# Name of a late 80s movie

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [August 3, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688 "2016-08-03T21:06:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688/1 "2016-08-03T21:06:53Z")

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What’s name of movie that played in independent cinemas around 1990 that was set in a dystopian world and focussed on the life of a family.

This is what i remember:

- tubes everywhere, a bit like Brazil
- food arrived in tube straight to the home of the family
- generic products at the supermarket. No branding. Every item shown with no-name type labels.
- 50s space age type fashions - a bit vague in this
- dark, menacing feel

Any ideas?  
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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688/2 "2016-08-03T21:53:15Z")

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[Meet the Hollowheads](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095608/).

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**Author:** ![antechinus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688/3 "2016-08-03T21:59:46Z")

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Yes. Thanks very much TroutMan!  
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-late-80s-movie/761688/4 "2016-08-04T03:03:40Z")

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Huh. Never heard of it!: [Meet the Hollowheads - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meet_the_Hollowheads)