Creator (DVD)

CREATOR - also known as THE BIG PICTURE

------GENERAL-----
Most people will know Peter O Toole from the legendary epic Lawrence of Arabia. However O'Toole's role in this strangely comedy / traumatic / romantic / sci-fi influenced film is very much the opposite.
Year of release - 1985
Duration - 107 mins
Price I paid - £1.49

----HOW I CAME ACROSS THE FILM AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS------
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...part of a 3 for 2 offer on DVD's, many of them being awfully painfully bad.

However, paying £1.49 I didn't expect much, and with a tagline of: ''It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.'' and a front cover with the text ''He is obsessed to re-create his wife.... she died thirty years ago'' I thought it would be amusing, something to watch for a cheap price!

It definitely seems very 80's and ... more

CREATOR - also known as THE BIG PICTURE

------GENERAL-----
Most people will know Peter O Toole from the legendary epic Lawrence of Arabia. However O'Toole's role in this strangely comedy / traumatic / romantic / sci-fi influenced film is very much the opposite.
Year of release - 1985
Duration - 107 mins
Price I paid - £1.49

----HOW I CAME ACROSS THE FILM AND FIRST IMPRESSIONS------
I bought this film for £1.49 from The Works as part of a 3 for 2 offer on DVD's, many of them being awfully painfully bad.

However, paying £1.49 I didn't expect much, and with a tagline of: ''It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.'' and a front cover with the text ''He is obsessed to re-create his wife.... she died thirty years ago'' I thought it would be amusing, something to watch for a cheap price!

It definitely seems very 80's and I would say this is what lets it down, some parts make it appear tacky but overall I liked it and I think that once you get past the fact that it only cost £1.49 and seems really cheap it does have some great characters and a good storyline that runs smoothly without any hiccups.

----FAVOURITE QUOTES-------
Meli and Harry talking in the buffet queue at the party:
Meli: I really mean it, Dr Wolper. I want us to get married.
Harry: Meli… You still call me "Dr Wolper"!?
Meli: So? What is that supposed to mean? When I met you, you were Dr Wolper, and that's the way I got to know you.
So don't go making any big god damn deal out of that.
I'm just a formal-type person.
If I were sleeping with the king of France I'd say:
'That was very nice sex Your Highness, thank you for banging me Your Majesty'

Boris talking to Harry:
Boris: Love is dead Harry
Harry: How depressing, never mind Boris.
Women's liberation will run its course and we will prevail.

----PLOT----
The plot is the story of a crazy scientist Harry (O'Toole) whose mission is to recreate his wife from a few cells kept from her body (which might not seem so strange nowadays but in the 80's it would be!). On the mission for a 'fresh egg' to implant the cells and with help from his Graduate Student 'Boris' (Vincent Spano) his obsession turns to love, to help for Boris, and extreme rivalry with his colleague Sid.

Boris finds love with another student and without Harry, Boris' love Barbara will die.

A very strange story that goes through turmoil including acts from Mariel Hemingway and Virginia Madsen.

-----SETTING-----
Set in America, English legendary scientist Harry plots to recreate his wife who is literally obsessed with.

-----MAIN CHARACTERS------
~~Harry - Peter O'Toole
is hilarious and in a way you kind of find yourself wanting to be like him, he has a cigar on the go constantly and its huge!!! He rides his bike to work and doesn't really care - he's laid back and although he dresses smartly his clothes clash. However I think he's cool to be fair!
His determination to recreate his wife leads him to find someone else.
He doesn't care about the university funds and quietly sneaks away equipment to his lab at home.

~~Boris - Vincent Spano
Graduate Student assigned to work with one of Harry's colleagues but Harry grabs him and forces him to help him out.
Falling for another student Boris finds true love.
His character played extremely well and he appears to be a bit of a geek in a weird kind of way but eventually turns to be the hero. You fall for him and feel his emotions - a great character.

~~Meli - Mariel Hemingway
Unsure of whether she's pregnant, Harry takes advantage of the emotional wreck by helping her out in exchange for a 'fresh egg' to base his experiment on.
She's sex crazed and falling for Harry.
Plays in the local American Football team,
No shame or dignity and not afraid to show…. Anything?!

~~Barbara - Virginia Madsen
Falls for Boris after he chases her for a bit.
Another student working in the labs.
A quiet geeky character turning out to be the centre of Boris and Harry's problems and needs help.. Fast.

~~Sid - David Ogden Steirs
Harry's colleague who plays by the rules but is determined to find out what's in Harry's shed and what's going on.
A bit of a bad guy and tries to get Boris on his side - big boisterous man…. Scary!

-----MY VIEW----
To be honest for £1.49 I really enjoyed this film, it has quite a bit of sex references and bad language but it is a 15. There are loads of romantic moments, things which make you sad too but overall there is a hell of a lot of comedy within and I found myself thinking how much of a legend Peter O'Toole is in it, his character is legendary and there are some great scenes, even special effects for its time.
I liked the film for its mixture of genres a light comedy with loads of different references to all kinds of everyday things.
A different film for a good price, the tagline has to say it all!
There's some good characters in the film that enable to film to be bursting with personality and great scenes and full of one-liners! Some great quotes to say the least.
Each characters finding their destiny and learning throughout.

-----RECOMMENDATION----
To recommend this film is for anyone who wants something light to watch with a great mix of emotions along with a good cast line up. Cheap price. Bad tagline that does catch you're attention.
Great for a bit of fun.
Like I said - look out for the one-liners - they have to be the best bits about it!
I was very impressed with this film and hadn't heard of it before. Its certainly different and some good effects for its age along with a good plot and storyline with comedy filling in a lot of gaps. Some good acting going on and the characters are each to their own. A very good film for anyone. Seems to be packed full of story.
Some sex, romance, comedy, bad language, nudity!
Thumbs up - it's a good one. 

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