Max Headroom (1985) (TV)

Directors:

Annabel Jankel
Rocky Morton

Writers:

Annabel Jankel (story)
Rocky Morton (story)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In the dystopic near future, a crusading TV reporter investigates news stories with the help of a wisecracking computer version of himself.

Plot Keywords:

Television | Cyberpunk | Artificial Intelligence | Media Landscape | Exploding Body

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Matt Frewer	...	Edison Carter / Max Headroom
Nickolas Grace	...	Grossman
Hilary Tindall	...	Dominique
William Morgan Sheppard	...	Blank Reg (as Morgan Sheppard)
Amanda Pays	...	Theora Jones
Paul Spurrier	...	Bryce Lynch
Hilton McRae	...	Breugal
George Rossi	...	Mahler
Roger Sloman	...	Murray
Anthony Dutton	...	Gorrister
Constantine Gregory	...	Ben Cheviot
Lloyd McGuire	...	Edwards
Elizabeth Richardson	...	Ms. Formby
Gary Hope	...	Ashwell
Joane Hall	...	Body bank receptionist

Also Known As:

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes Into the Future (UK) (alternative title)

Runtime:

57 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Chrysalis

Trivia:

Remade almost scene-for-scene as the first episode of "Max Headroom" (1987). Only Frewer, Pays and Sheppard appeared in both versions. The obese TV viewer's death by "blipberts", and Carter's reaction to it, as well as the live TV doctor's topic on colon health were discarded.

Quotes:

Edison Carter: This is Edison Carter, coming to you Live and Direct, on Network 23.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Homer to the Max (#10.13)" (1999)

I Agree!

I looked up Max on IMDb to see if I could find any information about the powers that be putting it on DVD. This was one of my favorite shows (along with Moonlighting, Magnum PI, Thirty Something, and Murphy Brown). I agree that it was intelligent and worth taping or scheduling your time around and SHOULD be produced on DVD!!! Get to it!!

For all those who never had the good fortune of being able to view this show, I would compare it to a cross between Robocop on a computer network and combined with the comedy of Jim Carey on steroids. Max, the main character of the show, exists as the personality and life form of the computer--it's not-so-artificial artificial intelligence.

I don't remember much else about the show, which is one reason I would love to see it again, because I love to reminisce, but as the previous posting pointed out...they only seem to come up with shows that have just been running and, mostly, are of no interest to me. So, put it out, Powers That Be!