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April 1981 (USA)
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A phantom jet must catch and destroy the last car left on earth. more
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In a future United States, the only transport available to an individual is public transportation. Predicated...
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Fine Canadian tax shelter production
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Lee Majors | ... | Franklyn Hart | |
| Burgess Meredith | ... | Captain J.G. Williams | |
| Chris Makepeace | ... | Ring | |
| Alexandra Stewart | ... | Eudora | |
| Diane D'Aquila | ... | Santana | |
| George Touliatos | ... | Hawkins | |
| Harvey Atkin | ... | Jud | |
| Ben Gordon | ... | Morely | |
| Hugh Webster | ... | Fetch | |
| Deborah Burgess | ... | Miss Rawlston | |
| Trudy Young | ... | Mrs. Hart | |
| Moses Znaimer | ... | Reporter | |
| Doug Lennox | ... | Captain | |
| Paul Amato | ... | Soldier at Roadblock | |
| Warren Van Evera | ... | New York Cop (as Warren Van Evra) |
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: While Capt. J.G. Williams flies his kite on the rooftop traffic noise is heard quite clearly in a world with no cars.
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This was a staple of 1980s Canadian television, not because it's particularly good (though I like it), but because it was made with Canadian dollars. Thus allowing it to fit in with the country's strange (to non-Canadians anyway) Canadian Content broadcast regulations.
Lee Majors takes time out inbetween his Six Million Dollar Man/Fall Guy gigs and races around the countryside near my neck of the woods, while Chris Makepeace blows the head off a statue real good and Burgess Meredith talks to his kite. All this, plus a decent supporting role from Harvey Atkin as the orgy-frequenting conformist co-worker who frowns upon Lee's free-thinking spirit. What's not to like?
Adding to the enjoyment is playing the game of "spot the location" and comparing places I've been to to how they're shown in the movie. The sight of dozens of extras bicycling around the Yorkdale shopping centre on their way towards a big clean Utopian bubble city (or a matte painting of it, anyway) always raises a smile.
Avoid the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version of this, it's really not funny, although the last line "aw, no wonder it sucks, it's Canadian!" is a good one.