Things to Come
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
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William Cameron Menzies
Geoffrey Boothby
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This is a rather fanciful adaptation of the HG Wells tale. Mankind is all but obliterated by war; reduced to tribal existences - under the overly theatrical leadership of Ralph Richardson and Margaretta Scott - fighting plague, tyranny and the elements. Then they encounter Daniel Massey ("John Cabal") who helps reconcile and rebuild society to an almost Utopian level. It manages to intertwine megalomania with human aspiration; an overpoweringly rousing score and some truly Shakesperian style soliloquy. It comes to force a future upon us that is eerily portentous of an Orwellian style dictatorship; of interstellar exploration to spread our plague of self-destructive ambition to other worlds - and all, broadly speaking with the consent of the masses. Sadly, i saw a colourised version which robbed this film of almost every element of potency; indeed it rendered it little better than a very poor cartoon. It's still just about worth watching; but Massey is no Olivier and I found it all rather preposterous.
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The directors of Things to Come are William Cameron Menzies and Geoffrey Boothby.
The cast of Things to Come includes Patrick Barr as World Transport Official (uncredited), Cedric Hardwicke as Theotocopulos, George Sanders as Celestial Body (uncredited), Abraham Sofaer as The Jew (uncredited), John Clements as The Airman (uncredited), Raymond Massey as John Cabal / Oswald Cabal, Edward Chapman as Pippa Passworthy / Raymond Passworthy, Ralph Richardson as The Boss, Margaretta Scott as Roxana / Rowena, Maurice Braddell as Dr. Harding, Sophie Stewart as Mrs. Cabal, Derrick De Marney as Richard Gordon, and more.
The duration of Things to Come is 1h 40 mins.
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Things to Come was released on 31 Mar 1936.
Things to Come is listed under Drama and Science Fiction on Fanbiz.
Things to Come has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "This is a rather fanciful adaptation of the HG Wells tale. Mankind is all but obliterated by war; reduced to tribal existences - under the overly theatrical leadership of Ralph..."
