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The book was the basis for a 1971 movie of the same name, directed by Robert Wise and starring Arthur Hill , James Olson , Kate Reid , and David Wayne . The film follows the book very closely, there is a strong feel for technology and government procedures and formalism. The main set, in bright primary colours, becomes increasingly claustrophobic as the four scientists work in isolation, interrupted only by disembodied voices of the computer or PA system.
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