The Twonky (1953)

Directed by

Arch Oboler

Genre

science fiction film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Rated

NR

Rating

4.2 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A professor brings home a strange television set that turns out to be a robot from the future. The robot starts controlling his life and causing trouble.

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What happens

The Twonky is a 1953 independently made American black-and-white science fiction/comedy film, produced by A.D. Nast, Jr., Arch Oboler, and Sidney Pink, written and directed by Arch Oboler, and starring Hans Conried, Gloria Blondell, Billy Lynn, and Edwin Max. The film was distributed by United Artists. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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