Creator

Creator

107 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance | Sept. 20, 1985

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

Creator

107 mins | Comedy, Science Fiction, Romance | Sept. 20, 1985

Creator
With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers
Original title Creator
Directors Ivan Passer
Writers Jeremy Leven

Cast

Peter O'Toole

as Dr. Harry Wolper

Vincent Spano

as Boris Lafkin

Virginia Madsen

as Barbara Spencer

David Ogden Stiers

as Dr. Sid Kullenbeck

John Dehner

as Paul

Karen Kopins

as Lucy Wolper

Kenneth Tigar

as Pavlo

Elsa Raven

as Mrs. Mallory

Lee Kessler

as Mrs. Pruitt

Rance Howard

as Mr. Spencer

Ellen Geer

as Mrs. Spencer

Ian Wolfe

as Prof. Brauer

Mike Jolly

as Boom-Boom

Burton Collins

as Lyman

Judith Hansen

as Karen

Doug Cox

as Arthur

Anthony Peck

as Norman

Crawford Binion

as Fred

Byrne Piven

as Krauss

Vincent Cobb

as Hamberg

Gary Bayer

as Bovi

Jordan Charney

as Dr. Whitaker

William Bassett

as Dr. Sutter

Sandy Ignon

as Dr. Franklin

Jeff Corey

as Dean Harrington

Michael McGrady

as Larry

Eve McVeagh

as Woman with Monkey

Al Fann

as Guard

Michael Greene

as Guard

James Murray

as Martin Goodwin (uncredited)