The Boys from Brazil (film)
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The Boys from Brazil was a 1978 thriller directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. The movie is loosely based on the novel The Boys from Brazil by Ira Levin (and is not related to a 1993 film Boys from Brazil [1]).
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Plot
In the movie, Josef Mengele clones Adolf Hitler several times over and attempts to have the boys each undergo the same childhood experiences and rearing that Hitler had, in order to re-create his psyche and breed a new "Hitler for the times" so as to re-establish the Nazi regime.
The movie follows the attempts of aging Nazi hunter Ezra Leiberman to discover and thwart Mengele's plan.
Principal cast
- Gregory Peck : Dr. Josef Mengele
- Laurence Olivier : Ezra Lieberman
- James Mason : Eduard Seibert
- Lilli Palmer : Esther Lieberman
- Uta Hagen : Frieda Maloney
- Steve Guttenberg : Barry Kohler
- Denholm Elliott : Sidney Beynon
Award nominations:
- Academy Award for Best Actor - Laurence Olivier
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama -Gregory Peck
- Academy Award for Film Editing - Robert Swink
- Academy Award for Original Music Score - Jerry Goldsmith
Miscellaneous
The character of Ezra Lieberman in Ira Levin's novel The Boys from Brazil is modeled on the famous real life Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal.
The movie is particularly notable for its musical soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith.
Other science fiction movies which deal with the subject of cloning include Multiplicity, The Island, and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones.
External link
- {{{2|{{{title|The Boys from Brazil (film)}}}}}} at The Internet Movie Databasefr:Ces garçons qui venaient du Brésil
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