Memoirs of an Invisible Man [Blu-ray]

Director: John Carpenter John Carpenter

Overview

Chevy Chase stars, though not always visibly, as Nick Halloway, a low-level businessman with an acerbic approach to life and work, whose humdrum existence utterly bores him. Nick gets an unexpected jolt of excitement when, nursing a hangover, he's the only one not to evacuate an office building that becomes a disaster area after a mishap involving nuclear testing equipment. An unexpected by-product of the accident is that it turns the molecules of the building, as well as Nick and the clothes he's wearing, transparent. When a team of shady government agents, led by David Jenkins (Sam Neill), notices that a human has been turned invisible, they try to take him into custody, planning to use him as the most dangerous secret intelligence agent the world has ever known. Distrusting their motives, the frantic and confused Nick escapes, and quickly begins learning new information about his unusual condition, such pragmatic details as trying to sleep when he can see through his eyelids and any unprocessed food he eats will give him away. Soon, however, he discovers that the scientist in charge of the experiments (Jim Norton) has no idea how to return him to normal, and begins plotting how best to live a semblance of a normal life while steering clear of his pursuers. Nick involves a beautiful woman he met the night before the accident (Daryl Hannah) in his dilemma, and soon she too becomes a target. Memoirs of an Invisible Man was adapted from a book by H.F. Saint.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/24/2018
UPC:	0826663188738
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	18,070

Special Features

Outtakes; "How To Become Invisible: the Dawn of Digital FX"; Theatrical trailer; TV spots

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Chevy Chase	Nick Halloway
Daryl Hannah	Alice Monroe
Sam Neill	David Jenkins
Michael McKean	George Talbot
Stephen Tobolowsky	Warren Singleton
Jim Norton	Dr. Bernard Wachs
Pat Skipper	Morrissey
Paul Perri	Gomez
Richard Epcar	Tyler
Steven Barr	Clellan
Gregory Paul Martin	Richard
Patricia Heaton	Ellen
Barry Kivel	Betrunkener Geschäftsmann
Donald Li	Taxifahrer
Rosalind Chao	Cathy DiTolla
Jay Gerber	Roger Whitman
Shay Duffin	Patrick der Barkeeper
Edmund L. Shaff	Edward Schneiderman
Sam Anderson	Chairman of the House Committee
Elaine Corral	Nachrichtensprecher
Ellen Albertini Dow	Mrs. Coulson
Jonathan Wigan	Lieferant
I.M. Hobson	Maitre d'
Rip Haight	Helikopter Pilot
Chip Heller	Mann der Taxi ruft
Aaron Lustig	Monteur
Sharon Howard-Field	Actor
John Carpenter	Helicopter Pilot
Shirley Walker	Composer

Technical Credits

Robert Collector

Dana Olsen

William Goldman

John Carpenter	Director
Robert Collector	Screenwriter
Dana Olsen	Screenwriter
William Goldman	Screenwriter
Bruce Bodner	Producer
Dan Kolsrud	Producer
Arnon Milchan	Executive Producer,Producer
Larz Anderson	Special Effects,Special Effects
Bruce Nicholson	Special Effects
James Halty	Stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	Stunts
Jim Alexander	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Those who viewed the underrated Memoirs of an Invisible Man as a comedy without any laughs, and subsequently trashed it, got it all wrong. Despite the presence of funnyman Chevy Chase and a mis-categorization at the video store, this isn't a comedy at all; the involvement of director John Carpenter should have been a firm tip-off that it was meant as an effects thriller about the weird or unknown. On that score, it's a tight little package that touches on most of the fascinating issues about invisibility, notably the central conundrum that theoretically unlimited freedom is an empty proposition when it requires loneliness and loss of identity. Most invisibility movies are just a pretext for special effects wizards to visualize what things look like when handled, worn, or knocked over by a person who can't be seen, and Memoirs of an Invisible Man doesn't always delve deeper than this surface gimmick. But the script, by William Goldman, Robert Collector, and Dana Olsen, exists as a generally intelligent chase story that never stretches suspension of disbelief beyond the basic premise. Chase's gumshoe narration typifies his sober approach to the material, and in a way, it's regrettable that his attempts received such a critical slap in the face because he hasn't since ventured beyond pratfalls and one-liners. It's no classic, but Memoirs of an Invisible Man has ten times the intellect and soul of Paul Verhoeven's big-budget slasher approach to the same topic, the maddening dud Hollow Man (2000).

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