Product Details

• Actors: Jeff Fahey, Pierce Brosnan, Jenny Wright, Mark Bringelson, Geoffrey Lewis
• Directors: Brett Leonard
• Writers: Brett Leonard, Gimel Everett, Stephen King
• Producers: Clive Turner, Edward Simons, Gimel Everett, Masao Takiyama
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: December 17, 1997
• Run Time: 107 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304604572
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,743 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• Learn more about "The Lawnmower Man (New Line Platinum Series)" on IMDb

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

In 1992, The Lawnmower Man was hailed as a CGI (computer-generated image) breakthrough. It's fascinating to consider it in a historical context, knowing it came just a year after Terminator 2: Judgment Day and was followed by Jurassic Park a year later. Written and directed by Brett Leonard, The Lawnmower Man focuses on a scientist (Pierce Brosnan) trying to utilize technology for governmental gain. As with all top-secret government projects in the movies, it goes horribly wrong. Forced to progress from a chimp to a human subject, Brosnan secretly recruits local backwards boy and lawnmower pusher Jobe (Jeff Fahey). The increases in intelligence are alarming. He learns Latin in two hours, becomes an object of sexual desire (apparently all it takes is cowboy boots), and then develops telepathic and telekinetic abilities. What the film ought to be remembered and appreciated for are the visuals, which undoubtedly advanced the arcade and home computer game industry. --Paul Tonks

Product Description

LAWNMOWER MAN - DVD Movie

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Get the Uncut Version August 21, 2005

By slk54

Format:DVD

The first time I saw "The Lawnmower Man" I felt something was missing from the story. I had this same feeling about "The Abyss." When they first release "The Abyss" on DVD it included two version of the movie on one DVD. The second DVD contains other materials about the making of the movie. The movie went from 145min to 170min. With though additional 25 minutes the movie had structure added to it. The science fiction part of the story stood out. The same thing could be said about the "The Lawnmower Man" if they would release the Director's Cut of this movie on DVD.

The theater version of "The Lawnmower Man" on VHS was 107min in length and the story seem to be missing something. Then the Director's Cut came out on VHS and it was 141min in length. The added and rearranged scene made this story presented more structure to it. The concepts of what led Job to do what he did at the end of this feature are explained.

Uniformity, it does not seem that no one has no intention to release the Unrated Director's Cut on DVD and VHS copies ware thin after so many plays. I do see that you can still get the Unrated Director's Cut version on VHS through "Amazon.com" for $10.00 without shipping & handling cost. If you have never seen this version of the film I would advise you to get it on VHS. The whole story is presented here and it made change some people's opinion about the movie.

I am aware that some of the outtakes are presented on side B of the DVD. If you do not know where they fit in the story it can be very confusing and appear to be unimportant. Also, a lot of the scenes were rearrange to fit the theater version and this miss up the original story.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this great movie on DVD February 6, 2000

By A Customer

Format:DVD

I just purchased this dvd yesterday at the store without reading some of the reviews on Amazon first. I was excited when I saw the "deleted scenes" section on the back of the dvd case because I was lead to believe that these were the scenes deleted from the director's cut version and place on the back side of the disc. I was very disappointed that the deleted scenes were from the original movie (original release). These scenes are essential to the entire telling of the movie. My recommendation: DO NO PURCHASE THIS MOVIE ON DVD! - at least not until a new version with the "deleted scenes" replaced back into the original format, but I won't hold my breath for it to happen. TOO BAD THERE ISN'T A "NO STAR" RATING - THE DVD VERSION DESERVES IT!

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, Bad DVD September 20, 1999

By A Customer

Format:DVD

To describe it in a few words the Lawnmower Man is an excellent movie with a great cast and intriguing plot. I first saw the movie on VHS and loved it. When I saw the DVD and looked on the back of the box to find it had twelve deleted scenes I was very excited. I immediatly purchased the DVD even though I already owned the movie on VHS. When I saw the deleted scenes however I was furious. They were just parts of the movie that had been taken out and called deleted scenes. Then I realized on the box of my original VHS movie it read "the Director's Cut". I can't believe that those scenes were completely removed when they seemed so critical to the plot; especially the part with Roscoe and the death of Caroline. The commentary on the disc is also misleading. I thought that I would hear a critic of the movie by maybe some famous critic like on the Dark City DVD(which had Roger Ebert). However the comentary talked nothing of any real elements of film such as imagry or allusion, it just seemed like a behind the scenes with the writers. Like I said the movie is fantastic but don't waste the money on the DVD until they come out with a directors cut. If you can't wait buy the directors cut on VHS.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

2.0 out of 5 stars DVD release of "Lawnmower Man" butchers story line October 19, 2000

By Armando Genna

Format:DVD

With the release of "Lawnmower Man" on DVD, important scenes have been removed and retired as useless extras on the opposite side of the disk. These scenes play an integral part of the original story line, and in comparison to the VHS release, the DVD version is drastically butchered. Why bother; put them back in the movie where they belong to preseve the movie's original essence. You should not have to put a movie back together like a puzzle!

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Fair effort... but no Director's Cut version? September 7, 2000

By Zagnorch

Format:DVD

I've always considered films based on Steven King novels & short stories to be a hit-and-miss affair. They're either pretty good, or really bad. In the case of `The Lawnmower Man', however, I found it to be just okay... not bad, but nothing spectacular. I watch it more for it's virtual reality scenes than it's story. Although seeing Jobe (Jeff Fahey) develop from a simple nitwit to an incredibly intelligent, and dangerous, entity with deadly psychokinetic abilities was interesting to watch. And his attempts to enter and control the virtual world make for some of the most memorable CGI special effects moments since `Tron' and `Terminator 2'. And with all of the VR scenes, I can see where the Wachowski brothers got one of their many grains of inspiration for `The Matrix'.

My only complaint is that the DVD version isn't the Director's cut, which is available on VHS. It does include the deleted scenes as a special feature, but they're not restored in the movie itself. Bummer!

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