The Road (1964)

Directed by

Patrick Barton

Genre

tv movie, horror, fantasy, thriller, mystery, science fiction

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 15m

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 British television play from 1963 that was later remade in Australia. It was part of an anthology series and its script was published in a collection of works by the same writer. No recordings of the production are known to exist.

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What happens

"The Road" is a 1963 British television play by Nigel Kneale. It was broadcast as part of the BBC Television anthology drama series First Night. An Australian remake was aired the following year. No recordings of the production on either video or audio are known to exist. The script for "The Road" was published alongside those for Kneale's teleplays The Year of the Sex Olympics and The Stone Tape under the title The Year of the Sex Olympics and Other TV Plays in 1976. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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