Free Country (1970)
- Genre
- sitcom
- Country
- United States
- Length
- 1 season, 5 episodes
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 2 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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An elderly Lithuanian immigrant in 1970s New York looks back on his family's early days after they arrived in America at the start of the 1900s. Each episode shows his memories playing out as stories from the past.
nostalgiclightheartedreflectivegentlecomedicold-fashioned
What happens
Free Country is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in the summer of 1978. The series was created by Rob Reiner and his writing partner Philip Mishkin. The show starred Rob Reiner as Joseph Bresner, the head of a Lithuanian family that emigrated to New York City in the early 1900s. Each episode featured the 89-year-old Bresner in the present day (i.e., in the 1970s) reminiscing about events in the early 1900s. The bulk of the show would then consist of actually showing those events. The series lasted five episodes. Makeup artist Stan Winston designed the prosthetics to age Reiner. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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