The read
It runs a compact 53m.
Synopsis
An unnamed character is trapped in a cubical white room where others can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
30 audience votes
Key crew
- Jim HensonDirector
- Jerry JuhlWriter
- Jim HensonWriter
- Walter E. SearOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Richard SchaalThe Man in the Cube
- Hugh WebsterArnie
- Rex SevenoaksManager
- Jack Van EveraPrisoner
- John GranikStraight Man / Sergeant
- Guy SanvidoComic Fritz
- Liza CreightonCora, the Seductress
- Don CrawfordBlack Militant
- William OslerScientist
- Jerry NelsonMonk
- Sandra ScottMiss Bates, the Decorator
- Claude RaeDr. Conners
Stills
Themes
surrealismself identitycubeself awarewhite roomexperimental filmteleplaytrapped in a roomreality vs illusion