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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1042

Just Imagine

1930109 minUnited States
MusicalScience fictionFantasy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
English
This copy runs
108:10
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Wikimedia Commons · David Butler · Public domain

Synopsis

Revived in an imagined 1980, a man from 1930 discovers a New York of aircraft, numbered citizens and tightly regulated relationships. He joins two younger men whose romantic plans are obstructed by official rules. Their troubles lead beyond the futuristic city into a musical science-fiction adventure shaped by the comic surprise of everyday inventions.

Cast

DirectorsDavid Butler

Behind the scenes

The elaborate Art Deco city was constructed as a large miniature with thousands of lights. Its dense aerial traffic and towering buildings turn the production design into one of the film's principal attractions.

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