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I'm trying to find an obscure 1960's or 1970's movie I once saw on tv. It's about a society where bodily pleasures are encouraged, and pain & discomfort hidden with a "Soma" pill, they even taught this lifestyle to their children.
In one part, a group took a day excursion out of the protected city into the "wilderness," there was an accident and they stayed too long. They became "contaminated" and needed to be reintroduced to their protected city and way of life.
This MAY have included a time traveler who was appalled at their life style. I remember they frequently, and casually asked: "Who are you engaging tonight?" and referred to a chill pill as "Soma." They tried to avoid all pain and discomfort with this "Soma" pill.
I've searched several Time Travel, and Futuristic Sociey movies sites, but have not found it. Does anyone else remember this lost movie, or have a clue about where I might find it?
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I'm trying to find an obscure 1960's or 1970's movie I once saw on tv. It's about a society where bodily pleasures are encouraged, and pain & discomfort hidden with a "Soma" pill, they even taught this lifestyle to their children.
In one part, a group took a day excursion out of the protected city into the "wilderness," there was an accident and they stayed too long. They became "contaminated" and needed to be reintroduced to their protected city and way of life.
This MAY have included a time traveler who was appalled at their life style. I remember they frequently, and casually asked: "Who are you engaging tonight?" and referred to a chill pill as "Soma." They tried to avoid all pain and discomfort with this "Soma" pill.
I've searched several Time Travel, and Futuristic Sociey movies sites, but have not found it. Does anyone else remember this lost movie, or have a clue about where I might find it?
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You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
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I'm trying to find an obscure 1960's or 1970's movie I once saw on tv. It's about a society where bodily pleasures are encouraged, and pain & discomfort hidden with a "Soma" pill, they even taught this lifestyle to their children.
In one part, a group took a day excursion out of the protected city into the "wilderness," there was an accident and they stayed too long. They became "contaminated" and needed to be reintroduced to their protected city and way of life.
This MAY have included a time traveler who was appalled at their life style. I remember they frequently, and casually asked: "Who are you engaging tonight?" and referred to a chill pill as "Soma." They tried to avoid all pain and discomfort with this "Soma" pill.
I've searched several Time Travel, and Futuristic Sociey movies sites, but have not found it. Does anyone else remember this lost movie, or have a clue about where I might find it?
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I'm trying to find an obscure 1960's or 1970's movie I once saw on tv. It's about a society where bodily pleasures are encouraged, and pain & discomfort hidden with a "Soma" pill, they even taught this lifestyle to their children.
In one part, a group took a day excursion out of the protected city into the "wilderness," there was an accident and they stayed too long. They became "contaminated" and needed to be reintroduced to their protected city and way of life.
This MAY have included a time traveler who was appalled at their life style. I remember they frequently, and casually asked: "Who are you engaging tonight?" and referred to a chill pill as "Soma." They tried to avoid all pain and discomfort with this "Soma" pill.
I've searched several Time Travel, and Futuristic Sociey movies sites, but have not found it. Does anyone else remember this lost movie, or have a clue about where I might find it?
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You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
– Jenayah
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You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
– Jenayah
41 mins ago
You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
– Jenayah
41 mins ago
You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
– Jenayah
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I suspect that you’re slightly out on the timing, and it was the 1980 TV movie adaptation of Brave New World. I’ve not seen that movie, but all the elements you mention are in the plot of the book (your “time traveller†was actually raised on a “Savage Reservation†separated from the rest of society).
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The story is definitely taken straight from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similarities:
- A "chill pill" called soma
- A society with a completely relaxed and open attitude toward sex and intimacy (in the book people refer to it as "enjoying" someone, as in "Have you enjoyed so-and-so lately?")
- A method of teaching this behavior to children; the beginning of the book is devoted almost entirely to their child-procurement and -teaching process
- A journey into the wilds outside the utopian city
- A man from long before that society is appalled at their lifestyle (he was actually born and raised outside the city, but is not a time-traveller)
However, the earliest film adaptation was made in 1980, which is slightly later than your stated timeline. Since the subtitles of the 1980 version match what you remember about their use of the word "engaging" instead of "enjoying," I suspect this is the version you saw. (Credit to FuzzyBoots for the find!)
answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
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The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
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The use of "Soma" as a "chill pill" is distinctive to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The inclusion of a time traveler, however, sounds much more like Woody Allen's Sleeper -- in which a man is accidentally put into suspended animation during a dental visit, and wakes up in a dystopian world in which sex is open and free, everyone is wealthy, and a glowing ball provides a drug-like effect that calms -- but the facade hides a dictatorship led by the "Beloved Leader." The odd thing, here, is that Sleeper is a comedy...
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
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Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
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3 Answers
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3 Answers
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active
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active
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up vote
3
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I suspect that you’re slightly out on the timing, and it was the 1980 TV movie adaptation of Brave New World. I’ve not seen that movie, but all the elements you mention are in the plot of the book (your “time traveller†was actually raised on a “Savage Reservation†separated from the rest of society).
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
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I suspect that you’re slightly out on the timing, and it was the 1980 TV movie adaptation of Brave New World. I’ve not seen that movie, but all the elements you mention are in the plot of the book (your “time traveller†was actually raised on a “Savage Reservation†separated from the rest of society).
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
I suspect that you’re slightly out on the timing, and it was the 1980 TV movie adaptation of Brave New World. I’ve not seen that movie, but all the elements you mention are in the plot of the book (your “time traveller†was actually raised on a “Savage Reservation†separated from the rest of society).
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
I suspect that you’re slightly out on the timing, and it was the 1980 TV movie adaptation of Brave New World. I’ve not seen that movie, but all the elements you mention are in the plot of the book (your “time traveller†was actually raised on a “Savage Reservation†separated from the rest of society).
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
answered 34 mins ago
Mike Scott
47.6k3151199
47.6k3151199
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
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The story is definitely taken straight from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similarities:
- A "chill pill" called soma
- A society with a completely relaxed and open attitude toward sex and intimacy (in the book people refer to it as "enjoying" someone, as in "Have you enjoyed so-and-so lately?")
- A method of teaching this behavior to children; the beginning of the book is devoted almost entirely to their child-procurement and -teaching process
- A journey into the wilds outside the utopian city
- A man from long before that society is appalled at their lifestyle (he was actually born and raised outside the city, but is not a time-traveller)
However, the earliest film adaptation was made in 1980, which is slightly later than your stated timeline. Since the subtitles of the 1980 version match what you remember about their use of the word "engaging" instead of "enjoying," I suspect this is the version you saw. (Credit to FuzzyBoots for the find!)
answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
3,94011137
The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
The story is definitely taken straight from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similarities:
- A "chill pill" called soma
- A society with a completely relaxed and open attitude toward sex and intimacy (in the book people refer to it as "enjoying" someone, as in "Have you enjoyed so-and-so lately?")
- A method of teaching this behavior to children; the beginning of the book is devoted almost entirely to their child-procurement and -teaching process
- A journey into the wilds outside the utopian city
- A man from long before that society is appalled at their lifestyle (he was actually born and raised outside the city, but is not a time-traveller)
However, the earliest film adaptation was made in 1980, which is slightly later than your stated timeline. Since the subtitles of the 1980 version match what you remember about their use of the word "engaging" instead of "enjoying," I suspect this is the version you saw. (Credit to FuzzyBoots for the find!)
answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
3,94011137
The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
3
down vote
up vote
3
down vote
The story is definitely taken straight from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similarities:
- A "chill pill" called soma
- A society with a completely relaxed and open attitude toward sex and intimacy (in the book people refer to it as "enjoying" someone, as in "Have you enjoyed so-and-so lately?")
- A method of teaching this behavior to children; the beginning of the book is devoted almost entirely to their child-procurement and -teaching process
- A journey into the wilds outside the utopian city
- A man from long before that society is appalled at their lifestyle (he was actually born and raised outside the city, but is not a time-traveller)
However, the earliest film adaptation was made in 1980, which is slightly later than your stated timeline. Since the subtitles of the 1980 version match what you remember about their use of the word "engaging" instead of "enjoying," I suspect this is the version you saw. (Credit to FuzzyBoots for the find!)
answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
3,94011137
The story is definitely taken straight from Aldous Huxley's Brave New World.
Similarities:
- A "chill pill" called soma
- A society with a completely relaxed and open attitude toward sex and intimacy (in the book people refer to it as "enjoying" someone, as in "Have you enjoyed so-and-so lately?")
- A method of teaching this behavior to children; the beginning of the book is devoted almost entirely to their child-procurement and -teaching process
- A journey into the wilds outside the utopian city
- A man from long before that society is appalled at their lifestyle (he was actually born and raised outside the city, but is not a time-traveller)
However, the earliest film adaptation was made in 1980, which is slightly later than your stated timeline. Since the subtitles of the 1980 version match what you remember about their use of the word "engaging" instead of "enjoying," I suspect this is the version you saw. (Credit to FuzzyBoots for the find!)
answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
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answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
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answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
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answered 32 mins ago
PlutoThePlanet
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The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
add a comment |Â
The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
The subtitles show that they use that phrase, "Who are you engaging tonight?" (yousubtitles.com/Brave-New-World-1980-id-2105548)
– FuzzyBoots
16 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
I'm not saying OP is wrong, I'm just providing more detail about the similarity.
– PlutoThePlanet
13 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
:) I just figured it was one more detail you could add to your answer. The site I linked has the subtitles as a transcript, so you can find that phrase in there and say "The 1980s version includes that phrase..."
– FuzzyBoots
9 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
The use of "Soma" as a "chill pill" is distinctive to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The inclusion of a time traveler, however, sounds much more like Woody Allen's Sleeper -- in which a man is accidentally put into suspended animation during a dental visit, and wakes up in a dystopian world in which sex is open and free, everyone is wealthy, and a glowing ball provides a drug-like effect that calms -- but the facade hides a dictatorship led by the "Beloved Leader." The odd thing, here, is that Sleeper is a comedy...
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
The use of "Soma" as a "chill pill" is distinctive to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The inclusion of a time traveler, however, sounds much more like Woody Allen's Sleeper -- in which a man is accidentally put into suspended animation during a dental visit, and wakes up in a dystopian world in which sex is open and free, everyone is wealthy, and a glowing ball provides a drug-like effect that calms -- but the facade hides a dictatorship led by the "Beloved Leader." The odd thing, here, is that Sleeper is a comedy...
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
The use of "Soma" as a "chill pill" is distinctive to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The inclusion of a time traveler, however, sounds much more like Woody Allen's Sleeper -- in which a man is accidentally put into suspended animation during a dental visit, and wakes up in a dystopian world in which sex is open and free, everyone is wealthy, and a glowing ball provides a drug-like effect that calms -- but the facade hides a dictatorship led by the "Beloved Leader." The odd thing, here, is that Sleeper is a comedy...
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
The use of "Soma" as a "chill pill" is distinctive to Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
The inclusion of a time traveler, however, sounds much more like Woody Allen's Sleeper -- in which a man is accidentally put into suspended animation during a dental visit, and wakes up in a dystopian world in which sex is open and free, everyone is wealthy, and a glowing ball provides a drug-like effect that calms -- but the facade hides a dictatorship led by the "Beloved Leader." The odd thing, here, is that Sleeper is a comedy...
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
answered 40 mins ago
Zeiss Ikon
7,71811243
7,71811243
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
add a comment |Â
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
Sleeper came out in 1973, and had some significant nods to Brave New World.
– Zeiss Ikon
34 mins ago
add a comment |Â
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You say "Soma pill" and I hear Brave new world but I'm not aware of a 60s-70s adaptation. Homage maybe?
– Jenayah
41 mins ago