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Hi!
I had to join this forum to see if anyone could help me to identify an old movie/TV show that I have memories of seeing as a child, but can't find any clues about whatsoEVER!
I believe this was from the late 1980's, maybe early 90's. The plot is similar to the new "In Time" movie that just came out, though far less action. It takes place far in the future, all people have these small black devices with red digital clocks that count down their remaining life. These they wear or are attached to them. This time is used as currency, so rich people can live forever and poor people just die. The main character is from poverty, but is climbing to the upper classes and is torn between these two worlds.
Some scenes I remember - the protagonist is a salesman perhaps, he is trying to sell a tree to a group of men. In this future trees are incredibly rare or almost non-existent so this is like a rare specimen. No one knows what it is, then one guy goes "oh, I've heard of these. they're supposed to make a nice sound when the wind blows through them."
The movie ends with the protagonist driving away from his mother's funeral (her time ran out) which is basically just a hole in the ground in the country. He is in a limo with the blue blood types and they have embraced him - he will now live forever as a rich person.
I hope someone has some idea of what I'm talking about! I can't waste any more company time googling random phrases I think would've come from the movie to try and find clues...
Thanks!
I had to join this forum to see if anyone could help me to identify an old movie/TV show that I have memories of seeing as a child, but can't find any clues about whatsoEVER!
I believe this was from the late 1980's, maybe early 90's. The plot is similar to the new "In Time" movie that just came out, though far less action. It takes place far in the future, all people have these small black devices with red digital clocks that count down their remaining life. These they wear or are attached to them. This time is used as currency, so rich people can live forever and poor people just die. The main character is from poverty, but is climbing to the upper classes and is torn between these two worlds.
Some scenes I remember - the protagonist is a salesman perhaps, he is trying to sell a tree to a group of men. In this future trees are incredibly rare or almost non-existent so this is like a rare specimen. No one knows what it is, then one guy goes "oh, I've heard of these. they're supposed to make a nice sound when the wind blows through them."
The movie ends with the protagonist driving away from his mother's funeral (her time ran out) which is basically just a hole in the ground in the country. He is in a limo with the blue blood types and they have embraced him - he will now live forever as a rich person.
I hope someone has some idea of what I'm talking about! I can't waste any more company time googling random phrases I think would've come from the movie to try and find clues...
Thanks!
