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Der Killer im Kopf

Originaltitel: The Terminal Man
  • 1974
  • 12
  • 1 Std. 44 Min.
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Der Killer im Kopf (1974)
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HorrorSci-FiThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuHoping to cure his blackout seizures which turn him temporarily extremely violent, a computer scientist agrees to an experimental brain computer chip implant surgery.Hoping to cure his blackout seizures which turn him temporarily extremely violent, a computer scientist agrees to an experimental brain computer chip implant surgery.Hoping to cure his blackout seizures which turn him temporarily extremely violent, a computer scientist agrees to an experimental brain computer chip implant surgery.

  • Regie
    • Mike Hodges
  • Drehbuch
    • Michael Crichton
    • Mike Hodges
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • George Segal
    • Joan Hackett
    • Richard Dysart
  • Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro
  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    5,6/10
    2756
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • Mike Hodges
    • Drehbuch
      • Michael Crichton
      • Mike Hodges
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • George Segal
      • Joan Hackett
      • Richard Dysart
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    • 56Kritische Rezensionen
    • 41Metascore
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    George Segal
    George Segal
    • Harry Benson
    Joan Hackett
    Joan Hackett
    • Dr. Janet Ross
    Richard Dysart
    Richard Dysart
    • Dr. John Ellis
    • (as Richard A. Dysart)
    Donald Moffat
    Donald Moffat
    • Dr. Arthur McPherson
    Michael C. Gwynne
    Michael C. Gwynne
    • Dr. Robert Morris
    William Hansen
    William Hansen
    • Dr. Ezra Manon
    Jill Clayburgh
    Jill Clayburgh
    • Angela Black
    Norman Burton
    Norman Burton
    • Det. Capt. Anders
    • (as Normann Burton)
    James Sikking
    James Sikking
    • Ralph Friedman
    Matt Clark
    Matt Clark
    • Gerhard
    Jim Antonio
    Jim Antonio
    • Richards
    Gene Borkan
    • Benson's Guard
    Burke Byrnes
    • Benson's Guard
    Jordan Rhodes
    Jordan Rhodes
    • Questioner No. 1
    Dee Carroll
    Dee Carroll
    • Night Nurse
    Jason Wingreen
    Jason Wingreen
    • Instructor
    Steve Kanaly
    Steve Kanaly
    • Edmonds
    Al Checco
    Al Checco
    • Farley
    • Regie
      • Mike Hodges
    • Drehbuch
      • Michael Crichton
      • Mike Hodges
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    wilbrifar

    Slow?! Try a little patience.

    I was looking for a bit of trivia about this film and made the mistake of reading the reviews here. My jaw dropped when I saw the overwhelming opinion that this movie is worthless because it's too slow. Has everyone been too brain-deadened by recent Hollywood thrill rides to appreciate a patiently unfolding story? The Terminal Man is very creepy, very scary, and is acted with amazing skill by even the smallest of bit players. Each one of the doctors involved in the experiment, for example, carries his or her own personal baggage, and it's that baggage which clouds their reason and makes true progress impossible. The message of the film seems to be that no matter how advanced science becomes, people will still be people, and our petty prides and jealousies will tear down every accomplishment. That's the brilliance of this movie; it takes a broad sci-fi theme yet reduces it to its most unpredictable element: the personalities of the persons involved. There are so many amazing scenes in this film where a line or two of casual conversation reveals so much about the power games being played between the speakers. On the outside, these scientists are titans of technology; on the inside, they're closer to the befuddled old men of the comedy "BALL OF FIRE". The only one who thinks with heart as well as head is the Joan Hackett character, and the clash between her and the good 'ol boys of science is both profound and heartbreaking.

    I urge anyone with an IQ larger than their shoe size to ignore the negative comments and give this film a chance. Viewed with an open mind and a little patience, this movie becomes quite an exiting experience. It's one of the greatest sci-fi/horror films of all time, and has never gotten its due respect. It's the kind of film we could use more of, and the fact it's considered boring by today's audiences is very sad proof of the dumbing-down effect of Hollywood clap-trap. We're used to movies that ask you to set back while you're force-fed the story. The Terminal Man requires that you watch what's happening, listen to what's being said, and think about what's between the lines. If you can't do that, stick with Vin Diesel films.
    5AlsExGal

    It manages to make a modern Frankenstein story dull...

    ... and I am not saying slow, which is different from dull. "Babbette's Feast" is confined in cast and setting and although I guess you could call it slow, it is not at all dull. George Segal plays Harry Benson, a man with a form of epilepsy in which he becomes violent during his seizures and then awakens remembering nothing. He also is paranoid about machines controlling humans ten years before "The Terminator" was released.

    His wife leaves him, and it looks like his outbursts will have him traveling through the criminal justice system which can do nothing for this situation or maybe he will wind up shot dead by some would be victim.

    So some scientists think that Benson could be a beneficiary of an experimental procedure in which a small computer is implanted in his brain and his epilepsy is controlled by impulses the computer transmits. Post operation, things seem to be a success, but Dr. Janet Ross (Joan Hackett) discovers that Benson's brain is becoming addicted to the impulses, and in time - and she actually can calculate the time - he will have more frequent and severe violent outbursts.

    But before she can do any kind of medical intervention, Benson leaves. Apparently he has prearranged an escape with some woman he barely knows, sporting a blond wig so you can't tell he just had surgery.

    So the last half of the film is just Benson having those predicted seizures and becoming horrifically violent during each one. It doesn't have the pathos or irony of the Frankenstein monster's trek through the German countryside. Segal just begins to shake, his eyes roll up in his head, and he does violence to whomever and with whatever is at hand. That's it. That's essentially all that the last half is.

    George Segal never really got the credit he deserved for some of the really good roles he had in the 70s. This is not one of those good roles, and I really don't see how he or anybody else but the writer could have saved a film that is really only half there. I'd give the pre-escape part of the film a 7 or 8. I'd give the last half a three. This is where I come up with my 5/10 rating.
    9spence100

    Brilliant - you could hang every shot on your wall

    Sadly, I first saw this movie as I was chopping time from it so that the Sci-Fi channel could run an 88 minute movie in a 2 hour slot. I hadn't seen it or heard of it before that, and I was completely blown away. It was menacing, threatening and extremely sad. I found the 'slow' pacing quite beautiful, and I loved the way that the colour within each scene slowly built as the movie progressed. Compare the monochromatic open to the closing cemetery scene. Colour comes as his life slips away. Beautiful. Favourite scenes: the helicopter taking off at the very beginning; Dr. Ross lying asleep on her bed, in her amazing 70's house, in that fabulous dress; Harry standing in the tunnel waiting for his ride from Angela. Do not judge this movie by today's standards. Open your mind, be patient, and pray that electrodes 31 & 32 may one day run your life! If, like me, you have seen and liked Andreas Gursky's photographs, you'll like this film.
    9tuttt

    Much better than given credit for

    This is a superior film with brilliant set design and costuming. From the sterility of the Hospital (known only as "Babel" from the subtly placed and nearly invisible emblems), to the mind-numbing anonymity of the staff uniforms, few films are as well dressed as this. Only the dissenting staff, Dr's Ross and Manon, show any hint of individuality in their work apparel. Ironically it is Benson the patient, supposedly insane, who displays the most humanity of all, with the possible exception of Dr. Ross. Segal was brilliant, and severely under-utilized in the film. Perhaps the filmmakers thought it necessary to de-emphasize Benson, in order to illustrate the dehumanization of the hospital and its staff. But a bit more contrast could have been provided IMO. Still, the film is excellent nonetheless.

    Today's audiences however, with their short attention spans, will likely be permanently disappointed. To those who complain that this film is "slow" (and they are legion); I would say to either learn some patience, or simply avoid the film and go back to watching action/adventure.

    While made in the early 1970's, it is highly relevant to today's world as well. Replace the "wires in the brain" with today's over-prescribed Ritalin, SSRI's, and other similar drugs, and you will see the point.

    This is an excellent movie which deserves to be on DVD, with commentary by Crichton, Hodges and/or Segal. They are all still with us as of 4/2008 (Sadly Ms. Hackett is not). The sooner the better.
    6Coventry

    Violent seizures and slow pacing don't mix very well

    I'm a big admirer of the writer Michael Crichton. Perhaps I'm a bigger admirer of his work than I am a fan of it, if that makes sense. I admire and tremendously respect Crichton because he was one of the sole Sci-Fi writers in history able to create an almost entirely new sub genre and yet remain creative and versatile within that sub genre. Even though his finest stories like "The Andromeda Strain", "Westworld", "The Terminal Man" and even "Jurassic Park" are seemingly very differing tales, they basically do share the same basic concept, namely artificial technology and/or science that develops and turns into a giant menace to the same human that created it. I'm also a big admirer of Michael Crichton because he was a very intelligent person – probably one of the only Sci- Fi/thriller novelists with a Harvard Medical School degree – and thus knew very well what he was writing about. The films he directed, as well as the ones adapted from his novels, are often extremely complex, talkative and stuffed with professional jargon. That's not because he was pretentious, but because he was an expert. Crichton referred to "The Terminal Man" as the worst adaptation of his work, but maybe that has to do with personal resentment because he was initially set to adapt his own novel and direct, but got fired by the directors.

    "The Terminal Man" is everything but a bad film, although it's fairly easy to see why many people dislike it. The brief plot description promises an exciting concept of a man suffering from psychosis who agrees to participate in a scientific/medical experiment in which a tiny computer is implanted in his brain that will keep his violent impulses under control. Although seemingly successful at first, the man's brain somehow becomes addicted to the little shocks that the electrodes are sending out, resulting in the triggering of even more violent impulses. If you read it like this, "The Terminal Man" sounds like a tense, exciting and action-packed thriller, but instead it's actually a slow-brooding, atmospheric and integer drama. It all is a bit misleading perhaps… The premise speaks of "A man suffering from a mental condition that often causes him to become homicidal", but we are only introduced to Harry Benson when he obediently awaits the operation and remains very calm and docile at all times. There are only a few photographs to indicate his violent nature. Then the operation itself is almost shown integrally, which raises the impression to last forever. Then, finally, the plot describes how Benson – and I quote – "escapes from the hospital and goes on a spree of violence and murder". Well, first of all, there's a long period of time between the operation and the escape in which barely anything happens. The so-called spree of violence and murder is somewhat exaggerated as well, since Benson only commits one murder (although admittedly a very savage one). However, to compensate for the lack of action, we do receive – next to the intelligent and tense script – a continuous series of extraordinary beautiful camera angles, compositions and set-pieces. Director Mike Hodges ("Get Carter", "Pulp") literally turns the film into a work of art, with stunning cinematography and exquisite use of classical music. I honestly wished for "The Terminal Man" to benefice from a faster pacing, a bit more background to Harry Benson's character, a bit less medical mambo-jumbo and a few more brutish murders.

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      Crichton was fired from writing the screenplay due to the fact that his script did not follow the novel (which he had written) closely enough.
    • Patzer
      At the cemetery, the usual mechanism for lowering the coffin into the grave is missing. There aren't even any straps in place to lower it manually.
    • Zitate

      Benson: [mumbles]

      Dr. John Ellis: [operating on Benson] What was that?

      Dr. Robert Morris: Patient.

      Dr. John Ellis: You all right, Mr. Benson?

      Benson: [groggily] Fine... fine...

      Dr. John Ellis: Any pain?

      Benson: No...

      Dr. John Ellis: Good. Just relax now.

      Benson: You too doctor...

    • Alternative Versionen
      On its release at 2003 Edinburgh Film Festival, there was a director's cut which Hodges had cut out the beginning with the doctor looking at photographs of Harry Benson.
    • Verbindungen
      Featured in Cinemacabre TV Trailers (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Goldberg Variation No. 25
      by Johann Sebastian Bach (as J.S. Bach)

      Played by Glenn Gould

      Courtesy Columbia Records

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      • 19. Juni 1974 (Vereinigte Staaten)
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    • Sprache
      • Englisch
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      • El hombre terminal
    • Drehorte
      • Forest Lawn Memorial Park - 1712 S Glendale Avenue, Glendale, Kalifornien, USA(cemetery)
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      • Warner Bros.
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