Desk Set (1957)
- Directed by
- Walter Lang
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 131 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.
How it feels
A reference librarian at a TV network clashes with an efficiency expert who brings in a new computer system. As they argue about machines replacing people, they slowly start to fall for each other.
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What happens
Desk Set (released as His Other Woman in the UK) is a 1957 American romantic comedy film starring Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. The movie has science fiction and futuristic themes on the impact of automation and artificial intelligence replacing human labor. Directed by Walter Lang, the picture's screenplay was written by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, adapted from the 1955 play of the same name by William Marchant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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