The Final Programme
The Last Days of Man on Earth
1973
89 Min
Color
1.85:1
English
Synopsis
In a future world torn apart by nuclear war, scientist Jerry Cornelius (Jon Finch) holds the key to mankind’s salvation: a program to create a perfect, self-cloning human. But when Jerry’s nefarious brother (Derrick O’Connor) nabs the program, disaster looms. Scrambling to retrieve it, Jerry teams up with a sexy computer expert (Jenny Runacre). Patrick Magee and Sterling Hayden also star in this adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s satirical novel.
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Robert Fuest
Robert Fuest (born in 1927 in London) is an English film director, screenwriter, and production designer who has worked mostly in the horror, fantasy and suspense genres.
Fuest’s most highly praised and popular films, which feature strong black comedy undertones, include perennial cult favorites The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971), Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972), and The Final Programme (aka The Last Days of Man on Earth) (1973). Other films include And Soon the Darkness (1970), a straightforward suspense thriller which received considerable critical acclaim but little commercial success, and The Devil’s Rain (1975), a horror film shot in the U.S. The latter movie received such scathing reviews it may arguably have killed off his once promising career, as Fuest immediately thereafter found himself relegated to directing fairly anonymous television work. His only subsequent theatrical release to date has been Aphrodite (1982), a soft-core sex movie filmed in Greece.
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