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The Fly book cover
The Fly
1957
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"The Fly" is a short story by George Langelaan that was published in the June 1957 issue of Playboy magazine. It was first filmed in 1958 with David Hedison as Andre Delambre, Patricia Owens as Helene Delambre, and Vincent Price as François Delambre, directed by Kurt Neumann. In 1986, the remake of the 1958 film with stars Jeff Goldblum as Seth Brundle (who is in the same role as Andre Delambre), Geena Davis as Veronica Qualife, and John Getz as Stathis Boranz, directed and co-written by David Cronenberg. An opera of the same name by Howard Shore premiered at the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris, in 2008.

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George Langelaan
Author · 3 books
He is best known for his 1957 short story The Fly, which was the basis for the 1958 and 1986 sci-fi/horror films and a 2008 opera of the same name.
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