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The Fly
1986
· Movie
· 96 min
B
MEANRANK
78/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #918
- IMDb #845
- Google retired #1218
- Rotten Tomatoes #1364
- Metacritic #529
- Letterboxd #600
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #1842
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1325
- Metacritic Critics #659
- Metacritic Audience #625
- Criticker #689
- Douban #1158
- Kinopoisk #1553
- AlloCiné #583
- Trakt #1008
Every rating
61–90
out of 100
A brilliant but eccentric scientist invents a teleportation device. After a successful test, he decides to teleport himself, unaware that a common housefly has entered the pod with him. The machine merges their genetic material at a molecular level, beginning a horrifying and gradual transformation into a human-fly hybrid.
Details
- Director
- David Cronenberg
- Writers
- Charles Edward Pogue, David Cronenberg
- Based on
- The Fly by George Langelaan
- Studio
- SLM Production Group, Brooksfilms
- Released
- 15 August 1986
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $60.6M
- Awards
- 6 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 9 →1 major award won · 6 wins from 9 nominations across 6 ceremonies
| Academy Award 1987 | Best Makeup | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis | Winner |
| British Academy Film Awards 1988 | Best Makeup and Hair | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis | Nominee |
| British Academy Film Awards 1988 | Best Special Visual Effects | John Evans | Nominee |
| 14th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Make-up | Chris Walas | Winner |
| 14th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Horror Film | The Fly | Winner |
| 14th Saturn Awards 1987 | Best Actor | Jeff Goldblum | Winner |
| Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival 1987 | Special Jury Prize | The Fly | Winner |
| Canadian Society of Cinematographers 1987 | Best Cinematography | Mark Irwin | Winner |
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Academy Award
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Makeup | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis | Winner |
14th Saturn Awards
3 nominations, 3 won
| Best Actor | Jeff Goldblum | Winner |
| Best Horror Film | The Fly | Winner |
| Best Make-up | Chris Walas | Winner |
Avoriaz International Fantastic Film Festival
1 nomination, 1 won
| Special Jury Prize | The Fly | Winner |
Canadian Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Cinematography | Mark Irwin | Winner |
British Academy Film Awards
2 nominations
| Best Makeup and Hair | Chris Walas and Stephan Dupuis | Nominee |
| Best Special Visual Effects | John Evans | Nominee |
Hugo Award
1 nomination
| Best Dramatic Presentation | The Fly | Nominee |