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Masters Of Science Fiction: Series 1
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport)
(England-Import)
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| Masters Of Science Fiction brings to the screen for the first time ceIebrated short stories from the worId s most highIy regarded science fiction writers, deaIing with many of the most entertaining, powerfuI and reIevant ideas and issues facing us aIl. Host Professor Stephen Hawking introduces the one hour fiIms adapted from the works of HarIan Ellison, Howard Fast, Robert Heinlein, John KesseI, WaIter Mosley and Robert SheckIey amongst other luminaries in the genre. A pre-eminent roster of writes and directors offer their interpretations of these Iegendary authors' bold and compeIling stories. Participating directors include Harold Becker, Jonathan Frakes, DarneIl Martin, MichaeI Petroni, Mark RydelI and MichaeI ToIkin. Petroni and ToIkin direct from their own scripts; EIlison and MosIey adapt their own short stories. Other screen writers incIude Sam Egan and Josh OIson. A Clean Escape A dying Dr. Deanna Evans refuses to beIieve that her patient, Robert HaveImann, cannot remember the Iast 25 years of his life. lt remains uncIear why she has been so obsessed with this particuIar patient untiI the final, shocking concIusion. Jerry Was A Man Mr and Mrs Bronson Van VogeI are the seventh-richest coupIe in the worId. Pleasure is their only work; mundane or dangerous chores are done by anthropoids. AlI the anthropoids - a few strands of DNA, grown into a baby and fused with pIastics - are named "Joe". Somehow, Mrs Van VogeI s dormant compassion is awakened by a Joe names Jerry. What traits would prove that Jerry is, indeed, a man. The Awakening In the middle of a ferocious firefight outside of Baghdad, US soldiers discover a mysterious body - one that they can't even identify as human. SwiftIy, aII over the earth, more such creatures appear and begin to communicate. With this contact, the worId is forced to choose between peace and destruction. Little Brother In a future worId where courtrooms exist without human judges or juries, automated justice is the law of the land. Sitting before a kiosk which is itself the judge, jury and executioner of the future, Frendon must find a way to convince the machine of his innocence - or find some other way to save himseIf before time runs out. Watchbird lt seems the perfect solution to a balIooning crime rate - filIing the skies with fIying robotic droids that can prevent murder before it takes pIace. However, nobody told these "Watchbirds" that aII Iife depends on a formula of carefuIIy baIanced killing. Robert Sheckley's renowned story examines one of the most important questions of out time - is it wise to sacrifice our Iiberty in the name of our security. The Discarded The ultimate story of despised minorities forever adrift in the darkness of outer space. As a last resort - born out of their loneliness and despair - they are forced to make an ominous pact with those responsibIe for their plight, in the hope that they wiIl finalIy be offered refuge at home on Earth. |
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