BrainWaves | |
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Directed by | Ulli Lommel |
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Produced by | Ulli Lommel |
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Cinematography | Jon Kranhouse |
Edited by | Richard S. Brummer |
Music by | Robert O. Ragland |
Production company | CinAmerica
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Distributed by | Motion Picture Marketing |
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Running time | 77 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million [2] |
Box office | $3,111 [3] |
BrainWaves [i] is a 1982 American science fiction thriller film co-written and directed by Ulli Lommel, and starring Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Paul Willson, Percy Rodriguez, Tony Curtis, Corinne Wahl, and Eve Brent. It follows a woman whose brain function is restored by a computer, with dangerous consequences.
Principal photography occurred at the Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital in Loma Linda, California, with additional shooting taking place in San Francisco. [2] Filming completed in April 1982. [5]
BrainWaves was given a limited regional theatrical release through Motion Picture Marketing, opening on November 19, 1982, in Austin, Texas [6] and Newport News, Virginia. [7] It earned $3,111 during its theatrical run. [3]
Patrick Taggart of the Austin American-Statesman wrote of the film: "It is all absolute twaddle and would have been unbearable had there not been the elements of a murder mystery to keep us interested. Brainwaves is about one pulse away from being braindead." [1] Henry Edgar of the Daily Press gave the film a mixed review, noting that "the idea is intriguing and offer potentional for a true thriller. But the action plods so slowly you might fall asleep before you realize why a more skillful director could keep you awake all night with the same plot." [8]
Time Out published a retrospective review in 2012, describing the film as "a black hole for fading stars in which Dr. Curtis kindly operates on the heroine (Love) who is in a coma after suffering a traumatic blow to the brain. The donor is a murder victim, unexpectedly supplying not only motor reflexes but memories, so that the poor recipient is soon being stalked herself." [9]
Embassy Home Entertainment released BrainWaves on VHS in 1986. [10] Image Entertainment released a DVD edition of the film in 2002. [11]
BrainWaves | |
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![]() Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Ulli Lommel |
Written by |
|
Produced by | Ulli Lommel |
Starring |
|
Cinematography | Jon Kranhouse |
Edited by | Richard S. Brummer |
Music by | Robert O. Ragland |
Production company | CinAmerica
[2] |
Distributed by | Motion Picture Marketing |
Release date |
|
Running time | 77 minutes [1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2.5 million [2] |
Box office | $3,111 [3] |
BrainWaves [i] is a 1982 American science fiction thriller film co-written and directed by Ulli Lommel, and starring Keir Dullea, Suzanna Love, Vera Miles, Paul Willson, Percy Rodriguez, Tony Curtis, Corinne Wahl, and Eve Brent. It follows a woman whose brain function is restored by a computer, with dangerous consequences.
Principal photography occurred at the Pettis Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital in Loma Linda, California, with additional shooting taking place in San Francisco. [2] Filming completed in April 1982. [5]
BrainWaves was given a limited regional theatrical release through Motion Picture Marketing, opening on November 19, 1982, in Austin, Texas [6] and Newport News, Virginia. [7] It earned $3,111 during its theatrical run. [3]
Patrick Taggart of the Austin American-Statesman wrote of the film: "It is all absolute twaddle and would have been unbearable had there not been the elements of a murder mystery to keep us interested. Brainwaves is about one pulse away from being braindead." [1] Henry Edgar of the Daily Press gave the film a mixed review, noting that "the idea is intriguing and offer potentional for a true thriller. But the action plods so slowly you might fall asleep before you realize why a more skillful director could keep you awake all night with the same plot." [8]
Time Out published a retrospective review in 2012, describing the film as "a black hole for fading stars in which Dr. Curtis kindly operates on the heroine (Love) who is in a coma after suffering a traumatic blow to the brain. The donor is a murder victim, unexpectedly supplying not only motor reflexes but memories, so that the poor recipient is soon being stalked herself." [9]
Embassy Home Entertainment released BrainWaves on VHS in 1986. [10] Image Entertainment released a DVD edition of the film in 2002. [11]