Looker
| Looker | |
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| Directed by | Michael Crichton |
| Written by | Michael Crichton |
| Produced by | Howard Jeffrey |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Paul Lohmann |
| Edited by | Carl Kress |
| Music by | Barry De Vorzon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8–12 million |
| Box office | $3.3 million |
Looker is a 1981 American science fiction thriller film written and directed by Michael Crichton, starring Albert Finney, James Coburn, Susan Dey, and Leigh Taylor-Young. It follows a series of mysterious deaths plaguing female models who have had cosmetic surgery done by a renowned Los Angeles physician. The film explores media, advertising and television's impact on the public in creating a ridiculous standard of beauty.
Though sparse in visual effects, the film is notable for being the first commercial film to attempt to make a realistic computer-generated character, for the model named Cindy. It was also the first film to create three-dimensional (3D) shading with a computer, months before the release of the better-known Tron.
Category:
- 1981 films