Of Unknown Origin

– Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospec..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.20 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 29 Minutes
Release Year:
1983
Of Unknown Origin (1983)

Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent.

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Of Unknown Origin (1983) - Trailer

Release Date:

24 Nov 1983

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

George P. Cosmatos

Writer:

Chauncey G. Parker III (novel), Brian Taggert (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Peter Weller, Jennifer Dale, Lawrence Dane, Kenneth Welsh

Plot:

Bart Hughes has a pretty good life, a beautiful wife, a young son, a good job with promotion prospects, and a renovated brownstone in New York. When wife and kid leave for a vacation, Bart stays behind to work on a project that will earn him that promotion, unaware that a certain inhabitant of his basement has other plans for his time. Bart goes a bit bonkers trying to kill this rat, destroying most of his house in the process. Certain allegorical elements tie the household conflict to the "rat race" in his office, but the main event is certainly the night-and-day contest of wills between man and rodent.

Awards:

2 wins.

Production:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
Metacritic:
51%