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Automatons
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1hr 23min
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2006
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Facets
Synopsis: Machines fight for control of a world destroyed by man in this ultra-low-budget sci-fi saga from filmmaker James Felix McKenney. A global war has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable, and the few humans who have lived through the conflict have been driven underground in order to survive. The Girl (Christine Spencer) lives in a subterranean bunker that she shares with several rattletrap robots of her own design. The Girl occupies herself by watching old videotapes of a scientist who was her ... Full Synopsis
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Automatons is driven less by its hints of suicide bombers than by its rigorous adherence to a time when robots were played by inverted dustbins and battles were represented by dots converging on a crackling screen. This lack of sophistication is enormously endearing, leaving us with the comforting notion that the end of the world will look a lot like the beginning of television. Full Review
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43
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Featured Cast
Lead Puppeteer, Warbots Mk 1 & 2
additional puppeter, Helper Robot, Enemy Captain, Warbots Mk 1 & 2, Soldier Robot, Additional Voice Work
additional puppeter
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