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“A STORY OF LIFE AND LOVE IN 1980!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 66, rated by 1 admin.
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A man from 1930 awakens in a supposedly futuristic 1980 of flying traffic, numbered citizens and regulated romance. The musical's dated comedy sits inside an impressive Art Deco science-fiction world. A fascinating early vision of tomorrow, best enjoyed for the enormous gap between prediction and reality.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 6/10
- Plot
- 9/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 8/10
- Rewatchability
- 7.5/10
“The future has arrived with flying cars and extremely unhelpful dating regulations.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 66
Synopsis and movie facts
New York, 1980: airplanes have replaced cars, numbers have replaced names, pills have replaced food, government-arranged marriages have replaced love, and test tube babies have replaced ... well, you get the idea. Scientists revive a man struck by lightning in 1930; he is rechristened "Single O". He is befriended by J-21, who can't marry the girl of his dreams because he isn't "distinguished" enough -- until he is chosen for a 4-month expedition to Mars by a renegade scientist. The Mars J-21, his friend, and stowaway Single O visit is full of scantily clad women doing Busby Berkeley-style dance numbers and worshiping a fat middle-aged man.
- Released
- 1930
- Directed by
- David Butler
- Running time
- 113 min
Starring
- El Brendel as Single O
- Maureen O'Sullivan as LN-18
- John Garrick as J-21
- Marjorie White as D-6
- Frank Albertson as RT-42
- Hobart Bosworth as Z-4
- Mischa Auer as B-36
- George Irving as Head of Marriage Tribunal (uncredited)
Research behind this pick
Researched . Explore the film references and reviews below.
- Film reference · themoviedb.org
Canonical film identity, release date, runtime, director credits, cast, genres, synopsis and poster checked against TMDB movie 90395.
- Review · moriareviews.com
The review criticises the comic lead's accent routine but praises the impressive model city and Art Deco sets.
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