The Cube
Film

The Cube

1969 · 53 min · ★ 7.1 · Dir. Jim Henson

An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character, is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it to leave. Originally airing on NBC's weekly anthology television show NBC Experiment in Television in 1969, the production was produced and directed by puppeteer and filmmaker Jim Henson, and was one of several experiments with the live-action film medium which he conducted in the 1960s, before focusing entirely on The Muppets and other puppet works.

Starring

Richard Schaal
Richard Schaal
The Man in the Cube
Hugh Webster
Arnie
Rex Sevenoaks
Rex Sevenoaks
Manager
Jack Van Evera
Prisoner
John Granik
Straight Man / Sergeant
Guy Sanvido
Comic Fritz
Eliza Creighton
Seductress
Don Crawford
Black Militant
William Osler
Scientist
Jerry Nelson
Jerry Nelson
Monk
Sandra Scott
Decorator
Claude Rae
Claude Rae
Dr. Conners
Don McGill
Don McGill
Professor
Ralph Endersby
Guitarist
Trudy Young
Trudy Young
Liza 1