No Blade of Grass (1970)
- Directed by
- Cornel Wilde
- Genre
- science fiction film, disaster film, post-apocalyptic film, apocalyptic film, dystopian film
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 44 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 global famine causes food riots and chaos in London. A man tries to lead his family to a remote valley in Westmorland where they might survive.
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What happens
No Blade of Grass is a 1970 apocalyptic dystopian film directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace, and John Hamill. It was adapted by Sean Forestal and Wilde (as Jefferson Pascal) from John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass (1956) and follows the survivors of a plague that has hit London in the not-too-distant future. When London is overwhelmed by food riots caused by a global famine, a man tries to lead his family to safety to a remote valley in Westmorland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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