Automania 2000
1964 | 9m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | John Halas |
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| Writer: | John Halas, Joy Batchelor |
| Staring: |
| An animated, dark satire of America's automobile-obsessed, consumerist culture. An anonymous, brilliant scientist toils tirelessly in his ivory tower satisfying the public's ever-increasing demands for novelty and status consciousness, with predictable environmental consequences. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 12, 1964 |
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| Director: | John Halas |
| Writer: | John Halas, Joy Batchelor |
| Genres: | Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | dystopia, satire, short film |
| Production Companies | Halas and Batchelor Cartoon Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Apr 28, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Ed Bishop | Narrator |
| Name | Job |
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| John Halas | Writer, Director |
| Todor | Idea |
| Jack King | Sound Effects, Sound, Original Music Composer, Editor |
| Joy Batchelor | Writer |
| Györgyei | Idea |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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Electro-hydromagnetics has provided mankind with an inexhaustible supply of energy ergo an unending supply of disposable goods and some startling amounts of waste. All produced amidst a marketing hysteria designed to maximise the space left - a 40 foot long car in which folks could actually live. In ... deed there was a car for just about every purpose known to man - even remote controlled prams! Needless to say, these things flew out of the factories so soon we live on a planet of roads, and more roads, nobody goes anywhere and we have nowhere left to cultivate our food! On the upside, though, this log-jamming did mean that any form of war was logistically impossible. Early drone distribution, well helicopters, ensured that tobacco is drip fed into it's addicts mouths, as is food and medicine. Finally, the ultimate in stupidity - a car that could give birth! Why even bother with people at all? It's a bit over the top this, but it's light-heartedness does deliver an enjoyably apocalyptic scenario that might well have looked plausible in 1963...