Of Unknown Origin [Blu-ray]

Director: George Pan Cosmatos George Pan Cosmatos

Overview

When a banking executive tries to outsmart an enormous and seriously pesky rat, it is a case of a battle of wits between two unarmed opponents in this tedious rodent horror treatise on the multiple dangers of rats. Bert Hughes (Peter Weller) is home alone in his Manhattan apartment, trying to work out a major change in his trust company when a noisy rat starts scratching around his periphery, and he becomes obsessed with exterminating it. By the time Hughes is through, his whole apartment is nearly exterminated -- and his friends are keeping their distance due to his rat-mania. (In the middle of a business dinner he brings up the topic of rats served as "stringy chicken" in an Asian country.) Rats may be Of Unknown Origin, but more than their questionable hygiene and genealogy is needed to frighten viewers.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2018
UPC:	0826663187335
Original Release:	1983
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	14,642

Special Features

NEW interviews with executive producer Pierre David and screenwriter Brian Taggert; Audio commentary with director George P. Cosmatos and actor Peter Weller; Theatrical trailer; Still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Peter Weller	Bart Hughes
Shannon Tweed	Meg Hughes
Jennifer Dale	Lorrie Wells
Lawrence Dane	Eliot Riverton,Eliot Riverton
Kenneth Welsh	James Hall
Louis Del Grande	Clete
Keith Knight	Salesman
Maury Chaykin	Dan
Leif Anderson	Peter
James Tapp	Meg's Father
Gayle Garfinkle	Janis
Earl Pennington	Thompson
Bronwen Mantel	Florence
Monik Nantel	Secretary
Jacklin Webb	News Vendor
Ken Wannberg	Composer

Technical Credits

Brian Taggert

George Pan Cosmatos	Director
Louis Craig	Special Effects
Pierre David	Executive Producer,Producer
Stephen Dupuis	Special Effects
Jacques Godbout	Special Effects
Claude Heroux	Producer
Brian Taggert	Screenwriter
Don Cohen	Sound/Sound Designer