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RUNTIME
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Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
The Pump
1988 0h 8m EN
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10.0
MASTERPIECE
★10.0TMDB · 1
Synopsis
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A dramatic parable of choice and resulting consequences. Synopsis: A man is traveling alone in his car in Southern California. The year is 1947. He stops to look at his road map. The map warns him that no one should turn off the main roads without inquiring locally. The driver notices what looks like a short-cut on the map. He turns onto it. Soon his car has overheated and he is stalled - miles away from any help. The traveler walks away from the road apparently hoping to find another short-cut, cross-country. He brings no hat, no canteen, no provisions.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Wayne Brennan
Man
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- T.C. Christensen
- Writers
- Kieth Merrill
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
T.C. Christensen directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 8-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 238 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4IMDB entry: tt0402453 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 8 min · 0h 8m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- IMDB
- The Pump (1988)
Also by
T.C. Christensen
Production companies
Who made it
- TH
The Visual Transit Authority
Key crew
- ProducerT.C. Christensen
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- desert
- ghost town
- water pump
- parables
Release history · US
When it landed
- Physical1988-04-05
