February 23, 1969
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The Cube (1969)

Name: The Cube
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror
Released: 1969-02-23

53m

Running Time

February 23, 1969
Release Date

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Plot.

An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else 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 to leave.

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Release Date
February 23, 1969

Status
Released

Running Time
53m

Genres
Comedy Drama Horror

Wiki.

The Cube is an hour-long teleplay that aired on NBC's weekly anthology television show NBC Experiment in Television in 1969. The production was produced and directed by puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, and was one of several experiments with the live-action film medium which he conducted in the 1960s, before focusing entirely on The Muppets and other puppet works. The screenplay was co-written by long-time Muppet writer Jerry Juhl. The program was recorded in Toronto and aired later the same month.

In the previous year, Henson had produced a documentary for NBC Experiment in Television, "Youth '68".

The teleplay only aired twice: first on February 23, 1969, with a rerun on February 21, 1971.