Just Imagine (1930)
Directed by David Butler
Genres - Musical, Fantasy, Music, Science Fiction |
Sub-Genres - Musical Fantasy |
Release Date - Nov 23, 1930 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 104 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
Made in 1930, this well-known sci-fi musical chronicles the adventures of a lightning-struck man who awakens to find himself in futuristic New York City, circa 1980. He finds it a strange new world where fantastically attired people are ascribed numbers rather than names and all marriages must be government-approved. He also finds a bewildering array of technical gizmos and innovations that include babies grown in test tubes, videophones, and automatic doors (could the filmmakers see into the future or are our innovations the result of self-fulfilling prophecy?). The story centers on his attempts to get the government to sanction his marriage to his modern girl love. Before the feds will approve, the fellow must prove his worth. He does so by boarding a Mars-bound rocket. Upon the red planet he discovers that it is populated by replicas of the people living on Earth. The film's songs are dismal, but of course that is part of the campy fun.
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awakening, bureaucracy, costume, daughter, door, flying, future, government, lightning, marriage, Mars, reanimation, rocket, space-travel, test-tube, toddlers, twins, videophone, wedding, wife, old-fashioned, songwriter
