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Total Recall (1990 film)
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<p><i>Total Recall</i> is a 1990 American <a href="/facts/Science_fiction_film/cNsrPn3y">science fiction</a> <a href="/facts/Action_film/5TjVB0kf">action film</a> directed by <a href="/facts/Paul_Verhoeven/psFSU6wl">Paul Verhoeven</a> and starring <a href="/facts/Arnold_Schwarzenegger/VwLVtykG">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>, <a href="/facts/Rachel_Ticotin/lDPy94Kz">Rachel Ticotin</a>, <a href="/facts/Sharon_Stone/BfaC3yzX">Sharon Stone</a>, <a href="/facts/Ronny_Cox/9yelDdGt">Ronny Cox</a>, and <a href="/facts/Michael_Ironside/eEGLxs8o">Michael Ironside</a>. The film is loosely based on the 1966 <a href="/facts/Philip_K._Dick/9at9kt0N">Philip K. Dick</a> short story "<a href="/facts/We_Can_Remember_It_for_You_Wholesale/mgVJrVaC">We Can Remember It for You Wholesale</a>". </p><p>The film tells the story of a construction worker who suddenly finds himself embroiled in espionage on <a href="/facts/Mars/AQGtVvz0">Mars</a> and unable to determine if the experiences are real or the result of memory implants. It was written by <a href="/facts/Ronald_Shusett/1qxV88QR">Ronald Shusett</a>, <a href="/facts/Dan_O%27Bannon/nMRxguN1">Dan O'Bannon</a>, <a href="/facts/Jon_Povill/MrCUtfhb">Jon Povill</a>, and <a href="/facts/Gary_Goldman_(screenwriter)/rtBQKy4c">Gary Goldman</a>, and won a <a href="/facts/Special_Achievement_Academy_Award/ErkvzUpb">Special Achievement Academy Award</a> for its <a href="/facts/Visual_effects/AdoEkAWU">visual effects</a>. The <a href="/facts/Film_score/2l9qJgnT">original score</a>, composed by <a href="/facts/Jerry_Goldsmith/JH9Prccq">Jerry Goldsmith</a>, won the <a href="/facts/BMI_Awards/udMNTlb6">BMI Film Music Award</a>. </p><p>With a budget of $50–60 million, <i>Total Recall</i> was <a href="/facts/List_of_most_expensive_films/LVUY30c9">one of the most expensive films made</a> at the time of its release, although estimates of its production budget vary and whether it ever actually held the record is not certain. The film grossed $261 million worldwide. </p>