Max Headroom the complete series
Title:
Max Headroom the complete series
Author:
Frewer, Matt, 1958-
Uniform Title:
Max Headroom (Television program : 1987-1988)
Publication Information:
Los Angeles, Calif. : Shout! Factory, [2010]
Physical Description:
4 videodiscs (approximately 660 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. + 1 bonus disc.
Summary:
"20 minutes into the future ... Television networks battle one another in an unrelenting ratings war. Whoever controls the airwaves controls the dystopic world in which they broadcast. So when Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers a deadly secret that could shake up the stations dominion over its viewers, the only option is to eliminate Carter before he can make his story public. After Carter's "accident, " his mind is uploaded to create the world's first self-aware, computer-generated TV host--Max Headroom! But will Max bow to his creators? Or will he be key to his human alter ego bringing down a network superpower?"--Container.
General Note:
Contains all 14 episodes from the series.
DVD release of episodes originally broadcast on television in 1987-1988.
Bonus features: live on Network 23: the story of Max Headroom; looking back at the future; the big-time blanks; the science behind the fiction; the writers remember; producing dystopia.
Shout! Factory, discs 1-4: 12033, 12034, 12035, 12036; Shout! Factory, disc 5: 12212 (on container: SF 12032).
Language:
English
Contents:
Blipverts ; Rakers ; Body banks ; Security systems -- War ; Blanks ; Academy -- Deities ; Grossberg's return ; Dream thieves ; Whackets -- Neurostim ; Lessons ; Baby Grobags --
Reading Level:
Not rated; "some content not suitable for young audiences"--Container.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9781603994323
UPC:
826663120325
Format :
DVD
