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β 6.9 Β· 1973 Β· 87m Β· Comedy Β· Science Fiction
Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.
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