Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might ... Read allWelcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell.Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell.
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- 5 nominations
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- Robert Hewitt Wolfe(night 2)
- Randall M. Badat(night 2)
- Hans Beimler(night 2)
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- TriviaThe name of the zeppelin is "Herumfurzen". That is German and means "farting around".
- GoofsThe statement that a white woman plays a southeast Asian is vastly incorrect on 2 fronts. Jeananne Goossen is part Chinese . The second is that she's representing Japan, NOT in Southeast Asia by any definition.
- Quotes
Allegra Braccioforte de Venezia: Start the engines and get us out of here.
Samuel Clemens: Not yet. We have an agreement with Mr. Ellman.
Allegra Braccioforte de Venezia: You really meant all that? I thought you had more sense.
Samuel Clemens: Sometimes I don't know why I tolerate you.
Allegra Braccioforte de Venezia: Well, we know it's not for my cooking.
- ConnectionsReferences The Simpsons (1989)
Two of Farmer's short pieces, "The Day of the Great Shout" (1965) and "The Suicide Express" (1966), evolved into a truly wonderful story, published in novel form and entitled "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" (1971).
In Farmer's story, everyone who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected as healthy, young, and naked people on the grassy banks of an enormous river. Given food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history--and prehistory--must start again.
Prior to the event that came to be known as "Resurrection Day," Sir Richard Francis Burton gains an unplanned glimpse behind the scenes and is the first to realize that the Riverworld is no traditional afterlife. This forbidden sight would spur the renowned 19th-century explorer to uncover the truth. Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial. Burton sets sail on the magnificent river to learn the truth.
Giving the newly resurrected metal, technology, horses and all the rest spoils the whole concept by depriving the viewer of the experience of seeing human beings take the very little they start with and build something wonderful.
Go read the book--this movie is a waste of time.
- gatebanger
- Apr 20, 2011
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- Lạc Vào Thế Giới Khác
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- Runtime2 hours 58 minutes
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