eXistenZ
- Original title
- eXistenZ
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 97 min.
- Country
Canada
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Jude Law
- Don McKellar
- Willem Dafoe
- Ian Holm
- Robert A. Silverman
- Christopher Eccleston
- Oscar Hsu
- Callum Keith Rennie
- Sarah Polley
- Kris Lemche
- Vik Sahay
- Kirsten Johnson
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Canada-United States;
- Genre
- Sci-Fi. Thriller | Futuristic Thriller. Cyberpunk. Body Horror. Virtual Worlds. Techno-horror. Based on Video Games. Cult movie
- Synopsis
- Allegra Geller, the leading game designer in the world, is testing her new virtual reality game, eXistenZ with a focus group. As they begin, she is attacked by a fanatic assassin. She flees with a young marketing trainee, Ted Pikul, assigned as her bodyguard. Unfortunately, her pod, an organic gaming device that contains the only copy of the eXistenZ game program, is damaged. To inspect it, she talks Ted into accepting a gameport in his own body so he can play the game with her. The game lead the pair on a strange adventure where reality and their actions are impossible to determine.
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- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1999: Sitges Film Festival: Official Selection1999: Berlin Film Festival: Outstanding Artistic Contribution (David Cronenberg)1999: Genie Awards (Canada): Best Editing. 3 nominations1999: Saturn Awards (Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films): nominated to Best Science Fiction Film.
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- Ranking Lists Position
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- 18 My Favorite Canadian Movies (24)
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