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eXistenZ

1999
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6.8/10

Release Date

14/04/1999

Popularity

🍅 Rotten Tomatoes
77%
🎬 Internet Movie Database
68%
Ⓜ️ Metacritic
70%

In the near future, virtual reality consoles have left electronics behind. They are now biotech organisms called game pods, which connect to bio-ports, surgically implanted connectors in players' spines. Allegra Geller is a video game designer and the creator of eXistenZ, a game so original that players follow it with devotion. Her professional world is dominated by the rivalry between two companies, Antenna Research and Cortical Systematics, which compete for the market. Meanwhile, a group of fanatics known as the Realists opposes both companies and denounces that virtual reality games distort the real world.

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Facts about eXistenZ

Releases, age ratings, box office, post-credit scenes and more.

Post-credits sceneNone
Age ratingNot recommended for viewers under 18 years old
Spain releaseOctober 8, 1999
Worldwide premiereFebruary 16, 1999
Runtime1 h 37 min
Original languageEnglish
CountriesCanada, United Kingdom
Production companiesAlliance Atlantis, Serendipity Point Films, Natural Nylon Entertainment
Budget$15.0M
Worldwide box office$2.9M
Box office returnx0.2 Box office flop
Trailer views41K

More ratings

3.6/5Letterboxd68/100Trakt7.4/10Metacritic (público)3.0/4Roger Ebert

eXistenZ Cast

Don McKellar
Don McKellarYevgeny Nourish
Christopher Eccleston
Christopher EcclestonSeminar Leader
Robert A. Silverman
Robert A. SilvermanD'Arcy Nader
Oscar Hsu
Oscar HsuChinese Waiter
Kirsten Johnson
Kirsten JohnsonFemale Assistant
James Kirchner
James KirchnerLandry
Balázs Koós
Balázs KoósMale Volunteer
Stephanie Belding
Stephanie BeldingFemale Volunteer
Gerry Quigley
Gerry QuigleyTrout Farm Worker

Cast of eXistenZ also appears in these series

Cast of eXistenZ by the numbers

38average cast age in years
11years of age gap between the leads
24%women in the cast
31%women in the crew

The youngest in the main cast: Sarah Polley, age 20 at release. The oldest: Ian Holm, at 68.

Cast ages at release

Cast heights

Cast nationalities

Canada 4United States 2United Kingdom 2

Crew

  • AddressDavid Cronenberg
  • WritingDavid Cronenberg
  • MusicHoward Shore
  • PhotographyPeter Suschitzky
  • EditingRonald Sanders
  • Production designCarol Spier
  • Costume designDenise Cronenberg
  • CastingDeirdre Bowen
  • Visual effectsJames Isaac
  • ProductionAndrás Hámori, David Cronenberg, Robert Lantos

Trivia about eXistenZ

The idea came from an interview David Cronenberg conducted with Salman Rushdie for Shift magazine in 1995, while Rushdie was living in hiding under a fatwa against him.
Cronenberg avoided conventional futuristic aesthetics: he included no computers, televisions or screens, and no mirrors, jewelry or patterned clothing in the production design and costumes.
The film was first pitched to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which did not give it the green light because of its complex structure. The project had to find another way to move forward.
Jennifer Jason Leigh kept one of the pods used as a prop between takes to strengthen her maternal bond with the object during the shoot.

Sources: Wikipedia (English)

What it's about eXistenZ

hackervideo gamevirtual realitypop starbodyguarddystopiavirtual fightnear future

Main theme: telepresence, virtual reality, escapism, reality

What eXistenZ is called in other countries

It was released in 17 countries, each in its own language.

  • GermanyeXistenZ - Du bist das Spiel
  • Japanイグジステンズ
  • South Korea엑시스텐즈
  • China感官游戏
  • RussiaЭкзистенция
  • ArgentinaeXistenZ, mundo virtual
  • BulgariaЕкзистенц
  • Georgiaეგზისტენცია
  • Hong KongX 接觸:來自異世界
  • HungaryeXistenZ - Az élet játék
  • Israelאקזיסטנז
  • SerbiaПостојање
See the remaining 5 countries
  • TaiwanX接觸:來自異世界
  • Thailandเกมมิติทะลุนรก
  • TurkeyVaroluş
  • UkraineЕкзистенція
  • VietnamTrò Chơi Quái Ác

Where it was filmed eXistenZ

Filming

Filming locations

Source: Wikidata. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Quotes by eXistenZ

  • [after killing Ted] Have I won? Have I won the game? Have I won?
  • Allegra, what if we're not in the game anymore?
  • You have to play the game to find out why you're playing the game.
  • I want to put the game on pause. The game can be paused, can't it? I mean, all games can be paused, right?

Source: Wikiquote (CC BY-SA)

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Soundtrack from eXistenZ

Original music by Howard Shore

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