H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come

H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come'
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Directed by	George McCowan
Written by	Mike Cheda Joseph Glazner Martin Lager
Based on	The Shape of Things to Come by H. G. Wells
Produced by	William Davidson
Starring	Jack Palance Barry Morse Nicholas Campbell Anne-Marie Martin Carol Lynley John Ireland
Cinematography	Reginald H. Morris
Edited by	Stan Cole
Music by	Paul Hoffert
Production companies	Astral Films CFI Investments SOTTC Film Production Ltd.
Distributed by	International Film Distributors
Release date	May 4, 1979 (1979-05-04)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

H. G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come is a 1979 Canadian science fiction film directed by George McCowan, and starring Jack Palance, Barry Morse, Nicholas Campbell, Anne-Marie Martin, Carol Lynley and John Ireland.^[1]

Although credited as an adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, the film takes only its title and some character names from the 1933 novel. The film's plot has no relationship to the events of the book. The book and its 1936 film adaptation Things to Come predict events such as a Second World War and the collapse of social order until a world state is formed, whereas the 1979 film involves a high-tech future involving robots and spaceships.

The film was an attempt to capitalize on the popularity of such recent successes as Star Wars, and TV series such as Space: 1999 (also starring Morse) and Battlestar Galactica, although the film had only a fraction of the production budget of any of these.