Futureworld
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Promotional US poster
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| Directed by | Richard T. Heffron |
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| Music by | Fred Karlin |
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| Edited by | James Mitchell |
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Aubrey Company/Paul N. Lazarus III
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| Distributed by | American International Pictures |
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.5 million |
Futureworld is a 1976 American science fiction thriller film directed by Richard T. Heffron and written by Mayo Simon and George Schenck. It is the only film sequel to the 1973 Michael Crichton film Westworld, and the second installment in the Westworld franchise. The film stars Peter Fonda, Blythe Danner, Arthur Hill, Stuart Margolin, John Ryan, and Yul Brynner, who makes a cameo appearance in a dream sequence. Other than Brynner, none of the cast members from the original film appear, and original writer-director Crichton was not involved.
The film attempted to take the plot in a different direction from Westworld, but it was not generally well received by critics. It was made by American International Pictures (its predecessor was made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, which later bought AIP's successor Orion Pictures).
Afterward, there was a short-lived television series called Beyond Westworld.
Two years after the Westworld tragedy (the date June 20, 1985, is seen on the check presented to the game show winner in the opening scene), the Delos corporation owners have reopened the park following $1.5 billion in safety improvements. For publicity purposes, newspaper reporter Chuck Browning and TV reporter Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just before the junket is announced, Browning arranges to meet with a Delos employee who promises he has dirt on the corporation. During the meeting, the tipster is shot in the back and dies after giving Browning an envelope.
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