Often in the collections of Steven King's films-adaptations, you can see the 1992 lawn mower. We checked whether this picture is really based on the story of the king of horror.
The name of Stephen King among the authors of the science fiction film "The Lawnmower Man" can be found not only In thematic collections on social networks, but also On sites, dedicated to cinema, where King is indicated as one of the scriptwriters. And some of the bloggers He even calls the "lawn mower" the best adaptation of the writer's works.
Even on official posters, the picture is proud indicated King's name is Stephen King’s The Lawnmower Man. And there are such posters In different languages.
King really has the story “Lawn Mushroom”. He wrote it back in the 1970s, the first publication took place in Cavalier magazine in 1975, and later, in 1978, a story I got it In the collection "Night Shift). By plot The works of a man named Harold Parkett called a professional to cut the overgrown lawn, but the employee who came turned out to be a satire, serving the ancient Greek god Pan. As a result, the protagonist was sacrificed by the lawn mower and his “revived” red mowing.
In 1992, a fantastic film was released on cinema screens "Lawn mower" Director Brett Leonard with Jeff Fay and Pierce Brosnan in the main roles. According to the plot of the tape, the doctor conducted experiments on a mentally retarded lawmaker Job Smith, as a result of which he received a super -element and superpowers and went to virtual reality. Agree, it is not very similar to the "source". But then why did the King name use the name in the promotion?
The fact is that in the late 1980s the Allied Vision studio acquired The rights to the film adaptation of the mentioned story of King, but could not turn it into a full -length tape. Then the producers decided to unite the history of King with a different plot on the topic of virtual reality.
The script of the film was written by Brett Leonard and Gimel Everett. Initially, it was an original story called “Cybernetic God”, but then small elements from the works of King were added to it. So, in the film there is a scene with the murder of a secondary character named Harold Parkett - he was also cut by a self -propelled red mower (only in the cinema he was ruled by Job), then the police found the body of Harold on the lawn. And the organization The Shop, standing behind the experiments, was taken from other work of King - “flammable gaze” and “Tomminokers”.
The New Line distributor in the box office promoted a picture called "Stephen King's lawn mower." However, in May 1992, a writer filed a lawsuit Against the Allied Vision and New Line Cinema, claiming that the film “does not have a significant similarity” with his story, in addition to the name and a short two -minute scene. King demanded that his name be removed from advertising and credits.
However, even after a couple of court decisions in favor of King and the settlement agreement, the New Line studio continued to use the name of the writer, releasing video cassettes with his surname on the cover. Then in 1994 a federal judge Decidedthat the company expresses disrespect for the court, and gave it 30 days to fulfill the conditions, otherwise it was faced with a fine of $ 10,000 per day. After some time, the studio obeyed.
And real A film adaptation Stephen King's “lawn mower” was published in a short meter format in 1987. It's funny that Michael de Luca was the screenwriter of that short film, the future chief producer of the New Line Cinema studio.
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