Dir. Michael Anderson · Starring Michael York, Richard Jordan, Jenny Agutter, Roscoe Lee Browne, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Anderson Jr. · Music Jerry Goldsmith
“Welcome to the 23rd century. The perfect world of total pleasure...there's just one catch.”
ActionScience Fiction
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.
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This film immerses you in a dazzling yet chilling future. It's a visually striking, propulsive journey through a society where beauty masks a dark truth. The mood is a blend of melancholic wonder and tense urgency, prompting reflection on freedom and the cost of an artificial paradise.
based on novel or bookescapeteleportationkiller robotdystopiapost-apocalyptic futureutopiaplastic surgerydistant futurefugitiverobotdomed citytotalitarianismpopulation control