Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
Date: 1985
Director: Annabel Jankela and Rocky Morton
Production Company: Chrysalis
Stars: Matt Frewer, Nickolas Grace
Location(s): London
Region(s): London M-N
Storyline:
In a dystopic near future, a reporter is determined to uncover a corrupt television corporations and manipulates the public for the sake of ratings and wealth.
Additional Information:
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When he's pulled from a controversial story by Channel 23 management, television reporter Edison Carter argues with Gorrister, his producer.
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After being attacked, Edison's damaged camera continues to record as the video journalist is lifted into the air by helicopter.
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When Edison is knocked unconscious while being pursued after continuing to investigate, Bryce Lynch transfers his synaptic circuits into a computer at Channel 23 headquarters. An imagination of the future rather than a location.
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Breugal and Mahler drive to the Nightingale body bank when Bryce tells them to dispose of Edison's body and his digital personality. Beckton gasworks in Beckton E6.
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Visiting pirate station Big Time Television, Breugal (Hilton McRae) and Mahler (George Rossi) persuade Blank Reg (William Morgan Sheppard) to buy Edison's digital likeness.
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The dystopian landscape that was the gasworks at Beckton, which can so be seen in 'Brannigan', 'Dusty Bates', 'For Your Eyes Only' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four',
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When Edison escapes from the body bank, Breugal asks television Viewers if they've seen a blonde man with a camera.
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After Reg connects the box to his equipment, television Viewers stare at their screens as Max Headroom's image flickers into view. The derelict Beckton gasworks at Gallions Reach in E6.