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(1998 independent feature film)
A highly hyped teenage horror film, Disturbing Behavior explores the possibility of reprogramming unruly adolescents to conform to adult wishes. Aimed at the lucrative (and very young) scarey movie audience, the film stars tv teens James Marsden, Katie Holmes and Nick Stahl with Bruce Greenwood as the bad, bad scientist behind the dastardly scheme to lobotomize their brains.
The science fiction thriller is the first directorial effort in motion pictures for David Nutter, the successful television helmer who'd worked with Greenwood on Sleepwalkers a few months before but is probably best known for his work on the hugely successful The X Files. Filming took place in Greenwood's home town of Vancouver, Canada from January 19 - March 16, 1998 and was released quickly afterward on July 24th. As some of the collected articles indicate, the film had high expectations, not only because of the popular teenage horror craze of the time but also because of all the talents involved both in front and behind of the cameras. Unfortunately, the film was hurriedly released in an effort to get it out before movies that would appeal to the same audience and consequently suffered from questionable editing changes. Even though Greenwood's Dr. Caldicott is a pivotal character, producers decided the film should concentrate on the teen-aged stars and against the director's wishes had all adult roles pared down, resulting in a lost plot and screen time for Bruce Greenwood that amounted to little more than 5 minutes by the time the movie was released.
Fortunately the DVD has two of his eliminated scenes attached as an addenda to explain somewhat Dr. Caldicott's purpose and itinerary. The commentary by Nutter further reveals Greenwood wrote several of his more facetious lines, indicating he must have found the role extremely amusing. It's also interesting to note that Bruce Greenwood was the last role cast, and that Nutter insisted the character be attractive and charismatic, rather than crazed and obsessive as producers had planned.
Behavioral Problem Productions, Ltd., Burnaby, BC
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 Dr. Caldicott lectures the parents |
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