''Virtual Obsession'' is a 1998

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television film directed by

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and starring

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and

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. It is based on the 1993 novel ''Host'' by Peter James.

Premise

Scientist Joe Messenger has created a

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controlling the city's utilities. Juliet Spring, a computer technician who becomes Joe's assistant, is incurably ill and plans to transfer her consciousness to Joe's supercomputer.

Cast

as Dr. Joe Messenger *

as Karen Messenger *

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as Jack *

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as Tom Inman *

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as Juliet Spring *Tom Nibley as Albert *Charles Grueber as Governor *David Jensen as Mayor *Cynthia Garris as Judge *Frank Gerrish as Coroner *Mary Bishop as Mary Alice *Nicole Guertin as Waitress

Production

''Virtual Obsession'' was filmed in Provo and Salt Lake City, Utah.

Broadcast

The film was first broadcast on ABC on Thursday, February 26, 1998, from 8-11 p.m. It has been rerun on cable TV under the title ''Host''.

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References

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