The Lawnmower Man
- Director
- Brett Leonard
- Release Date
- March 6, 1992
- Studio(s)
- New Line Cinema
- Distributor(s)
- New Line Cinema
- Cast
- Jeremy Slate , Pierce Brosnan , Geoffrey Lewis , Jeff Fahey , Jenny Wright
- Writers
- Gimel Everett , Brett Leonard
- Runtime
- 108 minutes
- Budget
- $10 million
Summary
In the sci-fi movie The Lawnmower Man, a scientist uses virtual reality and psychoactive drugs to enhance the intelligence of a simple-minded gardener, but the experiment goes terribly wrong. Pierce Brosnan stars as Dr. Lawrence Angelo with Jeff Fahey as Jobe Smith.
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