The final programme 1973, directed by robert fuest film. Watch the final programme add to watchlist a trio of scientists plan to create a selfreplicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the final programme developed by a nobel prize winning dead scientist. A trio of scientists plan to create a selfreplicating, immortal. Jon finch is topcast as a rebellious intellectual in a devastated world seeking a new. Cult director robert fuests dystopian 1973 scifi thriller the final programme makes its. After the death of his nobel prizewinning father, billionaire physicist jerry cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious final programme, developed by his father. Having not read the book, i had nothing to compare it to but as a corrective to stanley kubricks impossibly bleak a clockwork orange it was most welcome. The final programme 1973 a trio of scientists plan to create a selfreplicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the final programme developed by a nobel prizewinning dead scientist. The final programme is a 1973 british fantasy science fictionthriller film directed by robert. The final programme by robert fuest jon finch, jenny. A trio of scientists plan to create a selfreplicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the final programme developed by a nobel prizewinning dead scientist. The 70s cult scifi thriller from the director of the abominable dr. Ive only just heard of the death of the director robert fuest the avengers, the vincent price films the abominable doctor phibes and doctor phibes rises again, and soon the darkness and the final programme last week. Derided by critics upon its release, robert fuest s the final programme 1973 was a brave attempt to adapt michael moorcock s 1968 novel to the big screen.
The final programme, with jon finch as moorcocks futuristic dandy jerry cornelius and an absurdist take on the end of the world, is a remarkable achievement, though the author did not care for it. Special features include original theatrical trailers, an italian title sequence, image gallery, and promotional material in pdf format. It is the only moorcock novel to have reached the screen. The final programme is a 1973 british fantasy science fictionthriller film directed by robert fuest, and starring jon finch and jenny runacre. Robert fuest, who has died aged 84, was a film and television director noted in the seventies for his excursions into the horror genre, which he explored with black humour in. Trailer for the final programme aka the last days of man on earth the 1973 film based on the novel by michael moorcock. The final programme 1973 the last days of man on earth, the final programme 1973, the last days of man on earth format. As the world teeters on the brink of collapse following a nuclear war, jerry discovers that a batch of microfilm containing the final programme the plan for an ideal, selfreplicating human being, which was designed by his father has fallen into the wrong hands. The final programme the last days of man on earth 1973. The final programme 1973 robert fuests decorative dystopian. Chatauex in normandy by a team of crack armed mercenaries with hundreds of casualties. The film is a smashing british science fiction film, made in low budget retrofuturistic dystopian settings utilizing psychedelic playing with overexposed colour. At the time several people, especially the author, were highly displeased with the film.
Robert fuest director an art director for british television in the late 50s, fuest became a director of programs and commercials in the 60s and by 1967 wrote. Based on a science fiction novel by michael moorcock. Buy the final programme directed by robert fuest online at alibris uk. It was based on the first jerry cornelius novel also called the final programme by michael moorcock. Words cannot do justice to robert fuest s adaptaion of michael moorcocks final programme. The programme, a design for a perfect, selfreplicating human being, is contained on microfilm. For a better experience on mubi, update your browser.
And its a cold audience indeed who cant crack a smile at some of the. It was distributed in the united states and elsewhere as the last days of man on earth. As the world teeters on the brink of nuclear anarchy, londonbased scientific genius jerry cornelius jon finch, the horror of frankenstein, frenzy discovers that the microfilm formula for a selfreplicating human being is missing. The final programme directed by robert fuest available. Director robert fuest, however, did not like the band, and instead had music with a jazzy feel. Concentrating as always on giving his work a chic gloss, fuest acting as his own set designer simply lets things drift from muddle to muddle while a few moments of. Phibes, and soon the darkness, the final programme, dr. So it goes rip robert fuest and the final programme. Roy baird, sanford lieberson, michael moorcock, robert fuest. With jon finch, jenny runacre, sterling hayden, harry andrews. Pic is a silly, pretentious potboiler, done in a jazzedup style which suggests ken russell on an off day. Guardian obit by kim newman it really is about time they released his near lost masterpiece, the adaptation of michael moorcocks jerry cornelius novel the final programme. Writer, set designer and director robert fuest had worked on the avengers.
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