The Adding Machine (film)
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Director Jerome Epstein Duration | 6.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 23 September 1969 Screenplay Charlie Chaplin, Jerome Epstein Cast (Mr. Zero), (Mrs. Zero), (Daisy Devore), Sydney Chaplin (Lieutenant Charles), (Shrdlu), (Smithers)Similar movies Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End , Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey , The Sixth Sense , Beetlejuice , Defending Your Life , Recently, my sister is unusual | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
An obsolete bookkeeper (Phyllis Diller) kills his boss, is executed and enters the afterlife pending reincarnation.
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The Adding Machine is a 1969 American-British fantasy drama film produced, written, and directed by Jerome Epstein. It is based on a stage production of the 1923 Elmer Rice play directed by Jerome Epstein in Los Angeles in the 1940s.
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
Plot summary
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
Similar Movies
A Zed & Two Noughts (1985). A Woman of Paris (1923). A Night in the Show (1915). A King in New York (1957). The Pilgrim (1923).
Reception
The movie (and the play) received a rather critical 1969 review from Roger Greenspun.
References
The Adding Machine (film) WikipediaThe Adding Machine (film) IMDb The Adding Machine (film) themoviedb.org