Impostor

2001
PG-13
1h 35m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

25K

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Gary Sinise, Madeleine Stowe, and Mekhi Phifer in Impostor (2001)

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In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.In the future, an alien race uses androids as bombs to attack Earth. A government weapons specialist is accused of being one such android and sets out to prove his innocence.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

25K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination

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Trailer 1:29

Impostor: Director's Cut

Photos15

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Trivia
Young Spencer Olham is played by Mac Sinise, Gary Sinise's son.

Goofs
The bullet holes in Spencer's ESA jacket move around.

Quotes
Spencer Olham: [recounting the history of the atomic bomb] Oppenheimer sees the madness and urges the U.N. to gain control of thermonuclear development. The government turns around and calls him a Communist sympathizer. And when it was all over, Einstein said, "Only two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe."

Alternate versions
The movie faced several release dates that were changed many times and one of those times resulting in editing and some reshoots. This was done to edit it down to PG-13 from a previous R rating.

Connections
Featured in The Impostor Files: The Making of 'Impostor' (2002)

Soundtracks
Boy from Ipanema
Written by Antonio Carlos Jobim / Norman Gimbel / Vinicius de Moraes
Published by Universal Duchess Music Corporation (BMI)
And New Thunder Music, Inc. (BMI)
Performed by Crystal Waters
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group
Under License from Universal Music Enterprises

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Featured review

Skip the full length movie; watch the short version!

I watched the feature length "director's cut", then viewed the 37 minute short version on the dvd. The short film is much better! It's more faithful to the PKD story and captures the theme of identity and illusion vs reality more concisely. It's essentially the beginning and ending of the feature w/additional scenes that flesh out the characters. The short makes Olham a little more contradictory - he tells his wife that his project is a good thing, then he questions what he's doing with his friend at the Project. What's missing is the interminable chase that's been done better in innumerable films (see The Running Man for example). Vincent D'Onofrio is a particularly good villain who's not really a villain (or is he?)......................