Novelist, Stephen King successfully sued the producers of "The Lawnmower Man" for attaching his name to this film, saying that it "bore no meaningful resemblance" to his story of the same name. As you can easily imagine, King's name was promptly removed from all of the advertising relating to this film.
Scientist Dr. Lawrence Angelo, working (unsuccessfully, so far) in the area of developing "intelligence-enhancing" drugs, combined with virtual reality, chooses for his guinea pig, Jobe Smith, a clueless, grinning, mental defective who mows his lawn.
Dr. Angelo puts Jobe through an extensive schedule of drug therapy and computer instruction. As expected, Jobe becomes phenomenally brilliant. And at this point he gets a few bright ideas of his own as to how the research should continue, while Dr. Angelo naturally finds himself completely losing control of the whole experiment.
The dazzling and impressive computer generated imagery for "The Lawnmower Man" took 7 people 8 months to complete, on a budget of $500,000. To get a proper perspective on this film's historical context, it was released just a year after "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".
Scientist Dr. Lawrence Angelo, working (unsuccessfully, so far) in the area of developing "intelligence-enhancing" drugs, combined with virtual reality, chooses for his guinea pig, Jobe Smith, a clueless, grinning, mental defective who mows his lawn.
Dr. Angelo puts Jobe through an extensive schedule of drug therapy and computer instruction. As expected, Jobe becomes phenomenally brilliant. And at this point he gets a few bright ideas of his own as to how the research should continue, while Dr. Angelo naturally finds himself completely losing control of the whole experiment.
The dazzling and impressive computer generated imagery for "The Lawnmower Man" took 7 people 8 months to complete, on a budget of $500,000. To get a proper perspective on this film's historical context, it was released just a year after "Terminator 2: Judgement Day".