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A trio of scientists plan to create a self-replicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the Final Programme developed by a dead, Nobel Prize-winning scientist....
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- Man v Film
Michael Moorcock’s "The Final Programme" is a seminal work that combines elements of science fiction, fantasy, and philosophical exploration, set against the...
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We're back in Derry and Toms in the company of Joe Banks to take a look at Robert Fuest's 1973 film take on Moorcock's The Final Programme (AKA The Last Days...
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The Final Programme (U.S. title The Last Days of Man on Earth) is a 1973 British fantasy science fiction film directed by Robert Fuest, and starring Jon Finch and Jenny Runacre. [2] It was based on the 1968 Jerry Cornelius novel of the same name by Michael Moorcock .
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious “Final Programme”, developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm.
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The Final Programme, released in the US as The Last Days of Man on Earth, is a defiantly strange film, a mixture of dystopian sci-fi, comedy, spy spoof, thriller and satire. The plot defies most attempts at a coherent explanation, but a rough attempt at a simple outline is possible.
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This cult adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s novel stars Jon Finch as hip, party-hungry adventurer Jerry Cornelius, troubled by the recent passing of his father but reluctantly on the hunt for the mysterious 'Final Programme': dad’s design for the perfect self-replicating human.
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