Total Recall: Book vs. Movie
Paul Verhoeven's 1990 film Total Recall draws on Philip K. Dick's short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale. Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid, whose attempt to buy memories of a trip to Mars puts his identity in question.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Philip K. Dick
- Year
- 1966
- Pages
- 278Buy book
Douglas Quail cannot afford a trip to Mars, so he visits Rekal to purchase memories of having gone there as a secret agent. The procedure uncovers something the technicians did not expect. Quail's modest life becomes increasingly difficult to reconcile with what he remembers and with the people determined to keep his past buried.
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Writer
- Gary Goldman, Jon Povill, Ronald Shusett, Philip K. Dick, Dan O'Bannon
- Year
- 1990
- Runtime
- 1 hr 53 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Ronny Cox
- Genre
- action, adventure, cyberpunk, dystopian, science fiction
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Construction worker Douglas Quaid buys an implanted memory of a holiday on Mars, complete with a secret-agent fantasy. When the procedure goes wrong, people he trusts turn against him and evidence suggests that his ordinary life is a fabrication. Following clues to Mars, he becomes involved with rebels fighting a ruler who controls the planet's air supply.
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