Death Watch story

movie: Death Watch (1980) · 1980-01-23

In a future where death from illness has become rare, a terminally ill woman becomes a reluctant reality television star.

13 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 5 minor

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reality television in society choice Kathryn agreed to let make a reality television show out of her death from an incurable disease in exchange for $600,000.
what if my life was secretly stage managed choice Kathryn's life was broadcast on television without her knowing, and her companion Roddy was responsible for ensuring that the reality of her situation was concealed from her.
betrayal major Roddy gained Kathryn's trust and he accompanied her while she was on the run but the whole time he was secretly recording her for the reality TV show.
coping with a terminal illness major The film followed Kathryn as she succumbed to an unspecified incurable disease.
coping with being famous major Kathryn became an instant celebrity upon being diagnosed with a terminally illness and made the star of a reality TV show.
invasion of privacy major Roddy betrayed Kathryn's trust by recording her for a reality TV show using a secret camera installed in his eyeball.
remorse major Roddy came to see that he was wrong to have secretly filmed Kathryn for the reality TV show.
seeing the error of one's ways major Roddy came to see that he was wrong to have secretly filmed Kathryn for the reality TV show.
cure for cancer minor Kathryn's doctor mentioned in passing how people no longer died from cancer.
father and daughter minor Kathryn went to meet her father in a care facility but he didn't remember her.