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Synopsis: In the distant future the world is in the grip of another ice age. A city originally built to house five million people is now in its death throes as the relentlessly advancing glacier is slowly crushing the metropolis's steel infrastructure. The relatively few surviving fur-clad inhabitants, perhaps thousands, perhaps only hundreds, drift aimlessly in their grim, drab world, awaiting their inevitable fate as they try to survive from day to day with scavenged firewood and minimal diet. Their only solaces are booza, an alcoholic drink distilled from moss, and Quintet, a seemingly innocuous board game for six players. The only other surviving mammals are roving packs of hungry mastiffs which roam the city's corridors and quickly dispose of the remains of the dead. Newly arrived from the south is Essex with his pregnant wife Vivia, seeking shelter in the doomed city only to find it populated by people middle-aged or older. They had supported themselves by hunting seals, but now that the l
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Robert Altman
Production: Fox
 
IMDB:
5.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%
R
Year:
1979
118 min
146 Views


This wood doesn't come from buildings.

Taken out of the ice.

Here you are.

- I'm going to get you.

- No, you won't.

Ohh.!

At last the end is coming.

Where are you from?

- The south.

- The south?

They say there are still seals

in the south. Is it true?

If there were, I'd still be there.

Why do you torment me?

I broke no rules.!

What?

Are you finding

all the information you want?

The system is all but ruined.

Trying to find a person or a place?

A friend.

Oh. A friend.

How interesting.

Amicus.

I haven't heard that word

for a long time.

And what do you use in its place?

Alliance.

How did you and your friend

become separated?

Time.

Where does your friend live?

He doesn't.

Redstone?

I'm a friend.

- "Friend"?

- Yes. I know him.

I'm supposed to meet him here.

Is he expected soon?

The tournament won't be over

for many days...

or more.

They play at the old casino.

He has a room...

at the Hotel Electra.

Where's that?

Second sector.

Red level.

- Your-Your hand-

- Please don't.

I haven't had a fire for-

When did you last see Redstone?

Yesterday.

If you see him again-

What?

Yesterday.

You won't.

They still let rooms here?

Uh, Deuca.

She's probably in the Quintet room.

I really played the casinos.

Six and two.

Is there a Deuca here?

- I'm Deuca.

- Redstone.

- Redstone?

- Yes.

He hasn't checked in yet.

Well, something happened.

I was delayed.

You're lucky I still have a room.

- May I have a key?

- There are no keys here.

You're room 243.

All right.

- Four and six.

- Four and six.

This is one of the imponderables.

You play, sir.

"Redstone, Francha...

'Deusha'- "

Deuca?

"Goldstar...

St. Christopher, Ambrosia. "

Oh. I'm sorry.

I must have the wrong room.

I was looking for a friend.

I'm the only one here.

This is my room.

My name is Grigor.

Perhaps the room I wanted

is the next one over.

But this is a nice room.

Pardon me.

- What's your name?

- Redstone.

Redstone. You're lucky

to have a warm room, Redstone.

Why don't you put that knife away?

I will tell you the truth...

Redstone.

What? That it was no mistake

you came here?

I am afraid I have been

playing the sixth man with you.

I thought the room would be empty.

I wanted to shave.

There's no water.

There is nothing but water...

and soon that's all

that will be left.

The planet will be frozen

in an envelope of ice...

and that will mercifully be the end...

of this history.

May I sit down?

- You don't stay here at the hotel?

- My room's at the casino.

I'm the adjudicator there,

the referee.

The judge, you might say.

Ajudge?

I interpret the rules.

I settle the disputes.

It's a lonely thing to do.

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