when it first came out however it somehow lost its appeal since the special effects actually bring down the movie.
 Access Granted!!! September 9, 2008
Jigsaw (Kentucky)
This is a good scientific movie about a doctor named Angelo running some tests using virtual reality on a mentally challenged man name Jobe. After doing the tests and taking some drugs, Jobe becomes smarter and more dangerous. After doing more tests and more drugs, Jobe tries to take over Virtual Reality and become a Computer god, but Dr. Angelo tries to stop him, even if it means blowing up everything he's worked for. If you love sci-fi, you'll love THE LAWNMOWER MAN!!!
 Awesome, classic sci-fi! July 15, 2008
A. M. Hernandez
This movie is great, a classic any science fiction fan can enjoy. The plot is based on a short story by Stephen King. I've never read the book, but it seems like King's work. Classic cyberpunk, virtual reality themes from the 90's. Some cool CGI special effects (for the time) and some good actors. I won't get into the plot, but basically its virtual reality gone wrong. I've watched this film many times, its worth owning if you are into VR and the like.
 The Director's Version May 10, 2008
Mark Lee (Florida, USA)
I own the Director's Cut of "The Lawnmower Man" on VHS that run 141 minutes. The original theater version is only 108 minutes long and this is all that is available on DVD. The reason is because of the director "Brett Leonard" himself. I saw him doing a review of the film and he stated that he never wanted all that extra material to be release. According to Mr. Leonard it made the film to long and boring to many people.
The problem is that the 108 minute version of the story looks as if things have been removed. When I saw this film at the theaters in 1991 I was lost on what the story was trying to convey. Then I rented the 141 minute version and it all fit together so I bought a use version of the VHS copy.
Yet, VHS will rare out and so will the machine that I play it own. I do not understand why it is just a problem to release the Director's Cut onto DVD. Everyone well make more money than it would cost to put it together and it would please a lot of customers.
Look what Steven Spielberg did in November 2007. He re-released the original 1977 version of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" with the other two versions on three separate DVD's. Then in December of 2007, Ridley Scott released the original version of "Blade Runner" with 4 different versions on five DVD's.
All Mr. Leonard has to do is release both both version on DVD or just the Director's Cut version and the customers will be content.
If you have not seen the Director's Cut then please do and if you enjoy it enough please write your own email. Fan's email does have an effect. I do believe that the original "Star Wars" will be release as it was in 1977 on DVD if the fans keep on complaining.
great example of how wrong and stupid it is that directors and producers chop away so many cool essential scenes from movies May 5, 2008
Gabriel Rooster
I don't understand why producers, film-makers, and directors feel it so necessary to cut away scenes from movies all the time, in order to shorten or make the film more acceptably "compact" or whatever. The first time I saw Lawnmower Man on DVD, in 2001, the cut version, that was the very first time I ever saw the movie, in general. And when I saw it, it seemed INCOMPLETE, INCOHERENT, AND CONFUSING. In many ways. Scenes that seemed to appear out of no where. Monkeys running like that? How? Why? From what? That woman in the house opening the door?? What the hell was that about?????
Ok, well THEN I saw alll the "deleted scenes" that the DVD option had. And I was like, WHY THE &%*$ did those dope-head producers in the studio cut out scenes from Lawnmower Man that were OBVIOUSLY needed to make the freakin movie make total sense???? In the original theatrical release too or whatever. Why do these editors take such insane liberties in just chopping away at scenes that they stupidly THINK are not needed. Length? I'd rather a movie be sorta long-ish and be cool, interesting, co-herent, and make more total sense than there be a shortened movie that makes very little sense, and has confusing parts, and with obvious holes in it. I mean, it's a SHAME, because the special effects are good in Lawnmower Man in ANY year, 1992, or 2008, despite what narrow-minded reviewers on here have said about that. The graphics and visual details and computer effects are impressive and even dazzling in some moments. In any year. And the concepts are interesting in the movie. So why ruin it, by retardedly cutting out good and needed scenes? Stuff like this, in a way, was done in the movie "A Beautiful Mind" too, with Russell Crow. As another example. GREAT SCENES THAT COULD HAVE AND SHOUULD HAVE BEEN LEFT IN, WERE DOGMATICALLY AND ANNOYINGLY TAKEN OUT. It seems that cutting out scenes from movies, for the "final cut", is done GRATUITOUSLY many times, by directors, cuz it's "the thing to do". Duhhh. I hear from other reviews on here that the VHS version had all the deleted scenes already inter-woven inside the movie itself, correctly and nicely, for a 140-minute movie, instead of a 108 minute movie. Again, it seems that in the original theatrical release it was probably about 108 minutes with all those good and essential scenes cut out by moronic producers and whatnot. I mean, SO WHAT if the movie is kinda long-ish. (It's not that long.) In the uptight minds of the producers or maybe retarded "test audiences" or whatever the hell. Movies are not supposed to be a measly 28 or 58 minutes or 74 minutes or whatever. But like a good 2 hours or 2 1/2 hours anyway. More to be entertained by and enjoy and learn from and more material. So what. Yeah yeah, many movies are only 90 minutes we know. Cuz apparently it's thought that many people don't have long attention spans or don't wanna sit through something so long maybe. BS! is what I say to that small-minded uptight crap. It depends on the movie. Anyway, I wish the biscuit heads that put this DVD together had the brains by now (it's 2008 now) to make a FULL DIRECTOR'S CUT of this movie. Cuz Lawnmower Man kinda sucks without those many minutes worth of deleted scenes. Good necessary cool scenes. THE MOVIE DOESN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE WITHOUT THOSE SCENES, PEOPLE !!! It's an ok movie overall, you can tell. But would be a good to great movie if alll the scenes were simply left in.
And there should be an un-cut full DVD version by now. Just like there was an un-cut VHS version. But my point again though is that the producers and decision-makers should have never taken those interesting and important scenes out of the movie TO BEGIN WITH!! In 1993. Again, it's not just Lawnmower Man, but many movies' directors have pulled this silly crap over the years. Blindly carelessly neurotically retardedly annoyingly cutting out good and even necessary scenes out of movies, that could make the movies sooo much better if it was just left alone. Instead of the chop job that's many times done.
Don't buy this version Lawnmower Man on DVD. If it's not a good extended director's cut version. Save your money. Cuz the shortened version SUCKS in many ways, and is incoherent and is obviously incomplete. Just the facts.
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