DVD Features:
- Rated: R
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 53 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: May 8, 2002
- Originally Released: 1990
- Label: Lions Gate
- Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
- Special Packaging
- Special Edition
- Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 1.78
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Digital Stereo - English
- Additional Release Material:
- Documentary: IMAGINING TOTAL RECALL
- Featurette: MARS: FACT OR FICTION
- Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
- Shorts: REKALL'S VIRTUAL VACATIONS
- Audio Commentary:
- Arnold Schwarzenegger - Star
- Paul Verhoeven - Director
- Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
- Text/Photo Galleries:
- Filmographies
- Stills/Photos
- Production Notes
- Biographies
- Production Art
Performers, Cast and Crew:
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Starring
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Arnold Schwarzenegger,
Rachel Ticotin,
Sharon Stone,
Michael Ironside,
Ronny Cox,
Marshall Bell,
Mel Johnson, Jr.,
Michael Champion,
Roy Brocksmith,
Ray Baker,
Rosemary Dunsmore &
David Knell
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Directed by
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Paul Verhoeven
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Edited by
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Frank J. Urioste
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Screenwriting by
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Dan O'Bannon,
Ronald Shusett &
Gary Goldman
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Composition by
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Jerry Goldsmith
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Story by
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Philip K. Dick,
Ronald Shusett,
Dan O'Bannon &
Jon Povill
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Produced by
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Buzz Feitshans &
Ronald Shusett
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Director of Photography
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Jost Vacano
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Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"See you at the party, Richter!" - Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) after dispatching of Richter (Michael Ironside)
Major Awards:
Academy Awards 1990 -
Best Visual Effects
Entertainment Reviews:
Rolling Stone - 07/12/1990
"...TOTAL RECALL is a gut cruncher on a grand scale..."
New York Times - 06/01/1990
"...A thunderous tribute to its star's determination to create, out of the unlikeliest raw materials, a patently synthetic yet surprisingly affable leading man..."
Los Angeles Times - 06/01/1990
"...Spectacular....TOTAL RECALL soars when it sends up its conventions..."
Total Film - 09/01/2000
"...Arnie does what he does best....TOTAL RECALL merits rose-tinted rewatching..."
Sight and Sound - 06/01/2005
"[N]otable as one of the last great FX extravaganzas of the pre-digital era."
Product Description:
Arnold Schwarzenegger is perfectly cast as Quaid, a 2084 construction worker haunted by dreams of Mars in this crowd-pleasing science fiction spectacle. Against the wishes of his sexy blonde wife (Sharon Stone), Quaid goes to Rekall, a company that implants artificial memories, so he can "remember" visiting the red planet that is now being settled by human inhabitants. However, Quaid is actually an amnesiac secret agent from Mars--or is he? Enemy agents led by a thug named Richter (Michael Ironside) start trying to kill him before Quaid remembers anything more. Bullets and bone-crunching mayhem follow in large doses as Quaid heads to Mars to deal with mutants, ancient alien races, and Cohagen (Ronny Cox), a greedy capitalist controlling the colonists' air supply, in an effort to remember his real identity. TOTAL RECALL is based on the story "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" by Philip K. Dick and was a big box-office hit, helping to firmly establish director Paul Verhoeven as a specialist in darkly satiric, blood-drenched genre films. His next stop: BASIC INSTINCT, also with Stone.
Plot Synopsis:
In 2084, Quaid, a construction worker on Earth is haunted by dreams of another life on Mars. He goes to Rekall Inc. to have artificial memories of Mars planted in his head. However, during this procedure, a number of agents from Mars fear he will discover his mysterious true identity. Paul Verhoeven's film, based on a Philip K. Dick story, is a wild ride with eye-popping special effects.
Plot Keywords:
Action |
Adventure |
Futuristic |
Mutants |
Mystery |
On-The-Run |
Racy |
Recommended |
Science-Fiction |
Suspense |
Theatrical Release |
Thriller
Production Notes:
- A cable-TV series, TOTAL RECALL 2070, followed in 1998.
