Max Headroom: The Complete Series
Shout! Factory (1987)
TV Series  /  Science Fiction
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   7.3
11 hr 9 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Matt Frewer Edison Carter/Max Headroom
Amanda Pays Theora Jones
Jeffrey Tambor Murray
George Coe Ben Cheviot
Concetta Tomei Blank Dominique
Lee Wilkof Edwards
Chris Young Bryce Lynch
Virginia Kiser Mrs. Formby
William Morgan Sheppard Blank Reg
Hank Garrett Ashwell
Jere Burns Breughel
Charles Rocket Grossberg
Andreas Katsulas Mr. Bartlett
J.W. Smith Rik
Peter Crook Blank Bruno
Matt Frewer Edison Carter / Max Headroom
Hank Garrett Gene Ashwell
Judi M. Durand Computer
Ricardo Gutiérrez Martinez
Arsenio 'Sonny' Trinidad Ped Xing
Michael Paul Chan
Director
Tommy Lee Wallace
Victor Lobl
Janet Greek
Thomas J. Wright
Maurice Phillips
Francis Delia
Producer Frankish, Brian E.
Wagg, Peter
Adelson, Andrew
Roberts, Steve
Steve Roberts
Peter Wagg
Philip DeGuere
Writer Joe Gannon
Steve Roberts
Cinematography Robert M. Stevens
Paul Goldsmith
Musician Cory Lerios

It is the day after tomorrow, and television networks rule the planet. The TV sets themselves do not turn off, and the programming is designed to keep citizens in a state of complacency. Society is in a shambles, with poverty rampant. In the shadows of the Networks, untold millions live on the streets with only a TV to their names, and many can only make their living by selling dead bodies on the organ transplant black market. The one ray of hope is Edison Carter, investigative reporter for Network 23. Edison covers the stories that matter, and he is the voice of the people who have no other. Edison, of course, winds up on the wrong side of some very bad men who try their best to have him killed. An attempt to find out what he knows by reading his brain with a computer inadvertently creates a stuttering, manic computer simulation of Edison that calls itself Max.
Episodes
Disc 01
 0 hr 48 mins    3/31/1987  1.  Blipverts
Network 23's star reporter, Edison Carter, uncovers the sinister truth about the network's new advertising technology called "Blipverts." The need to silence Carter leads to teh creation of wunderkind Bryce Lynch's new technological wonder, Max Headroom!
Director:  Farhad Mann  Writer:  Joe Gannon  /  Steve Roberts 
Guest starring:  Ricardo Gutierrez,  Jere BurnsRick Ducommun, Billie Bird,  Ken SwoffordCharles RocketVirginia Kiser, Viola Kates Simpson, Irene Olga Lopez, Pearl Shear, Richard Guitierrez, Skip O'Brien, Matt Roe, John Davey, Taylor Presnell
 0 hr 47 mins    4/7/1987  2.  Rakers
A deadly underground sport puts Theora's brother in danger with the mafia and his opponents.
Director:  James Crocker  /  Thomas J. Wright  Writer:  Steve Roberts  / James Crocker 
Guest starring:  Sherman Howard,  J.W. Smith, Joseph Ruskin, Wortham Krimmer, Ricardo Gutierrez, Arsenio Sonny Trinidad,  Lee de Broux, Wynn Irwin, B.L. Collins, Ron D. Ross, Kimberly Delfin, Peter Cohl, Tain Bodkin,  Brian Libby, Doug Hale
 0 hr 49 mins    4/14/1987  3.  Body Banks
While Max attempts to fill teh many gaps in his and Edison's memory, a man takes Theora hostage in an effort to focus Edison's attention on thugs in search of involuntary organ donors.
Director:  Francis Delia  Writer:  Steve Roberts 
Guest starring:  J.W. SmithJohn Winston, Scott Kraft,  Rick DucommunJere BurnsVirginia Kiser, Juliette Cummins, Claude Earl Jones, Robert Dowdell, James Gypsy Haake,  Jenny Gago, Arsenio Sonny Trinidad, Peri Kaczmarek, Fred Holliday
 0 hr 48 mins    4/21/1987  4.  Security Systems
The CEO of Security Systems, the world's largest security center, fears there may be danger behind the possible purchase of her company by an unknown buyer.
Director:  Tommy Lee Wallace  Writer:  Michael Cassutt 
Guest starring:  J.W. Smith, Sally Stevens, Carol Mayo Jenkins, Ricardo Gutierrez, David Allyn, Peter Mins, Julia Calderón,  Santos Morales, Mark Voland
Disc 02
 0 hr 48 mins    4/28/1987  5.  War
Edison and the team at Network 23 are dumbfounded when a lesser rival network appears to always be at the scenes of recent terrorist attacks for the big ratings-drawing exclusives.
Director:  Thomas J. Wright  Writer:  Steve Roberts  / Michael Cassutt 
Guest starring:  Ricardo Gutierrez, J. Michael Flynn, Robert O'Reilly,  Richard Lineback, Gary Swanson, Lisa Niemi, Arsenio Sonny Trinidad, Spencer Allan, Yana Nirvana, Michael Colin Ward, Tom Miller, Randall Caldwell
 0 hr 48 mins    5/5/1987  6.  The Blanks
A group of unidentified anarchists, known only as Blanks, terrorize the city's central computer systems.
Director:  Tommy Lee Wallace  Writer:  Steve Roberts 
Guest starring:  Peter Crook, Lisa Niemi, Sherman Howard, Brian Brophy,  John FleckLycia Naff, Cynthia Stevenson, John Durbin, Kenneth White, Rob Narita,  Tom Everett, Sandra Sexton, Elizabeth Gorcey
 0 hr 48 mins    9/18/1987  7.  Academy
While Blank Reg publicly fights for his freedom - and his life - over a crime he didn't commit, Theora recruits Bryce to help track down the real culprits. But does Bryce know more about the advanced tech crime than he's willing to admit?
Director:  Victor Lobl  Writer:  David Brown 
Guest starring:  James Greene, Maureen Teefy, Tom Fitzpatrick, Venice Marrow, Joe Hart, Paul Martin, Bill Dearth, Melissa Steinberg, Barry Pearl, Christopher Burton, Mya Akerling, Dick Patterson
Disc 03
 0 hr 47 mins    9/25/1987  8.  Deities
An old flame of Edison's, now the spiritual leader of a controversial new age church, desperately wnats Max's technology to help the church fulfill its shallow promises of a computer-enhanced afterlife.
Director:  Thomas J. Wright  Writer:  Michael Cassutt 
Guest starring:  Dayle Haddon, Ricardo Gutierrez,  Rosalind ChaoGregory Itzin, Dale Raoul, Larry Spinak, Ron Ray, Clarence Brown, Gary Ballard, Brenda Hayes, Peg Stewart, Michael Margotta
 0 hr 48 mins    10/2/1987  9.  Grossberg's Return
In a grim vendetta against Edison and Network 23, Grossberg takes firm control of their archrival, Network 66.
Director:  Janet Greek  Writer:  Steve Roberts 
Guest starring:  Caroline Kava,  Charles Rocket, Stephen Elliot
 0 hr 48 mins    10/9/1987  10.  Dream Thieves
When an old colleague is found literally drained of life, Edison races to expose the deadly process of recording and broadcasting dreams. But is the audience's own demand for the innovative new program too great to conquer?
Director:  Todd Holland  / Charles Grant Craig  Writer:  Steve Roberts 
Guest starring:  Mark Lindsay Chapman,  Ron FasslerJenette GoldsteinVernon WeddleJere Burns
 0 hr 48 mins    10/16/1987  11.  Whackets
Viewers are unable to tear their eyes away from the seemingly mindless game show Whackets, and Big-Time is finally on top of the ratings. But is Bit-Time just a pawn in a much larger game of addiction?
Director:  Victor Lobl  / Dennis Rolfe  Writer:  Arthur Sellers 
Guest starring:  Bill Maher
Disc 04
 0 hr 47 mins    4/28/1988  12.  Neurostim
The Neurostim bracelet, a brand-new promotional giveaway from Zik Zak, implants the perfect life into your imagination and gives you the drive to make it happen - no matter what the cost!
Director:  Maurice Phillips  Writer:  Arthur Sellers  / Michael Cassutt 
Guest starring:  Joan Severance,  Lee Wilkof, Martin Azarow,  Hank Garrett, Jacque Lynn Colton, Evan Kim,  Jim Piddock, Michael Strasser, Roger Hampton,  Sab Shimono, Michael Margotta, Tom Dugan, Julie McCullough, Edward Wiley, Saida Pagan, Michael Dobo, Kahlil Wheaton, Billy Beck
 0 hr 47 mins    5/5/1988  13.  Lessons
Education becomes a crime when Blanks begin pirating elite educational programming for poor children.
Director:  Howard Brookner  / Victor Lobl  / Colman deKay  Writer:  Steve Roberts  / Adrian Hein 
Guest starring:  Rick Lieberman, Laura Carrington, Mike Preston, John Durbin, Peter Crook, Melissa Behr, Ed Trotta, Larry Cortinas, Guy Christopher, Ainslie Currie, Lewis Dauber, Richard Lion, Jason Zahler
 0 hr 48 mins    9/10/1995  14.  Baby Grobags
When Theora's old friend goes to teh lab to finally pick up her in vitro baby - only to find out it's been kidnapped - Edison and Theora make it their personal mission to expose the truth behind the disappearances of other babies.
Director:  Janet Greek  Writer:  Chris Ruppenthal 
Guest starring:  Millicent Martin,  Amanda HillwoodJere BurnsCharles Rocket
Disc 05
    Seen it: Yes  15.  Live On Network 23: The Story of Max Headroom
    Seen it: Yes  16.  Looking Back At The Future
    Seen it: Yes  17.  The Big-Time Blanks
    Seen it: Yes  18.  The Science Behind The Fiction
    Seen it: Yes  19.  The Writers Remember
    Seen it: Yes  20.  Producing Dystopia
Edition Details
Edition DVD
Series Max Headroom
Release Date 8/10/2010
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Discs/Tapes 5

Features
Disc 05 Live on Network 23: The Story of Max Headroom
Looking Back At The Future
The Big-Time Blanks
The Science Behind the Fiction
The Writers Remember
Producing Dystopia
User Defined
User Lookup 1 Max Headroom