The_Adding_Machine_(film)

<i>The Adding Machine</i> (film)

The Adding Machine (film)

1969 film

The Adding Machine is a 1969 British fantasy comedy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein and starring Milo O'Shea, Phyllis Diller, Billie Whitelaw, Sydney Chaplin, and Raymond Huntley.

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It is based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play The Adding Machine directed by Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s.

The setting of The Adding Machine takes place on both Earth and in Heaven. For the film, Epstein set the earthly action in Manhattan in the 1930s during the Great Depression.

The movie was shot at Shepperton Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Shampan. It was distributed in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures.

Plot

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a comptometer (a primitive adding machine) starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.

Cast

Reception

The film (and the play) received a critical 1969 review from Roger Greenspun.[2]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Alexander Walker, Hollywood, England, Stein and Day, 1974 p346
  2. [2]
    Greenspun, Roger (24 September 1969). "The Adding Machine (1969)". The New York Times.


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