The Southern Star (1969)
- Directed by
- Sidney Hayers
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country
- United Kingdom, France
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 13 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
In 1912 French West Africa, a giant diamond is stolen. A group of people try to find it.
lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulfast-pacedold-fashionedquirkysunnysuspenseful
What happens
The Southern Star (French title: L'Étoile du sud) is a 1969 adventure comedy film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring George Segal, Ursula Andress, Orson Welles, Ian Hendry and Johnny Sekka. In French West Africa in 1912, an extremely valuable diamond is stolen. It was based on the 1884 novel The Vanished Diamond (French title L'Étoile du sud) by Jules Verne. The film's opening scenes were anonymously directed by Orson Welles – the last time he would direct scenes in another director's film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Three Men on a Horse (1969)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.