JON FINCH STARS IN TRIPPY SCI-FI DYSTOPIA  “THE FINAL PROGRAMME” (15)

Part of “The British Film” Collection

Cult director Robert Fuest’s dystopian sci-fi thriller THE FINAL PROGRAMME (15) is set for its DVD debut on 7 October 2013, RRP £9.99. Robert Finch stars as Jerry Cornelius, a Nobel Prize winning physicist and playboy who must battle his drug-addicted brother for the code that will move humanity to a higher level of creation with the creation of an immortal being. This film is presented in a brand new transfer from the original film elements.

This darkly humorous and trippy sci-fi thriller from the director of Dr Phibes horror films and based on Michael Moorcock’s acclaimed 1968 novel is set in a far-off future, with mankind in a state of decay. But a group of scientists believe they have found the means to create an ideal, self-replicating human being. Jerry Cornelius, Nobel Prize-winning physicist and playboy adventurer, is vital to the project’s success: his recently deceased father devised the formula of this ‘final programme’. However, the formula is captured on a microfilm hidden in the vaults of the family’s mansion, and jealously guarded by Jerry’s drug-addicted, psychopathic brother, Frank...

Special Features:

• Full frame as-filmed version of main feature
• Original theatrical trailers
• Italian title sequence
• Image Gallery
• Promotional material PDFs

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NOTES TO EDITORS

THE FINAL PROGRAMME (15) is a Network Distributing title

Release Date:        7 October 2013

RRP:                        £9.99

Running Time:      86 mins (approx)

Screen Ratio:        1.75:1

No. of Discs:         1

Catalogue no.       7953984

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