The Human Duplicators
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The Human Duplicators is an American science fiction film
released in 1965
by independent company Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc.
) who is dispatched to Earth from a faraway galaxy on orders to create android doppelgängers
by employing the scientific services of hypnotized cyberneticist
Prof. Vaughn Dornheimer (George Macready
). This mission of colonization is thwarted not by the FBI agents, sent to investigate, but by him falling in love with the scientist's beautiful blind
niece Lisa (Dolores Faith).
as Jaws of the Alien to cash in on Kiel's later appearances as Jaws in the James Bond movies
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Science fiction film
Science fiction film is a film genre that uses science fiction: speculative, science-based depictions of phenomena that are not necessarily accepted by mainstream science, such as extraterrestrial life forms, alien worlds, extrasensory perception, and time travel, often along with futuristic...
released in 1965
1965 in film
The year 1965 in film involved some significant events, with The Sound of Music topping the U.S. box office.-Top grossing films : After theatrical re-issue- Awards :Academy Awards:...
by independent company Woolner Brothers Pictures Inc.
Plot
The plot involves a giant alien named Dr. Kolos (Richard KielRichard Kiel
Richard Dawson Kiel is an American actor best known for his role as the steel-toothed Jaws in the James Bond movies The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker as well as the video game Everything or Nothing, and Mr. Larson in Happy Gilmore...
) who is dispatched to Earth from a faraway galaxy on orders to create android doppelgängers
Doppelgänger
In fiction and folklore, a doppelgänger is a paranormal double of a living person, typically representing evil or misfortune...
by employing the scientific services of hypnotized cyberneticist
Cyberneticist
A cyberneticist or a cybernetician is a person who practices cybernetics.Heinz von Foerster once told Stuart Umpleby that Norbert Wiener preferred the term "cybernetician" rather than "cyberneticist", perhaps because Wiener was a mathematician rather than a physicist.On the other hand, Nicolas...
Prof. Vaughn Dornheimer (George Macready
George Macready
George Peabody Macready, Jr. , was an American stage, film, and television actor often cast in roles as polished villains.-Background:...
). This mission of colonization is thwarted not by the FBI agents, sent to investigate, but by him falling in love with the scientist's beautiful blind
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
niece Lisa (Dolores Faith).
Release
Released in some foreign markets as Space Agent K1, the film was released on VHSVHS
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as Jaws of the Alien to cash in on Kiel's later appearances as Jaws in the James Bond movies
James Bond (film series)
The James Bond film series is a British series of motion pictures based on the fictional character of MI6 agent James Bond , who originally appeared in a series of books by Ian Fleming. Earlier films were based on Fleming's novels and short stories, followed later by films with original storylines...
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