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Looker (1981)
Director: Michael Crichton
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
This tediously convoluted sci-fi thriller combines elements from Westworld and Coma, with Coburn as a tycoon experimenting with subliminally hypnotic TV commercials featuring replicated holograph models (the original girls, 'perfected' by Finney's plastic surgeon, are subsequently murdered for no apparent reason). Mostly pretty silly and uncertain whether to be tongue-in-cheek, it has one or two good scenes and some intriguing hardware, including the Looker (Light Ocular Oriented Kinetic Energetic Responsers) disorientation gun.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Michael Crichton
Producer: Howard Jeffrey
Cast: Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, Leigh Taylor-Young, Dorian Harewood, Tim Rossovich, Darryl Hickman full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 94 mins
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