Looker is a 1981 science fiction film written and directed by Michael Crichton. It starred Albert Finney, Susan Dey, and James Coburn. Former NFL linebacker Tim Rossovich was featured as the villain's main henchman. The film is a suspense/science fiction piece which comments upon and satirizes media, advertising, TV's effects on the populace, and ridiculous standard of beauty. Though spare in visual effects, the film is notable for being the first commercial film to attempt to make a realistic computer generated character, for the model named "Cindy." It was also the first film to create 3-D... shading with a computer, months before the release of the better-known Tron. Dr. Larry Roberts , a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon, is puzzled when four beautiful models working in television commercials request cosmetic surgery to make changes so minor as to be imperceptible to the naked eye. When these models later start dying under mysterious circumstances, he discovers they are all linked to the same advertisement research firm.
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| Release date: | October 30, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Michael Crichton |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 94 Minutes |
| Producer: | Howard Jeffrey |
| Editor: | Carl Kress |
| Music by: | Barry De Vorzon |
| Cinematography: | Paul Lohmann |
| Screenplay by: | Michael Crichton |
| Genre: | Thriller, Science Fiction |