The Adding Machine (1969)
- Directed by
- Jerome Epstein
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 6.7 of 10 from 3 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 man spends 25 years as a bookkeeper then is replaced by an adding machine. He kills his boss, stands trial, and goes to heaven where he meets an odd cast of characters.
satiricaldarkly comicsurrealtheatricalbleakwhimsicaldatedthought-provoking
What happens
The Adding Machine is a 1969 British fantasy comedy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, and Raymond Huntley. It was based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play The Adding Machine directed by Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s. It was distributed in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures. The action of the film takes place on Earth, in 1930s Manhattan during the Great Depression, and in Heaven. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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