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Director:
Peter Lehner
Writers:
Samuel Benedict (writer)
Gordon Chavis (writer)
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Genre:
Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
A world of mega deals, megabucks, and megalomania. more
Plot:
A sci-fi fantasy about a world where it is illegal to enjoy any kind of media except in a place called Megaville... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Needs Much More Than It Was Given. more (1 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
J.C. Quinn ... Newman

Billy Zane ... Palinov / Jensen
John Lantz ... Heller
Pamela Hastings ... D.A.L. Girl
Daniel J. Travanti ... Duprell
Stefan Gierasch ... Dr. Vogel

Grace Zabriskie ... Mrs. Panilov
Al Strobel ... Speaker

Vincent Guastaferro ... Hotel Clerk

Kristen Cloke ... Christine
Bryan Clark ... President Hughes
Michelle Roth ... Anchorwoman
Jim O'Doherty ... TV Reporter (as James O'Doherty)
Leslie Morris ... Vargas
Raymond O'Connor ... Taylor
Hamilton Camp
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Whitney Scott Bain ... Media Police Lieutenant
Jonathon Robinson ... The Real Palinov (uncredited)
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Directed by
Peter Lehner 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Samuel Benedict  writer
Gordon Chavis  writer
Peter Lehner  writer

Produced by
Cynthia Hill .... associate producer
Peter Lehner .... executive producer
Andres Pfäffli .... producer
Christina Schmidlin .... producer
Robert Michael Steloff .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Stacy Widelitz 
 
Cinematography by
Zoltán David 
 
Film Editing by
Pietro Scalia 
 
Casting by
Michael Cutler 
 
Production Design by
Milo  (as Milo Needles)
 
Art Direction by
Troy Myers 
 
Costume Design by
Shawna Trpcic  (as Shawna Leavell)
 
Production Management
Cynthia Hill .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marshall Crosby .... assistant director
Hubie Kerns Jr. .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Ramsey Smith .... carpenter
 
Sound Department
Clifford 'Kip' Gynn .... production sound mixer
Anthony Milch .... sound editor
T.A. Moore Jr. .... sound re-recording mixer
Timothy Pearson .... foley mixer
 
Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr. .... stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Brian 'Wheat' Villegas .... gaffer
 
Editorial Department
F. Paul Benz .... first assistant editor
Jeffrey Cooper .... apprentice editor
 
Other crew
Robin Anderson .... script supervisor
 

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Runtime:
95 min | Germany:88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Ultra Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:16 | Germany:12 | USA:R

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Needs Much More Than It Was Given., 29 July 2003
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Author: rsoonsa (rsoonsa@bandbbooks.com) from Mountain Mesa, California

A seedy production throughout, not helped by a manifest lack of funding, this unrefined attempt at making a cyberpunk noir film relates events in an unrevealed future when, in a locale referred to as The Hemisphere (and sometimes as The Zone), it is illegal to view television or movies, including those on video tape, thereby naturally causing a thriving market in bootleg recordings. Billy Zane portrays a member of the Media Police, Raymond Palinov, selected by the "CKS" (Internal Security) to infiltrate into a neighbouring city-state called Megaville wherein "media" is legal, in an ostensible attempt to assist in discouraging the continuance of a conduit of media products into the Hemisphere, and who has been recipient of a remote control transmitter installed in his brain, from which he will receive instructions from the CKS head, played by Daniel J. Travanti. There is a good deal of raw material here for application of satire, but the work is poorly written, directed and executed, with bafflement rampant as to what is transpiring during a majority of scenes, while poor Zane, charismatic under strong direction, is permitted in this instance his full range of fey mannerisms, and with contemporary street scenes of the Los Angeles Civic Center dolefully failing to impress as a future anything, at all.

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