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Man with the Screaming Brain is a 2005 science fiction/slapstick film co-written, produced, directed, and starring Bruce Campbell. It is Campbell's feature film directorial debut. The film was co-written by David Goodman and co-stars Ted Raimi.
Bruce Campbell plays William Cole, the wealthy CEO of a U.S. drug company who travels to Bulgaria with his wife, Jackie in the hopes of diversifying his company's financial interests. Cole is a stereotypicalugly American who constantly complains about the lack of Americanization of the former communist country. They're driven to a hotel by a taxi driver, and former KGB agent, named Yegor Stragov, in which Yegor gives William a ring to give to Jackie. While William is at the construction of a subway, Jackie secretly cheats on William with Yegor.
William gets back to the hotel and bumps into the hotel maid and gypsy, Tatoya, who kills men that date and dump her. Jackie then comes in, catches William kissing Tatoya and dumps him. William chases Tatoya, who had taken William's money and ring (which is revealed to be Tatoya's that she gave to Yegor when they dated), and Tatoya knocks him in the head with a pipe outside the hotel. Yegor witnesses this and so Tatoya kills Yegor with his own gun.
A vengeful Jackie has William’s life support plug pulled in hospital, and then goes to Gypsy Town where Tatoya lives and attempts to kill her, only to have Tatoya kill her by throwing her down a flight of stairs. Meanwhile, a still alive William wakes up in the warehouse of a Russian scientist named Dr. Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, and his idiotic assistant Pavel, who had removed the damaged parts of William's brain and replaced it with healthy tissue from Yegor's. When William runs out of the warehouse, he discovers he can hear Yegor's voice in his head; together they both plan to "get the woman that killed us both". Jackie, who had also been picked up by Dr. Ivanov and Pavel, has her brain put inside a robot; and so she escapes and also plans to exact revenge on Tatoya.
William/Yegor and Robo-Jackie chase Tatoya around town. William gets involved in a car crash with his foot underneath a car and Tatoya makes another attempt to kill William by setting the leaking car gasoline alight. Jackie saves him and is presumed dead in the explosion. After avoiding some bar punks that believe William "raped Tatoya on her wedding day", William/Yegor begin suffering brain damage due to their cells not able to coexist in the same head. Jackie, who had survived the explosion, appears and attempts to kill Tatoya by throwing her off a bridge; until Tatoya stabs Jackie's brain, causing her to malfunction, and has Jackie thrown off the bridge. William chases Tatoya through the subway construction and the sewer and finally kills Tatoya by dropping her in sewer river, but not before taking back the ring. William and Jackie then confess their love for each other before Jackie's batteries finally die, as does William due to the brain cells of him and Yegor wearing out. Pavel brings William, Jackie and Tatoya's body back to Dr. Ivanov to fix them; as he had earlier found a way to make William and Yegor's brain cells coexist in the same head.
The movie ends with William back in the U.S. six months later, still sharing his body with Yegor's brain now completely synched and stabilized. He goes to a brain trauma benefit with Jackie, whose brain had been transferred into Tatoya's body.
The Man with the Screaming Brain was originally supposed to take place in East L.A., but it was shot in Bulgaria instead, in order to save production costs. Campbell persuaded Syfy to let him rewrite the script so that it would be set in Bulgaria, instead of trying to make Bulgaria look like East L.A., which saved the production further money.[2]
Release
The production was financed in part by the Sci Fi Channel, where it was aired for the first time on television on September 25, 2005. It premiered on April 3, 2005 at the IHouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was supposed to premiere that same night at the Broadway Theater in Pitman, New Jersey; however, that theater went bankrupt earlier in the week and a new venue was found (the IHouse).[citation needed]
Campbell then took the film with him on his book tour and it was shown at a limited number of theaters throughout the summer of 2005.
Reception
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 33% of 12 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.9/10.[3] Joshua Siebalt of Dread Central rated it 3/5 stars and wrote, "The story is pretty ridiculous from start to finish, but that's not necessarily a bad thing since the film doesn't take itself seriously at all."[4] Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic.com rated it 4/5 stars and called it "a decent and diverting piece of work from perhaps the hardest-working man in movies."[5]
Negative reviews came from Dennis Harvey of Variety, who called it "a comedy that doesn't build, lacks structural integrity, and often falls flat. But it's also winningly loopy, with bizarre incidental ideas and performance riffing making for a series of parts that almost make up for the faults of the whole",[6] and Mark de la Viña of San Jose Mercury News, who called it "an unapologetically sloppy jumble of Roger Corman-style antics that could only hope to inspire their own drinking game."[7]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Man with the Screaming Brain news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article June 2017 Learn how and when to remove this template message Man with the Screaming Brain is a 2005 science fiction slapstick film co written produced directed and starring Bruce Campbell It is Campbell s feature film directorial debut The film was co written by David Goodman and co stars Ted Raimi Man with the Screaming BrainTheatrical release posterDirected byBruce CampbellWritten byBruce CampbellStory byBruce CampbellDavid GoodmanSam Raimi as R O C Sandstorm Produced byBruce CampbellJeff FranklinDavid GoodmanBob PerkisStarringBruce CampbellTamara GorskiVladimir KolevAntoinette ByronStacy KeachTed RaimiCinematographyDavid WorthEdited byShawn PaperMusic byJoseph LoDucaDistributed bySyfyRelease dateApril 3 2005 2005 04 03 Running time90 minutesCountriesGermanyUnited StatesLanguagesEnglish Bulgarian RussianBudget 3 000 000 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 Reception 6 Adaptations 7 References 8 External linksPlot EditBruce Campbell plays William Cole the wealthy CEO of a U S drug company who travels to Bulgaria with his wife Jackie in the hopes of diversifying his company s financial interests Cole is a stereotypical ugly American who constantly complains about the lack of Americanization of the former communist country They re driven to a hotel by a taxi driver and former KGB agent named Yegor Stragov in which Yegor gives William a ring to give to Jackie While William is at the construction of a subway Jackie secretly cheats on William with Yegor William gets back to the hotel and bumps into the hotel maid and gypsy Tatoya who kills men that date and dump her Jackie then comes in catches William kissing Tatoya and dumps him William chases Tatoya who had taken William s money and ring which is revealed to be Tatoya s that she gave to Yegor when they dated and Tatoya knocks him in the head with a pipe outside the hotel Yegor witnesses this and so Tatoya kills Yegor with his own gun A vengeful Jackie has William s life support plug pulled in hospital and then goes to Gypsy Town where Tatoya lives and attempts to kill her only to have Tatoya kill her by throwing her down a flight of stairs Meanwhile a still alive William wakes up in the warehouse of a Russian scientist named Dr Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov and his idiotic assistant Pavel who had removed the damaged parts of William s brain and replaced it with healthy tissue from Yegor s When William runs out of the warehouse he discovers he can hear Yegor s voice in his head together they both plan to get the woman that killed us both Jackie who had also been picked up by Dr Ivanov and Pavel has her brain put inside a robot and so she escapes and also plans to exact revenge on Tatoya William Yegor and Robo Jackie chase Tatoya around town William gets involved in a car crash with his foot underneath a car and Tatoya makes another attempt to kill William by setting the leaking car gasoline alight Jackie saves him and is presumed dead in the explosion After avoiding some bar punks that believe William raped Tatoya on her wedding day William Yegor begin suffering brain damage due to their cells not able to coexist in the same head Jackie who had survived the explosion appears and attempts to kill Tatoya by throwing her off a bridge until Tatoya stabs Jackie s brain causing her to malfunction and has Jackie thrown off the bridge William chases Tatoya through the subway construction and the sewer and finally kills Tatoya by dropping her in sewer river but not before taking back the ring William and Jackie then confess their love for each other before Jackie s batteries finally die as does William due to the brain cells of him and Yegor wearing out Pavel brings William Jackie and Tatoya s body back to Dr Ivanov to fix them as he had earlier found a way to make William and Yegor s brain cells coexist in the same head The movie ends with William back in the U S six months later still sharing his body with Yegor s brain now completely synched and stabilized He goes to a brain trauma benefit with Jackie whose brain had been transferred into Tatoya s body Cast EditBruce Campbell as William Cole Tamara Gorski as Tatoya Ted Raimi as Pavel Antoinette Byron as Jackie Cole Stacy Keach as Dr Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov Vladimir Kolev as Yegor Stragov Valentine Glasbeily as Uri Velizar Binev as The Mayor Raicho Vasilev as The Bartender Jonas Talkington as Larry Mihail Elanov as Punk 1 Neda Sokolovska as The Waitress Remington Franklin as Bar Punk Todor Nikolov as Doctor uncredited Yuri Safchev as Tatoya s Father uncredited Production EditThe Man with the Screaming Brain was originally supposed to take place in East L A but it was shot in Bulgaria instead in order to save production costs Campbell persuaded Syfy to let him rewrite the script so that it would be set in Bulgaria instead of trying to make Bulgaria look like East L A which saved the production further money 2 Release EditThe production was financed in part by the Sci Fi Channel where it was aired for the first time on television on September 25 2005 It premiered on April 3 2005 at the IHouse in Philadelphia Pennsylvania It was supposed to premiere that same night at the Broadway Theater in Pitman New Jersey however that theater went bankrupt earlier in the week and a new venue was found the IHouse citation needed Campbell then took the film with him on his book tour and it was shown at a limited number of theaters throughout the summer of 2005 Reception EditRotten Tomatoes a review aggregator reports that 33 of 12 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review the average rating was 4 9 10 3 Joshua Siebalt of Dread Central rated it 3 5 stars and wrote The story is pretty ridiculous from start to finish but that s not necessarily a bad thing since the film doesn t take itself seriously at all 4 Rob Gonsalves of eFilmCritic com rated it 4 5 stars and called it a decent and diverting piece of work from perhaps the hardest working man in movies 5 Negative reviews came from Dennis Harvey of Variety who called it a comedy that doesn t build lacks structural integrity and often falls flat But it s also winningly loopy with bizarre incidental ideas and performance riffing making for a series of parts that almost make up for the faults of the whole 6 and Mark de la Vina of San Jose Mercury News who called it an unapologetically sloppy jumble of Roger Corman style antics that could only hope to inspire their own drinking game 7 Adaptations EditDark Horse Comics published a four issue comic book series based on the film References Edit Marx Andy 1993 02 08 TAE IRS bow two joint pix Variety Retrieved 2014 01 05 Campbell Bruce Attack of the Screaming Brain Hail to the Chin Further Confessions of a B Movie Actor St Martin s ISBN 978 1 250 12560 6 The Man with the Screaming Brain Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 2014 01 02 Siebalt Joshua 2005 06 22 Man With the Screaming Brain The 2005 Dread Central Retrieved 2014 01 02 Gonsalves Rob 2006 12 25 Man with the Screaming Brain eFilmCritic com Retrieved 2014 01 02 Harvey Dennis 2005 06 20 Review Man with the Screaming Brain Variety Retrieved 2014 01 02 de la Vina Mark 2005 06 25 Man with the Screaming Brain San Jose Mercury News via Rotten Tomatoes External links EditMan with the Screaming Brain at IMDb SciFi Channel s site Commentary on the Premier 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