Creator (1985)

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It's potentially dangerous, probably illegal and definitely crazy.

With the help of student assistant Boris and stolen university equipment, Dr. Harry Wolper plans to clone his dead wife. But then he meets Meli, an egg donor for his experiment, and they fall in love. Faced with choosing between his deceased wife and Meli, Dr. Wolper sees his situation in a new light when Boris' own new love, Barbara, falls into a coma. Meanwhile, another professor tries shutting down the cloning project.

• Released: 1985-09-20
• Genres: Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction
• Runtime: 1h 47m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 60 votes

Directed by Ivan Passer.

Top cast

• Peter O'Toole as Dr. Harry Wolper
• Mariel Hemingway as Meli
• Vincent Spano as Boris Lafkin
• Virginia Madsen as Barbara Spencer
• David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Sid Kullenbeck
• John Dehner as Paul
• Karen Kopins as Lucy Wolper
• Kenneth Tigar as Pavlo
• Elsa Raven as Mrs. Mallory
• Lee Kessler as Mrs. Pruitt

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Creator

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Fawesome, The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store

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