Hollow Man

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Hollow Man
Film poster for Hollow Man
Directed by	Paul Verhoeven
Produced by	Stacy Lumbrezer Alan Marshall Marion Rosenberg
Written by	Gary Scott Thompson Andrew W. Marlowe
Starring	Elisabeth Shue Kevin Bacon Josh Brolin
Music by	Jerry Goldsmith
Cinematography	Jost Vacano
Editing by	Mark Goldblatt
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	August 2, 2000
Running time	112 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$95,000,000
Followed by	Hollow Man 2
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Hollow Man is a 2000 science fiction thriller film, starring Kevin Bacon, Elizabeth Shue, and Josh Brolin and directed by Paul Verhoeven. The film is about a scientist who makes himself invisible, a story which is loosely inspired by H. G. Wells' The Invisible Man.

The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Visual Effects in 2000. The sequel Hollow Man 2 was released direct-to-video in 2006.

1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Controversy
4 External links
- 4.1 Reviews
5 References

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Scientists experiment on a gorilla

Bacon plays Dr. Sebastian Caine, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who works on an invisibility serum for the US military. Although he works on the serum virtually non-stop, he still finds time to obsess about his ex-girlfriend (Elisabeth Shue), another scientist on his team, and the new man in her life (Josh Brolin), yet another team member. Caine and his team eventually do figure out how to get the serum to work on animals and eagerly look forward to getting clearance for clinical trials on humans.

Instead of reporting his success to the military, he inexplicably lies to the oversight committee and decides to test the serum on himself. After some initial difficulties, the procedure is a success. Caine initially enjoys his new ability, using it to spy on and menace others with impunity. But when he is unable to regain his visibility, Caine becomes increasingly unhinged and deranged, endangering the lives of his co-workers. This ultimately leads to a tense and lethal game of cat-and-mouse in the underground facility in which the serum was being developed.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Cast

Elisabeth Shue as Linda McKay ^[1]
Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Caine
Josh Brolin as Matthew Kensington
Kim Dickens as Sarah Kennedy
Greg Grunberg as Carter Abbey
Joey Slotnick as Frank Chase
Mary Randle as Janice Walton
William Devane as Dr. Howard Kramer
Rhona Mitra as Sebastian's neighbor
Pablo Espinosa as Ed, the warehouse guard
Margot Rose as Mrs. Martha Kramer

Jimmie F. Skaggs as wino
Jeffrey Scaperrotta as boy in car
Sarah Bowles as girl in car
Kelli Scott as mom
Steve Altes as dad
J. Patrick McCormack as general Caster
Darius A. Sultan as gate guard
Tom Woodruff Jr. as Isabelle the gorilla
David Vogt as helicopter pilot
Gary A. Hecker as gorilla (voice)

Hollow Man with latex mask.

[edit] Controversy

Despite receiving mixed critical reaction, one supporter of the film at the time of its release was film critic David Manning who gave the film critical praise. In late 2001, however, Manning was revealed to be fictitious, created by Sony to fake publicity for the film.