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| Director: | Marshall Brickman | 
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| Writer: | Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum | 
| Staring: | 
| A group of scientists take Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwashing experiment and try to convince him that he is a living being from another planet. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 01, 1980 | 
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| Director: | Marshall Brickman | 
| Writer: | Marshall Brickman, Thomas Baum | 
| Genres: | Comedy, Science Fiction | 
| Keywords | brainwashing, scientist, evolution, psychosis | 
| Production Companies | Orion Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures | 
| Box Office | Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 | 
| Updates | Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 | 
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Alan Arkin | Simon Mendelssohn | 
| Madeline Kahn | Dr. Cynthia Mallory | 
| William Finley | Fichandler | 
| Wallace Shawn | Eric Van Dongen | 
| Max Wright | Leon Hundertwasser | 
| Fred Gwynne | Maj. Gen. Korey | 
| Austin Pendleton | Dr. Carl Becker | 
| Judy Graubart | Lisa | 
| Adolph Green | Commune Leader | 
| Keith Szarabajka | Josh | 
| Ann Risley | Pam | 
| David Susskind | Himself | 
| Dick Cavett | Himself | 
| Billie Perkins | Commune Member | 
| Jayant | Barundi | 
| Pierre Epstein | Military Aide | 
| Roy Cooper | General's Aide | 
| Rex Robbins | Army Doctor | 
| David Warrilow | Blades | 
| David Gideon | Security Guard | 
| Hetty Galen | Simon's Mother (voice) | 
| Remak Ramsay | TV Newscaster | 
| Hansford Rowe | Priest Babcock Beastly | 
| Yusef Bulos | Hemling Grotowsky | 
| Jerry Mayer | Prof. Jerry Milstein | 
| Sol Frieder | Rabbi Chaim Glassberg | 
| William Griffis | Senator | 
| Frank J. Lucas | Psychologist | 
| George Riddle | Muttonchop Aide | 
| Tom Kubiak | Roach Reaction Patient | 
| Al Cerullo | Helicopter Pilot | 
| Barbara Mongin | Institute Staff Member | 
| Paula Gibson | Melody | 
| James Dukas | Narrator (voice) | 
| Jim Saxon | Commune Member | 
| Michael Earl | Commune Member | 
| Jay Lowman | Commune Member | 
| Steven Nash | Commune Member | 
| Barbara Bergen | Commune Member | 
| Joyce Adams | Commune Member | 
| Bonnie Deroski | Commune Member | 
| Kathryn Cordes | Commune Member | 
| Leslie Frances Williams | Commune Member | 
| Nick Pippin | Commune Member | 
| Ed Karvoski | Commune Member | 
| Mary Lou Kleinbach | Commune Member | 
| Richard Bassett | Commune Member | 
| Phil Witt | Commune Member | 
| Isam Culver | Commune Member | 
| Rickey Murray | Commune Member | 
| Stephanie Segal | Commune Member | 
| Max Goff | Commune Member | 
| Mary Donnet | Commune Member | 
| Don Stitt | Commune Member | 
| Nikki Kollins | Commune Member | 
| Jenny Gault | Commune Member | 
| Regina Rodwell | Commune Member | 
| Schorling Schneider | Commune Member | 
| Tina Austin | Commune Member | 
| Jeffrey Bacon | Commune Member | 
| Elizabeth Wingate | Commune Member | 
| Joan Adams | Commune Member | 
| Lisa Maurer | Commune Member | 
| Louise Lasser | Doris (voice) (uncredited) | 
| Name | Job | 
|---|---|
| Marshall Brickman | Screenplay, Director, Story | 
| Scott Rudin | Casting Director, Casting | 
| Santo Loquasto | Costume Design | 
| Jery Hewitt | Stunts | 
| Adam Holender | Director of Photography | 
| Nina Feinberg | Editor | 
| Thomas Baum | Story | 
| Stanley Silverman | Music | 
| Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design | 
| John Godfrey | Set Decoration | 
| Frank Bianco | Hairstylist | 
| Robert Jiras | Makeup Artist | 
| Robert Barth | Second Assistant Director | 
| Michael Rauch | First Assistant Director | 
| Dave Weinman | Set Dresser | 
| Harriet Fidlow | Sound Editor | 
| Dan Rosenberg | Sound Recordist | 
| Dan Sable | Sound Editor | 
| Steve Scanlon | Sound Mixer | 
| Dick Vorisek | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Edward Drohan | Special Effects | 
| Werner Koopmann | Visual Effects | 
| Victor Magnotta | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts | 
| Louise Wolf | Stunts | 
| Tom Fleischman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer | 
| Name | Title | 
|---|---|
| Martin Bregman | Producer | 
| Louis A. Stroller | Executive Producer | 
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