# 70's Cloning Movie

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 15, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356 "2001-08-15T08:20:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZomZom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zomzom/32/5620_2.png) [@ZomZom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZomZom)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356/1 "2001-08-15T08:20:06Z")

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I remember a movie in the 70’s about some guy who woke up in the future to find that clones were being made to provide spare body parts. The adult clones existed in glass containers and the guy ultimately set them free, and I remember a final scene with the clones wandering around in amazement at their new freedom. I can’t remember the name of the film though. Anybody see this besides me?

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356/2 "2001-08-15T11:53:45Z")

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I don’t remember that one, but there was 1 1970s film called _The Clonus Horror_ (I think it was also called _Parts: The Clonus Horror_) about a “colony” where young people are kept in excellent physical condition. If they do well they will “graduate” and “go to America”. Really the “colony” is Clonus, a company that clones people and keeps them healthy so that parts can be provided to the wealthy clients. One day a clone finds a beer can in a stream. He asks about it and is told that it’s nothing. He escapes and meets a crusty old newspaper man (Art Carney?) and enlists his aid. I don’t remember how it ends.

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356/3 "2001-08-15T12:43:23Z")

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The newspaperman was probably Keenan Wynn, as he’s listed in the [http://www.imdb.com](http://www.imdb.com) credits for “Parts: The Clonus Horror”.

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356/4 "2001-08-15T13:15:58Z")

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Right. As soon as I read the name I remembered.

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**Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-cloning-movie/76356/5 "2001-08-15T14:38:26Z")

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I think I vaguely remember your film, **mangoldm**. Is there a creepy scene where the clone comes out of the vat and his eyes are all staring in the wrong directions and shit?

I also remember a scene where a guy–I think the guy who was cloned–starts pouring something that looks like window washer fluid into the vat while arguing with another scientist, saying that the window washer fluid will speed up the development process or something.

That’s all I remember.