Paper Man (1971) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Walter Grauman

Writers:

James D. Buchanan (screenplay) and
Ronald Austin (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

12 November 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A prank that starts with a group of college students creating a fictitious person so they can get a credit card develops into a plot that leaves three of them dead.

Plot Keywords:

Computer | College | Fall From Height | Public Domain | Elevator

Cast

Dean Stockwell	...	Avery Jensen
Stefanie Powers	...	Karen McMillan
James Stacy	...	Jerry
Tina Chen	...	Lisa
Elliott Street	...	Joel Fisher
James Olson	...	Art Fletcher
Jason Wingreen	...	Doctor
Dan Barton	...	Electronics Expert
Robert Patten	...	Father
Sue Taylor	...	Mother
Johnny Scott Lee	...	Avery, as a boy
Len Wayland	...	Executive
Dean Harens	...	Bureaucrat
Bob Golden	...	Deputy
Marcy Lafferty	...	Secretary

Runtime:

75 min | USA:89 min (video release)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

Released briefly in theaters in 1971. This is why the 20th Century Fox fanfare plays before the film begins on the video releases. The theatrical release runs an extra fifteen minutes than the television release version.

Quotes:

[first lines]
[picking up mail]
Joel Fisher: Thank you. Joel Fisher... Joel Fisher... Joel Fisher... Henry Norman? Well, let me tell you - I was just about to hand it back and say, "Hey, man - right box, wrong name" and then I felt it. One of those lovely plastic rectangles that spells out 'instant credit'. It seems that old big ugly, that giant computer that's trying to stick numbers on people had finally blew one and I must say it couldn't have happened to a nicer group even though it was a mistake.

DVD releases

I enjoyed this movie for a number of reasons, Dean Stockwell being one of the main ones. Also one of the supporting actresses looks amazingly like Elizabeth Montgomery of Bewitched. Some of the acting is very good, but the majority of it ranges from decent down to pretty bad. The story is very original. I highly recommend this to just about anyone. It's well worth watching at least once, just to say you've seen it and for the young Dean Stockwell performance.

This movie is currently available on a number of DVD's including a couple sets of older movie classics and a DVD Double Feature of Dean Stockwell with Paper Man (1971) and Born to Be Sold (1981). If you have trouble finding any of them just do a quick search on the internet and you should find one of them very quickly. Enjoy.