The fly
(DVD R-rated)

Title from container.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1986.

Special features: Disc 1: Commentary with David Cronenberg; Disc 2: "Fear of the flesh: the making of The Fly" documentary; "Fear of the flesh: Larva" documentary; "Fear of the flesh: Pupa" documentary; "Fear of the flesh: Metamorphosis" documentary; branching clips: A Radical Departure / The Rise of Marketing / Who Wants to Die? / All You Have To Do Is Be Passionate / Cronenberg's Preparation / On Cronenberg's Films / Cronenberg as Gynecologist / Cronenberg as Director / On the Cannes Jury / The Mother of Invention / It Takes Time To Spread the Goop / Glass-Break Test / Scotch & Razor Blades Genes in the Ether / Winning the Oscar / The Last Collaboration / Haunted by the Fly / The Brundle Museum of Natural History; deleted scenes; test footage; written works: George Langelaan's original short story / Charles Edward Pogue's Original Screenplay / David Cronenberg's rewrite / Interactive Cinefex article THE FLY Papers / Interactive American Cinematographer article New Buzz on an Old Theme / Interactive American Cinematographer article More About 'The fly"; promotional material: The Fly Teaser / The Fly Trailer / TV Spot #1 / TV Spot #2 / TV Spot #3 / Featurette / David Cronenberg Profile / The Fly II Teaser / The Fly II Trailer / The Fly (1958) / Return of the Fly (1959) / One Sheet & Lobby Card Gallery; still gallery: Publicity / Behind the scenes / Concept art / Effects / Monkey-Cat / Space Bug / Arm wrestling / Make-up; Easter eggs; Summer of '86: Big Trouble In Little China / Aliens / The Fly.

Director of photography, Mark Irwin ; art director, Rolf Harvey ; editor, Ronald Sanders ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designer, Denise Cronenberg ; production designer, Carol Spier ; visual effects supervisor, Hoyt Yeatman.

Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis, John Getz, Joy Boushel, Les Carlson, George Chuvalo.

Seth Brundle is a brilliant but eccentric scientist who attempts to woo investigative journalist Veronica Quaife by offering her a scoop on his latest research in the field of matter transportation, which against all the expectations of the scientific establishment have proved successful. Up to a point. Brundle thinks he has ironed out the last problem when he successfully transports a living creature, but when he attempts to teleport himself a fly enters one of the transmission booths, and Brundle finds he is a changed man.

MPAA rating: R.

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, DTS 5.1 surround.

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned.