NFB Collection
Harriet 1-255
198613 min 3 secFilm: Fiction
Direction: E. Jane Thompson
Production: David Ross MacDonaldAndy Thomson
Script: C. Murphy
An NFB DramaLab '85 production, with the participation of Telefilm Canada.
Set in 1989, Harriet 1-255 is a sensitive comedy about a robot waitron unit that has been over-programmed with "artificial human feelings" and is thus difficult to train as a waitress. By mistake, she is sold to a tough restaurant owner who is anxious to attract more business. His lack of sensitivity and the attitudes of his employees combine with Harriet 1-255's overload of feelings in a comic mix that has several lessons to teach about human values and integrity.
Subject categories
- Psychology and Psychiatry > Emotional LifeInterpersonal Relationships
- Social Issues > Individual in SocietyTechnology and Society
- Technology > Technology and Society
Credits
- director
- E. Jane Thompson
- producer
- David Ross MacDonald
- executive producer
- Andy Thomson
- script
- C. Murphy
- photography
- Andy Kitzanuk
- sound
- Yves Gendron
- editing
- Maureen Judge
- sound editing
- Carol Wenaus
- re-recording
- Hans Peter Strobl
- Shelley Craig
- music
- Scott Goodfellow
- cast
- Brian Dooley
- Joanna Noyes
- Patricia Phillips
- Tom Rack
- Mort Ransen
- Lisa Schwartz