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World on a Wire (1973)

Summary A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia. With dashes of Kubrick, Vonnegut, and Dick, but a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer...

World on a Wire (1973)
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.2
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Summary A dystopic science-fiction epic, World on a Wire is German wunderkind Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s gloriously cracked, boundlessly inventive take on future paranoia. With dashes of Kubrick, Vonnegut, and Dick, but a flavor entirely his own, Fassbinder tells the noir-spiked tale of reluctant action hero Fred Stiller, a cybernetics engineer...

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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
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Generally Favorable Based on 9 User Ratings
7.2
78% Positive
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0% Mixed
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22% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
Release Date Jul 22, 2011
Duration 3 h 32 m
Rating Not Rated
Grimme Award
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination