Friendship's Death (1987)
1h 18m
Running Time
August 17, 1987Release Date
Friendship's Death (1987)
1h 18m
Running Time
August 17, 1987Release Date
Network & Production Companies



Plot.
A robot messenger is sent to earth to appeal to humans to live in peace. Originally designed to go to MIT, by mistake she ends up in Amman, Jordan during the Black September riots of 1970. Sullivan, a British journalist, comes to her aid when she is found wandering without papers following a bombing and grants her refuge in his hotel room. But there she tells him she is a robot, sent as a peace envoy from another planet. He is not sure whether to believe her story or not, but finds her unusual view of the world appealing. They examine the human condition in a series of incredibly insightful and entertaining conversations.
Where to Watch.

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Cast & Crew.

Bill Paterson
Sullivan

Tilda Swinton
Friendship

Patrick Bauchau
Kubler

Ruby Baker
Catherine

Joumana Gill
Palestinian

Peter Wollen
Director / Writer

Colin MacCabe
Executive Producer

Rebecca O'Brien
Producer

Barrington Pheloung
Original Music Composer

Witold Stok
Director of Photography

Robert Hargreaves
Editor

Gemma Jackson
Production Design

Denise Rubens
Production Design

Catherine Cook
Costume Design

Morag Ross
Makeup Artist

Cordelia Hardy
Assistant Director

Nancy Platt
Assistant Director

Julian Rothenstein
Graphic Designer

Mandy Rose
Sound

Rodrigo Gutierrez
Camera Operator

Gary Hutchings
Grip
Media.


Details.
This Movie Is About.
android
1970s
dialog driven
Wiki.
Friendship's Death is a 1987 film directed by Peter Wollen. Wollen's only solo feature, the film stars Bill Paterson and Tilda Swinton, and is the story of the relationship between a British war correspondent and a female extraterrestrial robot on a peace mission to Earth, who, missing her intended destination of MIT, inadvertently lands in Amman, Jordan during the events of Black September 1970.
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