This remake of the 1956 horror classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers moves the action from small-town USA to 1970s San Francisco and r eplaces at least part of the original's psychological horror with special e ffects.
\nSpores rain forth\, unseen\, from outer space\, and soon strange flowers begin popping up all over the city. After bringing one of t hese hybrid specimens home with her one night\, biologist Elizabeth Driscol l (Brooke Adams) notices that her live-in boyfriend\, Geoffrey (Art Hindle) \, doesn't seem like himself\; he's cold and distant and somehow just not q uite there.
\nWhen she turns to her friend Matthew Bennell (Donald Sutherland)\, a colleague at the Department of Public Health\, he convinces her to see his friend Dr. Kibner (Leonard Nimoy)\, a pop psychologist who argues that the problem is all in Elizabeth's head. Soon\, though\, Matthew and Elizabeth begin to notice that people all over the city are changing s ubtly and inexplicably.
\nWhen their friend Jack Bellicec (Jeff Gol dblum) and his wife Nancy (Veronica Cartwright) find a lifeless\, half-form ed doppelganger covered with plant fibers in the mud baths they own and ope rate\, the group of friends finally begins to understand that a sinister tr ansformation is sweeping their city. Kevin McCarthy and Don Siegel\, respec tively the star and director of the original film\, have small roles in the new version\, as does an unbilled Robert Duvall. ~ Brian J. Dillard\, All Movie Guide
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