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Futureworld

  • 19761976
  • PGPG
  • 1h 48m
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
11K
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Futureworld (1976)
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Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.Upon uncovering the dirty secret of futuristic theme-park Futureworld, an ex-employee is killed after he tips off two other reporters who decide to do an undercover investigation.
IMDb RATING
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11K
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    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Mayo Simon
    • George Schenck
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Blythe Danner
    • Arthur Hill
    • Richard T. Heffron
    • Mayo Simon
    • George Schenck
  • Stars
    • Peter Fonda
    • Blythe Danner
    • Arthur Hill
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    • 80User reviews
    • 51Critic reviews
    • 46Metascore
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    Peter Fonda and Stuart Margolin in Futureworld (1976)
    Blythe Danner and Peter Fonda in Futureworld (1976)
    Peter Fonda in Futureworld (1976)
    Yul Brynner in Futureworld (1976)
    Peter Fonda in Futureworld (1976)
    Yul Brynner in Futureworld (1976)
    Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, and Angela Greene in Futureworld (1976)
    Blythe Danner, Peter Fonda, and Nick Dimitri in Futureworld (1976)
    Peter Fonda and James M. Connor in Futureworld (1976)
    Peter Fonda in Futureworld (1976)
    Blythe Danner in Futureworld (1976)
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    Peter Fonda
    Peter Fonda
    • Chuck Browning
    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Tracy 'Socks' Ballard
    Arthur Hill
    Arthur Hill
    • Duffy
    Yul Brynner
    Yul Brynner
    • The Gunslinger
    John P. Ryan
    John P. Ryan
    • Dr. Schneider
    • (as John Ryan)
    Stuart Margolin
    Stuart Margolin
    • Harry
    Allen Ludden
    Allen Ludden
    • Game Show Host
    Robert Cornthwaite
    Robert Cornthwaite
    • Mr. Reed
    Angela Greene
    Angela Greene
    • Mrs. Reed
    Darrell Larson
    Darrell Larson
    • Eric
    Nancy Bell
    • Erica
    Burt Conroy
    • Mr. Karnovski
    Dorothy Konrad
    • Mrs. Karnovski
    John Fujioka
    John Fujioka
    • Mr. Takaguchi
    Dana Lee
    Dana Lee
    • Mr. Takaguchi's Aide
    Alex Rodine
    Alex Rodine
    • KGB Man
    Judson Pratt
    Judson Pratt
    • Bartender
    Andrew Masset
    Andrew Masset
    • Male Robot
      • Richard T. Heffron
      • Mayo Simon
      • George Schenck
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    • Trivia
      This was Yul Brynner's final film before his death on October 10, 1985 at the age of 65.
    • Goofs
      (at around 6 mins) Near the beginning of the film, Mr. Duffy recounts the sequence of events of the Westworld incident. His presentation does not match the events of the previous film. Specifically, the Gunslinger was not the first robot to kill a guest.
    • Quotes

      Arthur Holcombe: While you are a glamorous, and highly paid television personality, you are still an employee. In fact, you're my employee. So, unless you'd like to spend the next five years doing weather and fashion in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, you will now shut up and do as you're told.

      Tracy Ballard: Oh, yes? Yes, Arthur? We'll see about that!

    • Alternate versions
      For its initial television broadcast, an alternate version of the scene towards the end where Chuck Browning extends his middle finger to Dr. Schneider was shot. Instead of extending his middle finger, Browning performs a sanitized "Italian elbow gesture", where the right hand is placed in the elbow crook of the left arm, then the left arm is raised (fist clenched) in a smooth and continuous motion.
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    7/10
    "Welcome to the World of the Future!"
    Westworld was the film that put Michael Crichton well and truly on the map as a writer and sometime director to watch out for. His story of an amazing theme park gone wrong was revisited twenty years later, only with raptors in the place of cowboys. It could have been revisited a lot earlier, had Futureworld been a lazy, hurried sequel to it's successful predecessor. Instead the filmmakers produced something entirely original that stands on its own with no prior knowledge of the first film necessary to the average viewer.

    The film begins two years after the disaster at Westworld, with the newly improved theme park Delos ready to open its doors again to the rich and influential public. Peter Fonda however smells a rat, and following a tip-off that all is not well he takes a holiday there himself, with his ex-girlfriend and fellow journalist in tow. Of course it would be a short and uneventful film if he turned out to be wrong, so he doesn't. He's right. In fact, things there are worse than he thought, but I won't give it away here. Suffice it to say that it's not only the robot technology that has improved at Delos.

    Futureworld plays on the question that audiences raised following the release of Westworld - can you have sex with these robots? The answer is yes, and whilst we're not shown any (this is a family film after all) both the robots and some of the guests discuss it openly. One even quips "Once you've had sex with a robot, you'll never go back!" If Futureworld was a real place, the implications would be scary indeed.

    This film seems to have attracted a lot of negative reviews which surprises me, as I felt it was a well paced science fiction thriller. It was produced by American International Pictures, with Samuel Z. Arkoff at the helm, and as such it is a very slick looking film on a very low budget. It never looks cheap, despite some of the costumes looking a little too theatrical. And why shouldn't they? After all, it's a holiday camp, not a re-enactment society.

    I would recommend Futureworld to anyone who is a fan of Westworld, or of seventies science fiction in general. I would imagine if you're reading this you probably fit into the latter category!
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    • Release date
      • July 14, 1976 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Johnson Space Center - 2101 NASA Rd., Houston, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • American International Pictures (AIP)
      • The Aubrey Company
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