Over 4 weeks and 6 days.
An alternate ending was filmed but deleted because it didn't do well with test audiences which Ronnie dreams of a baby hatching from a cocoon.
It's probable the both of them (including the child) would have been fused together in some way. Unlike when Seth transported himself, it's likely he had since solved any relevant problems with the machine in an attempt to restore himself. In the Fly 2, this happens near the end, however only 2 people are transported, not 3. It's also uncertain as to what their condition would be and what exactly they would look like.
The porthole window on the machine is concave, because of this, it appears that the fly is on the outside of the window when in fact it is on the inside. Soon after the door is locked you can see the insect flying around in the pod.
He doesn't. As Seth's transformation into Brundlefly finalizes, his upper body stretches and elongates while his legs reduce in size (the left one developing an additional joint while the right one becomes inverted).
The movie demonstrates that anything else in the teleporter would have been fused during the teleport process. So if Brundle teleported with clothes on, he would not necessarily be wearing them, but they would be somehow fused within his genetic makeup, likely killing him in the process.
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Research scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) meets Veronica "Ronnie" Quaife (Geena Davis), a journalist for Particle magazine, at a meet-the-press event held by Bartok Science Industries, the company that provides funding for Brundle's work. In an attempt to woo Ronnie, Seth shows her his latest invention, a teleporter that transports matter from one pod to another. Until recently, he has only tried teleporting inanimate objects. However, when he successfully teleports a living baboon, he rashly decides to try it on himself. Unfortunately, there is a housefly in the pod with him, and the teleporter fuses its atoms with Seth's, causing him to slowly transform into Brundlefly, a human-fly hybrid.
The Fly is remake of The Fly (1958), both of which are based on a short story of the same name by French-born (later British) author George Langelaan (1908-1972). The story was first published in the June, 1957 issue of Playboy magazine. It was adapted for the screen by Charles Edward Pogue and later revised by David Cronenberg (who also directed the film). A sequel, The Fly II (1989) was released in 1989.
It's unlikely that a compound fracture such as this one would ever actually happen during arm-wrestling. Although some people have had their arms broken during arm-wrestling, there's never been a report of it being as gory or severe as the injury seen in this film. The other person would have to have a superhuman amount of strength, just as Brundle does in the film. Some people believe that the liquid seen between Brundle and Marky's hands during the match is something similar to his vomit-drop and that it somehow helped him break the man's arm. Others argue that the liquid was just Marky's sweat from straining so hard.
Ronnie learns that she is pregnant with Seth's baby and consults a doctor about having an abortion. Just as the procedure is about to begin, the Brundlefly bursts through a window and carries her to his laboratory where he plans to send both Ronnie and himself through the teleporter with the hopes of reducing the amount of fly DNA in his body. Meanwhile, Stathis (John Getz) has also gone to the lab, armed with a shotgun. The Brundlefly intercepts him and regurgitates his digestive enzymes on Stathis' left hand and right foot, causing his hand to dissolve away while his severed foot is lifted off by Seth. As Seth hovers over the unconscious Stathis, ready to vomit onto his face and likely kill him, Ronnie manages to stop him. The Brundlefly attempts to coerce Ronnie into the teleporter, but she fights him, breaking off his jaw, causing the Brundlefly to complete his transformation into a fly. Now completely transformed, the Brundlefly throws Ronnie into a pod and initiates the fusion sequence, then climbs into another pod. The wounded Stathis uses his shotgun to shoot the cables connecting Ronnie's telepod to the computer and lets her out. The receiving pod opens and the Brundlefly crawls out, now a grotesque fusion of himself and part of the telepod. Ronnie picks up the shotgun and approaches him. Brundle uses his claw to point the shotgun at his own head, silently asking Ronnie to kill him. At first, she resists, but finally pulls the trigger.
Perhaps not. The idea was to mitigate his mutations, not necessarily reverse them, and his unborn child would, he's guessing, provide some sort of extra source of genetic material. Yet he'd also be splicing his genes with the mother, and she still had her clothes—as established in the finale, teleporting with inanimate matter is as bad as teleporting with another living thing. Following the logic of the movie, the consequent result would inevitably be a grotesque abomination. At this stage his mental state has degraded severely, and it's been suggested by the crew that Brundle's plan was a matter of delusion and desperation rather than a worked-through, scientific idea that his "old self" would've concocted.
We're not told in this film. In the opening of the sequel The Fly II (1989), however, Veronica gives birth to Brundle's son Martin and dies from complications. The producers of that film got around Geena Davis' refusal to appear again as Veronica by filming the replacement actress from a distance.
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- How long is The Fly?1 hour and 36 minutes
- When was The Fly released?August 15, 1986
- What is the IMDb rating of The Fly?7.6 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in The Fly?Seth Brundle, Veronica Quaife, Stathis Borans, Tawny, and Marky
- What is the plot of The Fly?A brilliant but eccentric scientist begins to transform into a giant man/fly hybrid after one of his experiments goes horribly wrong.
- What was the budget for The Fly?$15 million
- How much did The Fly earn at the worldwide box office?$60.6 million
- How much did The Fly earn at the US box office?$40.5 million
- What is The Fly rated?R
- What genre is The Fly?Drama, Horror, and Sci-Fi
- How many awards has The Fly won?7 awards
- How many awards has The Fly been nominated for?17 nominations
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