Man of the Century

"Meet yesterday's answer to the world of today."

Jan 24 1999 R 1h 17m
Comedy, Romance

Fantasy-comedy about a young man who lives as if it is 1928 or so, and his encounters with modern-day women and modern-day criminals.

Plot

Johnny Twennies, a newspaper columnist in present-day New York, is a jauntily cheerful, very friendly, totally honest and upstanding young man who happens to be completely oblivious to any technological or social changes in the past 70 years. He routinely uses telegrams, a manual typewriter, and a manual toaster, and to the pleasure and despair of his girlfriend conducts his personal life in correspondingly anachronistic style. One day he's threatened by criminals who want to plant a false news story. But they've never met anyone like him before...

Written by

Adam Abraham, Gibson Frazier

Directed by

Adam Abraham

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Sun-Telegram Pictures, Jubilee Pictures Corporation

Languages

English

Awards

5 wins & 1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
1,304
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
44
Popularity
NA