In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized traveler.
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Title: The Illustrated Man (1969)
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| Rod Steiger | ... | Carl | |
| Claire Bloom | ... | Felicia | |
| Robert Drivas | ... | Willie | |
| Don Dubbins | ... | Pickard | |
| Jason Evers | ... | Simmons | |
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Tim Weldon | ... | John |
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Christine Matchett | ... | Anna (as Christie Matchett) |
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Pogo | ... | Peke |
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The Illustrated Man is classic Bradbury, a collection of eighteen startling visions of humankind's destiny, unfolding across a canvas of decorated skin, visions as keen as the tattooist's needle and as colorful as the inks that indelibly stain the body. The images, ideas, sounds and scents that abound in this phantasmagoric sideshow are provocative and powerful: the mournful cries of celestial travelers cast out cruelly into a vast space of stars and blackness, the sight of gray dust settling over a forgotten outpost on a road that leads nowhere, the pungent odor of Jupiter on a returning father's clothing. Here living cities take their vengeance, technology awakens the most primal natural instincts, Martian invasions are foiled by the good life and the glad hand, and dreams are carried aloft in junkyard rockets. Written by Stig Ohara
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venus the planet | full body tattoo | marooned | distant future | sci fi anthology |Taglines:
Don't dare stare at the illustrated man.Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 March 1969 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be proven answers.
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Kirk Douglas was keen to play the lead role. He had also previously owned the rights to Ray Bradbury's "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and "The Martian Chronicles". See more »Goofs
Just after Felicia has finished drawing the rose on Carl's hand, his hand is resting on a pillow and the rose can be seen in close-up. It is surrounded by four green leaves. Felicia then takes Carl outside to "look at it in the sunlight". Once outside, it can be seen that the rose is now surrounded by five green leaves. The leaves are also differently shaped. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Felicia: Each person who tries to see beyond his own time must face questions to which there cannot yet be proven answers.
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There is a 2-minute cold open with no logos or credits. The Warner Bros. logo comes on at the two-minute mark, followed by the opening credits. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I don't understand why this movie is rated so low. I think this a really great movie. It is strange, surprising, original and funny. It combines several genres and narratives. I like the main character, the silent and gruff illustrated man and the way he is filmed in the quiet surroundings of the lake and I like the futuristic design in some of the other scenes. I have always had weakness for these 'Canterbury tales'-like stories within a story and I especially like this film because the stories within he story are so diverse, while the movie does not become fragmented. The movie reminds me a bit of the 'books of blood' from Clive Barker, which consists of stories of 'ghosts', inscribed on the skin of a man ('written in blood').
If you like to be surprised, watch this movie!