Après un étrange accident, un yuppie devient invisible et fuit un perfide fonctionnaire de la CIA, tout en essayant de faire face à sa nouvelle vie.Après un étrange accident, un yuppie devient invisible et fuit un perfide fonctionnaire de la CIA, tout en essayant de faire face à sa nouvelle vie.Après un étrange accident, un yuppie devient invisible et fuit un perfide fonctionnaire de la CIA, tout en essayant de faire face à sa nouvelle vie.
- Prix
- 5 nominations au total
Histoire
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- AnecdotesJohn Carpenter has stated that this is his least favorite of all the films he's directed, and is the film he "hates thinking about the most". One reason was because of the constant studio interference that didn't allow Carpenter much creative freedom. Carpenter also called Chevy Chase "a director's worst nightmare" and "nearly impossible to direct", also saying the same about Daryl Hannah. According to Carpenter, Chase would complain non-stop about the film's tone and hated wearing the special effects, often prematurely removing his makeup and ruining hours of filming. At one point, Carpenter broke a clipboard in half over his knee in a fit of rage when Chase removed his makeup mid-take. Carpenter said that Chase and Hannah were "immune to any punishment from the studio, and they knew it, so they walked over me and everyone else on set and essentially told us we'd be replaced if we had any problem with them...it was like working with your boss's snooty children who would tattle on you if you didn't bend to their every will." Despite this, Carpenter ended up bonding and seeking comfort in Sam Neill over the troubling production and the two became close friends, with Neill agreeing to work with Carpenter again on Au coeur de la démence (1994).
- GaffesAn invisible man would be blind, the only way to see is for light to reflect off the back of the retina. If the retina is invisible the light would pass through. In the book, it was theorized that the energy particles that make up his body interact differently with visible light allowing him to see.
- Citations
Morrissey: [reading Nick's record] Never been married, parents both deceased... the guy's got a few friends, but not real close to any of them. Not exactly a workaholic, either. He kind of plays it fast and loose.
David Jenkins: I've dealt with people like this before. No close personal ties, no strong political beliefs, no particular interests... in fact, when you think about it, the man has the perfect profile. He was invisible *before* he was invisible.
- Générique farfeluOver the first minute or so of the end credits we see Nick skiing in snowy mountains, his head and face covered with a hat, goggles and scarf. He comes to a stop outside a large cabin. Alice comes out, evidently pregnant. Nick lifts his goggles and pulls the scarf down from around his face, but of course he is still invisible. Alice kisses him, and takes his gloved hand and holds it to her belly, so he can feel the baby kicking...
- Autres versionsUK cinema and video versions were edited to remove 'fuck you' in order for the film to receive a PG rating. The 2003 DVD was uncut and upgraded to a 12 certificate.
- ConnexionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
At the least, "Memoirs of an Invisible Man" offers an interesting look at a person who has to accept invisibility as a fact of life. In addition to the benefits of not being visible, he must deal with the realities. For example, HE may be invisible, but the food and drink he ingests won't be as they enter his system. All the spy stuff is pretty standard-issue, and one has to presume that the source novel by H.F. Saint was somewhat more nuanced.
Still, this is reasonably entertaining. It was clearly just work for hire for the celebrated veteran director John Carpenter; because it's among the least "Carpenter-esque" of his filmography, it may not be very satisfying to his fans.
Chase is very earnest. You have to respect his restraint; at no time do you get the indication that he wants to crack wise. Hannah is appealing and of course gorgeous. Neill is an effective villain, although he doesn't really try to suppress his natural Kiwi accent for the role. Familiar faces like Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Patricia Heaton, Donald Li (From JC's "Big Trouble in Little China"), Rosalind Chao, and Sam Anderson also turn up. JC himself has a cameo late in the picture as a helicopter pilot (billed as "Rip Haight").
But the real stars of the movie are undoubtedly the visual effects team at ILM. If a viewer is otherwise bored with this, they can't deny that the invisibility gags are effective.
Overall, good for some chuckles and thrills.
Six out of 10.
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- 10 août 2018
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Détails
Box-office
- Budget
- 40 000 000 $ US (estimation)
- Brut – États-Unis et Canada
- 14 358 033 $ US
- Fin de semaine d'ouverture – États-Unis et Canada
- 4 601 954 $ US
- 1 mars 1992
- Brut – à l'échelle mondiale
- 14 358 033 $ US
- Durée1 heure 39 minutes
- Couleur
- Mixage
- Rapport de forme
- 2.35 : 1