7.1
Max Headroom's Giant Christmas Turkey (1986)
December 26, 198640mEN
5.5
2 votes
Overview
An extra long special where "computer-generated" host from the future Max Headroom sings humorous holiday songs and interviews guests, along with a couple odd skits. Produced as part of the HBO talk show spin-off of the British Channel Four/Chrysalis science fiction series.
Director
David G. HillierTop Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Chrysalis Visual Programming Ltd.
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5.0How very aptly titled. This isn’t a film, it isn’t even a television programme about a film. It’s a Christmas light entertainment show based on the Channel Four series that ran in the UK in the mid 1980s. It features the stylised Matt Frewer in the title role as the irreverent computer-generated hybrid of Noel Edmonds and Dame Edna Everage delivering pithy one-liners in his uniquely self-effacing and staccato style. What’s really quite striking about this is the shocking quality of the production. I know time hasn’t been especially kind to the ZX81 style of computer graphics but the contributo…
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