''Virtual Sexuality'' is a 1999 film directed by Nick Hurran and starring

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, Luke de Lacey, and

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. The screenplay concerns a young woman who designs the perfect man at a virtual reality convention, but then an accident occurs causing the man to be brought to life.

Plot summary

17-year-old Justine (Laura Fraser) bemoans being a virgin so, after being stood-up on a date, goes to a virtual reality exhibition with her geeky friend Chas (Luke DeLacey). There she encounters a virtual makeover machine which she uses to create a 3-D image of her perfect man. After a freak power-cut Justine finds herself inside that male body, becoming her own ideal mate (Rupert Penry-Jones). Naming this alternate self "Jake", he moves in with Chas to try and come to terms with being a teenage boy. Jake then realises that an unaltered version of Justine is still around unaware of his existence. This unaltered Justine, on meeting Jake, falls for him unaware of the complications this poses. Jake fends her off by feigning interest in the infamous local man-eater known as "the Hoover". A frustrated Justine then decides she must lose her virginity at any cost, and dates the arrogant Alex to achieve this. As the big date looms, Chas and Jake attempt to thwart Justine's plans, and she eventually realises she prefers the unthreatening Chas.

Cast

as Justine *

as Jake * Luke de Lacey as Chas *

as Alex * Marcelle Duprey as Fran * Natasha Bell as Hoover * Steve John Shepherd as Jason * Laura MacAulay as Monica * Roger Frost as Frank *

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as Jackie *

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as Lucy * Preeya Kalidas as Charlotte *

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as Declan *

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as the Shoe Shop Assistant * Alan Westaway as Geoff * William Osborne as the Sex Shop Assistant

Production

The film appears to draw some of its inspiration from 1985's '' Weird Science'', but was based on the novel ''Virtual Sexual Reality'' (1994), which was part of Chloë Rayban's four-part "Justine" series of novels. The film was produced by The Noel Gay Motion Picture Company, who were also responsible for '' Trainspotting''. Filming took place in various locations around

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. The internal Virtual Reality Exhibition scenes were filmed at Elstree Studios, using a purpose built set. The tunnel was extended before filming of the explosion was done.

References

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* * * 1999 films British sex comedy films 1990s sex comedy films Films shot at Elstree Film Studios Films directed by Nick Hurran Films scored by Rupert Gregson-Williams Columbia Pictures films TriStar Pictures films Teen sex comedy films 1999 comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{1990s-UK-comedy-film-stub