Karen Garrett, a promising young doctor, is assigned to perform a difficult operation on Teach, an advanced android who has never "blanked" (had his memory erased.) She soon realizes that Teach is much more than an assignment, and is drawn to his desire for a very human life. When Karen takes Teach into the outside world, they soon discover that there is something far more mysterious and dangerous than a medical experiment planned for them.
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Mid-90's science fiction that almost feels like mid-80's or even mid-70's science fiction, perhaps because it's a TV movie, perhaps because of Isaac Asimov's influence. Griffin Dunne plays an android who has been designed as a learning aid for medical students. He feels no pain, and can give the doctor feedback about what is happening inside of them during surgery. It's quite a neat concept... but the problem, of course, is that these androids have a kind of sentience that is a little too close to human.
In retrospect, the movie has a very "television" feel -- the pace, the character interaction, the way it's shot. But there is enough interesting going on here that I didn't realize it was made for TV until I looked it up just now. The VHS art makes it look like any other film. VHS was good at that.
ho cercato questo film ovunque. non l’ho trovato. ho chiesto ai miei amici se loro lo trovavano. non l’hanno trovato. l’unica alternativa rimasta era comprare un dvd. il dvd di questo film esiste solo per la regione 1. ho dovuto cercare un modo per poterlo vedere qui nella regione 2. l’ho trovato (o meglio, il mio amico l’ha trovato). decido di comprarlo dall’America. lo pago 24€. me lo spediscono in ritardo. mi rimborsano più della metà del prezzo pagato. mi arriva dopo 3 settimane. ora è tra le mie mani. oggi l’ho messo sul pc e me lo sono finalmente guardata. non è un granché. mi aspettavo molto di più. ma ne è valsa la pena per Griffin Dunne? certo. lo rifarei? ovviamente sì.
It had some interesting ideas that were never well explored. I know this was a made for TV movie but the whole thing seemed more like a cheap episode of Ray Bradbury Theater.
In the future medical students learn surgery by experimenting on android clones...they act as teachers in which the med students can also operate on. One particular student doctor is assigned to learn from William, a particularly weird 'Teach' who wants out of the guinea pig business. This movie is a remake of an episode of "Perverse Destiny" called TEACH 109 starring Jason Patric, Anne Heche and James Earl Jones, one which I am still trying to find. I never saw it, but it was a half hour TV episode. This movie was actually pretty decent, and I'd like to see the original. Like an upgraded 'Outer Limits' episode, the production value is TV Movie quality...because I guess it was a…
