The Glitterball (1977)
- Directed by
- Harley Cokeliss
- Genre
- children's film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rated
- U
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 9 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 small glowing ball from space lands on Earth. Two children find it and try to help it get back home.
lightheartedwhimsicalgentleplayfulnostalgiclow-keycuriousmildly adventurous
What happens
The Glitterball is a 1977 British sci-fi children's film made by Mark Forstater Productions for the Children's Film Foundation. It was directed by Harley Cokeliss, credited under his birth name of Harley Cokliss. The film was screened at the 2010 Edinburgh Film Festival as part of a retrospective of 16 "rarely seen" British films made between 1967 and 1979, "rediscovered" after a year of detective work by event staff. In 1979, Methuen Publishing released the children's novel by the same name, written by screenwriters Howard Thompson and Harley Cokliss. ISBN 9780416863406. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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