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villager

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1. "Potatoes... yes or no?"

Reply to KT2000 (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 12:58 PM

Jun 2016

And then there was Connery's outfit.

But yes, as with a lot of films that decade -- inadvertently supported by studios, since they were stand-alone corporations back then, and not "entertainment divisions" -- it was prescient in its way.

Even more so was the original "Rollerball," which postulated corporate ownership of the planet, with each of the five remaining corporations divvying up control of different cities....

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Anyone remember Zardoz? [View all] KT2000 Jun 2016 OP

"Potatoes... yes or no?" villager Jun 2016 #1

R#1 & K for Zardoz (the movie)!1 n/t UTUSN Jun 2016 #2

I just remember Sean Connery's outfit. nt onehandle Jun 2016 #3

Here ya go... wcmagumba Jun 2016 #4

Hey - thanks for this! KT2000 Jun 2016 #5

You are welcome... wcmagumba Jun 2016 #6

It's a brilliant movie. hunter Jun 2016 #7

I remember this trippy movie felix_numinous Jun 2016 #8

Ha! Ha! I have the VHS! KT2000 Jun 2016 #9

Was anybody good in it? cyberswede Jun 2016 #10

Zed or 007? wcmagumba Jun 2016 #11