Max headroom 20 minutes into the future 1985 the movie. Max headroom originally appeared in the britishmade cyberpunk tv movie max. The stations broadcasts were interrupted by a video of an unknown person wearing a max headroom mask and costume, accompanied by distorted audio. Max headroom was a britishbased sciencefiction character, and he was the companys way of appealing to a younger generation of consumers. The disturbing unsolved mystery of the max headroom tv hack. In the movie, an evil corporation in a blade runneresque future called network 23 was planning to brainwash. The background story of max headroom was told in a one hour television film entitled max headroom. A weird blend of the visual aesthetic of punk, blade runner, network, and the works of william gibson, the series is one part dystopic sciencefiction tale, one part journalism drama, and. The complete series 1987 starring matt frewer and amanda pays on dvd and bluray. Max headroom is a fictional artificial intelligence ai character, known for his wit and stuttering, electronically altered voice.
It takes careful viewing to determine the city in which the story is set. Thats even truer of max headroom, which debuted in 1987, the same. In the movie, reporter carter discovers that his employer, network 23, has created a new form of. The film introduces edison carter, a television reporter trying to expose corruption and greed. Dvd box set complete series, will be a great present for your friends and parents. A british produced, yet american broadcast, television series, max headroom, was later developed from the original film. A broadcast signal hijacking of two television stations in chicago, illinois was carried out on november 22, 1987, in an act of video piracy. In a dystopian world virtually controlled by television, investigative reporter edison carter matt frewer is aided by a computergenerated version of himself called max headroom also played by frewer in his crusade against corporate greed, dangerous technology, religious zealots, and more. Max headroom tv movie 1985 max headroom tv movie 1985. Max headroom matt frewer appeared in music videos, a feature film, a tv series. Max headroom dvd release date cover art the mary sue. Matt frewer was both max headroom and edison carterroving news reporter. Max headroom the complete series 5 dvd set brand new sealed hollographic sleeve. Brittilaisen version teemana oli max headroomin juontama musiikkivideoita kasitteleva talk show, ja yhdysvaltalaisen version teemana oli televisioyhtioiden oligarkinen vaikutusvalta tulevaisuuden dystopisessa yhteiskunnassa.
This made for tv movie was later remade sanitized version as the first episode of the series. What max headroomand, to an extent, some of the other pieces mentioned hereshow is the opposite effect. The title of this production varies with the setting. The max headroom show was a television series that debuted in the uk in 1985. Max headroom is a uniquely soughtafter television property, boasting a large fan following and consumer interests. Max headroom hasnt aged as well as the many creative forces behind it would like viewers to think, but the new dvd set of the complete abc series makes an argument for its reinstatement to the tv canon. The quality is 910 and appears to be a pal video transfer, enjoy i know i did. The complete series on dvd 826663120325 from shout factory. Buy dvd collection and you will get whole two seasons, fourteen episodes on five dvds. I mean, when youre satirizing stupidity, obviously stupidity is. The only title within the film is the opening max headroom, but most promotional materials and the official picture book of the film extend it to max headroom. Dvd max minutes into the future the both prescient and flippant science fiction tv series from the late john shop max headroom. Mmmax headheadheadroom the rumors are true well, the ones regarding shout.
Project 2501 scificyberpunk postcyberpunk futurism postfuturism transhumanism posthumanism biopunk and more else. Network 23 lives celebrating the best tv series ever made max headroom this series was ahead of its time, ahead of cable or streaming. The fact that it was satirizing the very medium that produced it probably had something to do with its short life, as well. Max headroom is the real star of the show, but the others put in their 2 cents.
Acting since the early 1980s, he is probably best known for portraying the stuttering 1980s icon max headroom and the retired villain moloch in the movie adaptation of watchmen. On thursday, april 4th, 1985, a blast of dystopian satire hit the uk airwaves. On amazon it contains 14 episodes plus an unaired episode is included in this set, is this the same version. Max headroom 20 minutes into the future 1985 directed by. Those showed up in 1985, and hbo, which had financed part of it. The britishmade hourlong movie ran on channel 4 in the u. Although this film stands on its own as a futuristic scifi, ocassionally reshown on tv, the. The final spinoff from the original film was the dramatic television series, max headroom, which was broadcast in the united states, running for two short seasons mid1987 and late 1987, with two more episodes shown later in 1988. After a motorcycle accident, his mind is preserved by wizzkid bryce and becomes his wise cracking, computer generated alterego. No geeky mention of max headroom would be complete without bringing up the epic troll that was the. Matt frewer interview, max headroom, actor, mp3 download.
That guy was everywhere from around 1985 through 1992. In 1985, britains thenfledgling channel 4 aired a onehour tv movie set 20 minutes into the future and detailing the origin of what was billed as the worlds first digitally created television personality. Max headroom, who manages to boost ratings above those of any live hosts to date. Matt frewer, amanda pays, chris young, jeffrey tambor, lee wilkof, george coe. You know this show is from the 1980s and echoed blade runner and mad max wmel gibson. Those showed up in 1985, and hbo, which had financed part of it, showed. The series is set in a futuristic dystopia ruled by an oligarchy of television networks. Max headroom 1985 paul spurrier in max headroom 1985 amanda pays in max headroom 1985 matt frewer. Done in the same style as late night and the tonight show, max hedrooms show includes guest interviews, musical numbers, and short comedy skits. Max headroom was created as a host and interviewer, but like all created celebrities he found a ready audience in other hosts and interviewers.
Max headroom tv movie 1985 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. In one, max also makes a bitingly pointed comment that jim carey stole max s schtick. Like the tv show that followed it, the max headroom movie was a great grim look into a bleak, bladerunneresque future ruled by corporations who keep the proletariat down by anesthetizing them with junk food and mindnumbing television pageantry. Matt frewer is a canadian american stage, tv, and film actor. Mmmax headroom is now on dvd the futuristic abc series, starring matt frewer as an eerily human computergenerated television host, aired for only two seasons but became a pop. But he was a learning program, and he learned quickly. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Were going to pay for the making of the origin film of how he got to be max headroom. Max headroom 1985 paul spurrier in max headroom 1985 amanda pays in max headroom.
I mean, when youre satirizing stupidity, obviously stupidity is going to react, just by definition. Within the adverts max, still played by matt frewer, had aged and become bitter and twisted about how channel four had treated him. Max headroom 20 minutes into the future 1985 youtube. Max headroom was a fictitious british television character created by directors rocky moreton and annabel jankel with writer george stone to present the.
Max headroom would reappear in 2007, in a series of 6 adverts for channel fours get set for digital awareness campaign. The film was used to introduce max headroom, edison carter, theora jones, murray the controller, bryce lynch, and another character, underground tv station owner, blank reg. One of the most spoton and funny pieces of satire ever produced. Max headroom buy dvd the complete series collection. While attempting to flee the network headquarters with proof, edison suffers a serious head injury, caused by striking a lowclearance sign labelled max. Iconic computergenerated tv host max headroom is best known for his music videotalk shows and coke commercials, but he was also the star of the innovative 1985 british tv film max headroom. The film introduces edison carter matt frewer, a television reporter trying to. Apr 02, 2015 on thursday, april 4th, 1985, a blast of dystopian satire hit the uk airwaves. This page lists max s known interviews and appearances on other shows and in print media. This page lists maxs known interviews and appearances on other shows and in print media. Staring lee wilkof, chris young, george coe and matt frewer. Mmmax headroom is now on dvd the futuristic abc series, starring matt frewer as an eerily human computergenerated television host, aired for only two seasons. We really arent in a position to confirm or deny some of those other salacious pageturners. Even the government functions primarily as a puppet state of the network executives, serving mainly to pass laws such as banning off switches on televisions that protect and consolidate the networks power.
Actor matt frewer had to wear a plastic suit top and go through several hours of makeup to achieve the look of max headroom. Max headroom is an american satirical science fiction television series by chrysalis visual programming and lakeside productions for lorimartelepictures that aired in the united states on abc from march 31, 1987 to may 12, 1988. The complete series dvd box set, as well as retransferring the episodes from the original elements to provide the highest picture quality. Max headroom oli brittilaisamerikkalainen satiirinen sciencefictiontvsarja, jota esitettiin vuosina 1985 1987. It featured actor matt frewer playing the role of pseudocomputergenerated talkshow host max headroom. In one, max also makes a bitingly pointed comment that jim carey stole maxs schtick. Edison carter, top news reporter, is sent to find out more. Nearly 30 years ago, max headroom took viewers 20 minutes into. Is this the 80s british show or the 80s american show. Kathie lee, tom hanks, sean connery, burt reynolds snl duration. Not to be confused with the scifi drama max headroom. He was able to get himself out of his trouble with his kind of logic digital and he would help the main charaters in the area to solve most of their problems. Production has begun to develop a wide range of bonus content for max headroom. The pilot wasnt picked up, but the rights to the max headroom character were sold to the makers of a musicvideo program on british television, on which max appeared later in 1985.
The max headroom show was the first to play with the musicvideo format, with max frequently talking over lousy videos and making jokes, or cutting the video off. Max headroon, the stylish, charming and egotistical artificial intelligence program with a speech impediment, gets to host his own talk show. Extra content is included and this would probably be considered ground breaking effects. The complete series on dvd in the united states and canada on august 10, 2010. Aug 10, 2010 is this the 80s british show or the 80s american show.