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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

6.6198557mMovieComedyScience FictionTV Movie

While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.

DirectorsAnnabel Jankel·Rocky Morton
WritersGeorge Stone·Rocky Morton
ProducersPeter Wagg·Terry Ellis

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Cast · Directed by Annabel Jankel

MFMatt Frewer
Matt Frewer
Edison Carter / Max Headroom
APAmanda Pays
Amanda Pays
Theora Jones
WSWilliam Morgan Sheppard
William Morgan Sheppard
Blank Reg
NGNickolas Grace
Nickolas Grace
Grossman
HTHilary Tindall
Hilary Tindall
Dominique
PSPaul Spurrier
Paul Spurrier
Bryce Lynch
HMHilton McRae
Hilton McRae
Breugal
GR
George Rossi
Mahler
RSRoger Sloman
Roger Sloman
Murray
ADAnthony Dutton
Anthony Dutton
Gorrister
CGConstantine Gregory
Constantine Gregory
Ben Cheviot
LM
Lloyd McGuire
Edwards

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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 23, 1985. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.