Black Mirror: 401: USS Callister (2017) — Screenplay
A timid programmer traps his coworkers in a simulated spaceship, where his godlike control hides a dark obsession that one new recruit must expose.
- Written by
- William Bridges, Charlie Brooker
- Genre
- Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
- Studio
- Netflix, Channel 4
- Length
- 86 pages
Study how this script twists familiar sci-fi tropes into a slow-burning psychological thriller. The confined setting and shifting power dynamics create sustained tension, while the dialogue subtly reveals character fractures before the first-act reveal recontextualizes every earlier scene.
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