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Of Unknown Origin is a 1983 film directed by George P. Cosmatos. The film was written by Brian Taggert, based on the novel The Visitor by Chauncey G. Parker III. It was filmed on location in Montreal, Quebec but set in New York City.[1] The film won two awards at the Paris Film Festival.[2]When the US Secret Service would not allow the filmmakers to land their UH-1 Huey on the South Lawn, they used stock footage of the President's helicopter, Marine One, landing instead.
Plot
Mild-mannered everyman Bart Hughes has a great life in New York. When his wife and child leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that should get him a promotion. Some sort of rodent in his basement starts to bother him and consumes his time. Bart starts going crazy trying to kill the creature, destroying most of his house in the process.
Principal cast
Actor Role
Peter Weller Bart Hughes
Jennifer Dale Lorrie Wells
Aimée Castle Birthday
Kenneth Welsh James Hall
Louis Del Grande Clete
Shannon Tweed Meg Hughes
Keith Knight Hardware
Maury Chaykin Dan Errol
Critical reception
Vincent Canby of The New York Times had nothing but disdain for the movie, but lightly praised Weller's performance and opens his review:
“ Peter Weller, one of our best young stage and screen actors, is not at all bad in a rather terrible, Canadian suspense-horror film mysteriously titled Of Unknown Origin.[3] ”
References
^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086036/locations
^ Awards for Of Unknown Origin at the Internet Movie Database
^ http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?_r=1&res=9E04E4D7123BF937A15752C1A965948260
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