Overview

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted that right, at least) leads to ideology and political thought seeping in under the dazed lifestyle.

Cast

Tracey Childs, Francesca Gonshaw, Neil Pearson, Stuart MacKenzie, Emily Moore, Shelagh McLeod, Tony Benn, Helen Caldicott

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What is "Shades" about?

1999: A tower block contains youths ‘bought off’ by the government, in a climate of microchip-created endless leisure, who experience (often pornographic) virtual reality-style fantasies by donning the titular ‘shades’, until a 1980s theme party (they predicted that right, at least) leads to ideology and political thought seeping in under the dazed lifestyle.

When was "Shades" released?

Shades was released in 1982.

Who stars in "Shades"?

The cast includes Tracey Childs, Francesca Gonshaw, Neil Pearson, Stuart MacKenzie.