The Crimson Permanent Assurance (1983)

Directed by

Terry Gilliam

Genre

pirate film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

16 min

Rated

PG

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 123 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.

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How it feels

Elderly office workers rebel against their corporate overlords and turn their office building into a pirate ship. They sail it through the city to raid other businesses.

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What happens

The Crimson Permanent Assurance is a 1983 British swashbuckling comedy short film directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Sydney Arnold and Guy Bertrand. It plays as the prelude to the film Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983). The film includes actor Matt Frewer's debut performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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• More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.