Movie Description
Michael Crichton's directorial debut, WESTWORLD is the direct precursor to JURASSIC PARK as the story of a technological amusement park gone out of control, with tourists becoming victims. For $1,000 a day, patrons can visit high-tech recreations of historically based mythical settings controlled by lifelike androids and synthetic environments: a Roman world that recreates tales of ancient Rome; a medieval world that recreates the legends of the Middle Ages; and Westworld, which recreates the myth of the classic Western. Two Chicago businessmen, Martin (Richard Benjamin) and Blane (James Brolin), spend their vacation in Westworld, where they live out their fantasies of the Old West mythology: chaotic barroom brawls, random love with beautiful prostitutes, and a violent jailbreak during which they shoot the local sheriff. But the complex technology that supports these fabricated worlds develops complicated syndromes faster than the scientists behind the scenes can resolve them. Soon the entire resort breaks down into chaos, and the androids turn hostile on the visiting tourists. WESTWORLD is both a retread on classic science fiction themes and a precocious critique of the false values and artificiality of the encroaching mass culture.
| Credits | | Writer: | Michael Crichton | | Producer: | Paul N. Lazurus III | | Cast: | Alan Oppenheimer, Jared Martin, Norman Bartold, Richard Benjamin |
| Details | | Sound: | Stereo Sound |
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround - Englsh
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer
Includes Travia Booklet
Interactive Features
Interactive Menus, Theatrical release: November 21, 1973.
Filmed in California.
Editorial Reviews
5 stars out of 5 -- "Michael Crichton began a brief career as a director with WESTWORLD....WESTWORLD is enduringly great, an action movie with a brain..."
Empire - Kim Newman (10/01/2008)
4 stars out of 5 -- "Michael Crichton's superior WESTWORLD is basically JURASSIC PARK with Yul Brynner's robotic gunslinger in place of the 'raptors."
Total Film - Kevin Harley (11/01/2008)
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