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The Final Programme ()

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A trio of scientists plan to create a self-replicating, immortal, hermaphrodite using the Final Programme developed by a dead, Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
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Jerry Cornelius
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Miss Brunner
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Maj. Wrongway Lindbergh
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John
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Professor Hira
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Miss Dazzle
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Dr. Baxter
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Dr. Smiles
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Dr. Powys
Basil Henson ...
Dr. Lucas
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Frank
Gilles Millinaire ...
Dimitri
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Shades
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Jenny (as Sandy Ratcliffe)
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Nurse (as Mary Macleod)
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Catherine
Delores Delmar ...
Fortune Teller (as Dolores Del Mar)
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Waitress
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Olga Lowe ...
Hari (uncredited)

Directed by

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Robert Fuest

Written by

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Michael Moorcock ... (novel "The Final Programme")
 
Robert Fuest ... (written by)

Produced by

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Roy Baird ... executive producer
John Goldstone ... producer
Sanford Lieberson ... producer (as Sandy Lieberson)
David Puttnam ... executive producer

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Paul Beaver
Bernard Krause

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Norman Warwick ... (lighting cameraman)

Editing by

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Barrie Vince

Editorial Department

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Mick Monks ... second assistant editor (uncredited)
Peter Watson ... first assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Miriam Brickman

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Robert Fuest ... (designed by)

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Philip Harrison ... (as Phillip Harrison)

Makeup Department

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Alan Boyle ... makeup artist
Ann Brodie ... makeup artist
Patrick Grant ... hairdressing (as Pat Grant)
Leonard ... hair consultant (as Leonard of London)

Production Management

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John Comfort ... production supervisor

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Ted Lewis ... first assistant director
Paddy Carpenter ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Murray ... third assistant director (uncredited)

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Roger Christian ... assistant art director
Leslie Dilley ... assistant art director
David Lusby ... property buyer
Bill Beavis ... scenic artist (uncredited)
Wilf France ... stand-by props (uncredited)
George Gunning ... construction manager (uncredited)
Rex Hobbs ... chargehand stand-by props (uncredited)
Arthur Jacobs ... stand-by dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Ian Fuller ... sound editor
Bill Rowe ... dubbing mixer
Brian Simmons ... sound recordist
Rowland Fowles ... boom operator (uncredited)
Howard Grove ... sound maintenance (uncredited)
Stan Mockridge ... sound camera operator (uncredited)

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Peter Melrose ... matte artist
Gerald Larn ... matte painter (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Robin Vidgeon ... camera focus
Chic Waterson ... camera operator
Ted Hallows ... supervising electrician (uncredited)
Paul Kingsley ... clapper loader (uncredited)
John MacAvoy ... grip (uncredited)
George Courtney Ward ... still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Marit Allen ... costume consultant (as Marit Lieberson)
John Bates ... John Bates at Jean Varon designed Miss Runacre's costumes
Ray Beck ... wardrobe supervisor
Ossie Clark ... designed Mr. Finch's costumes
Tommy Nutter ... costume maker: Mr. Finch
Richard Smith ... Richard Smith at the Chelsea Cobbler, London designed the shoes and boots
Erica Eames ... wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Music Department

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Gerry Mulligan ... musician: baritone saxophone

Script and Continuity Department

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Jane Buck ... continuity

Transportation Department

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Ken Tuohy ... unit driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Nat Cohen ... presenter
Philip Collins ... production executive
Ron Swinburne ... production accountant
Jo Bergman ... producer's secretary (uncredited)
Hilda Dixon ... assistant accountant (uncredited)
Brian Doyle ... unit publicist (uncredited)
Sue Greenberg ... production secretary (uncredited)
Lynda Smith ... publicity secretary (uncredited)
John Solie ... cover illustrator (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Trevor ... unit runner (uncredited)

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Plot Summary

After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers), has sought Cornelius's help in obtaining it. After a chase across a war-torn Europe on the verge of anarchy, Brunner and Cornelius obtain the microfilm from Jerry's loathsome brother Frank. They proceed to an abandoned underground Nazi fortress in the Arctic to run the programme, with Jerry and Miss Brunner as the subjects. Written by Bernard Keane

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Taglines The Future is Cancelled! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Last Days of Man on Earth (United States)
  • Les décimales du futur (France)
  • Supersankari (Finland)
  • Människans sista dagar (Sweden)
  • Конечная программа (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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  • 81 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Mick Jagger turned down the part of Jerry Cornelius as he thought the script was "too weird". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996). See more »
Quotes Nurse: It's much easier to run a hospital with all the patients sleeping.
Jerry Cornelius: Easiest way to run the world, for that matter.
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