Name: Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future
Genre: Comedy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
Released: 1985-04-04
Duration: 57 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Matt Frewer, Amanda Pays, William Morgan Sheppard, Nickolas Grace, Hilary Tindall

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future backdrop

1985·Comedy·57m

7.1

★

While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.

Directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel

virtual reality

talk show

tv ratings

cyberpunk

postmodern

counter-culture

reporter

advertising

woman director

playful

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Matt Frewer

Edison Carter / Max Headroom

Amanda Pays

Theora Jones

William Morgan Sheppard

Blank Reg

Nickolas Grace

Grossman

Paul Spurrier

Bryce Lynch

Hilton McRae

Breugal

Roger Sloman

Murray

Constantine Gregory

Ben Cheviot

Gary Hope

Ashwell

Val McLane

Eyewitness

Michael Cule

Exploding Man

Crew

Rocky Morton

Director

Annabel Jankel

Director

Phil Meheux

Director of Photography

Annabel Jankel

Story

John Hubbard

Casting

Rocky Morton

Story

Mary Jo Slater

Casting

Midge Ure

Music

Popular Reviews

6 reviews

Baeaeggs

7.0★ · 11/16/25

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Casually reinvented five genres

ineapplejuice

8.0★ · 09/10/25

so i was maxing my headroom. but then charlie kirk got shot and died which kinda interrupted things. the movie’s great though

ineapplejuice

8.0★ · 06/03/25

When Dominique came on the screen so did I

Dog Man

4.0★ · 12/03/20

Really weird that the cyberpunk television personality Max Headroom gets an hour long gritty serious origin story in which he barely appears in. Feels like it’s more of a pilot for a show than anything else, but it still left me cold in it’s cheapness.

Meg J

10.0★ · 02/28/26