Impostor (film)
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| Impostor | |
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 Impostor theatrical poster |
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| Directed by | Gary Fleder |
| Produced by | Michael Phillips |
| Written by | Philip K. Dick (short story) Scott Rosenberg (adaptation) Caroline Case (screenplay) Ehren Kruger (screenplay) and David Twohy (screenplay) |
| Starring | Gary Sinise Madeleine Stowe Vincent D'Onofrio |
| Distributed by | Dimension Films |
| Release date(s) | January 4, 2002 |
| Running time | 93 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | NA |
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Impostor is a 2002 science fiction film based upon a short story written by Philip K. Dick in 1953.
[edit] Plot
Gary Sinise plays Spencer Olham, a top-secret government weapons designer who is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile alien race wanting to take over Earth. He learns from the group's leader, Major Hathaway (Vincent D'Onofrio) that the clones are perfect copies of the original human specimen (complete with memories), except they carry within their chest a small nuclear bomb, which cannot be detected until the clone is within range of the target. The organization captured an alien transmission that stated that Olham's clone was to assassinate the chancellor (Lindsay Crouse) when he came into contact her, but Olham defends his humanity.
He manages to escape the interrogation room and has various adventures on the lam until Olham and his wife (Madeleine Stowe) are trapped by government troops in a forest near an alien crash site. When one half of the cockpit is pulled away, revealing the murdered corpse of Olham's real wife, the government troops turn their guns on the surprised clone to prevent her bomb from detonating. However, when the other half of the cockpit is pulled back, revealing Olham's corpse, the other Olham finally realizes he was indeed the clone the government thought he was. This utter shock causes the detonation sequence to engage. Hathaway turns around at the last moment to see Olham's eyes turn black and then the bomb in his chest explodes, destroying everything within several miles and claiming the lives of thousands of people.
[edit] Production and reception
The film adaptation was originally planned to be one segment of a three-part sci-fi anthology film before it was decided to expand it to feature length. Originally shot in 2000, the oft-delayed film was finally released in 2002 and received a lukewarm reception.
The film also used selected scenes and props from the movie Starship Troopers as filler for the world. For example, the scene of medics clearing rubble after the bomb is taken directly from the news reel shown after the "bug meteor" attack in Starship Troopers. The soldiers in Impostor also use the same armor as the troopers in Starship Troopers. A handful of other clips of rockets and meteor attacks were taken from the films Gattaca and Armageddon
The movie made $6,114,237 on an estimated $40 million budget.
[edit] External links
- Impostor at the Internet Movie Database
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