An urban mystery unfurls as one man pieces together the surreal meaning of hundreds of cryptic tiled messages that have been appearing in city streets across the U.S. and South America.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) is a documentary film directed by Jon Foy, released on August 1, 2011 with a runtime of 1h 26m. It stars Justin Duerr, Colin Smith and Steve Weinik. Viewers rate it 6.6 out of 10 across 63 ratings.
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Directed by Jon Foy, written by Colin Smith and Jon Foy, produced by Colin Smith and Jon Foy.
Average viewer score of 6.6/10 from 63 ratings.
The rise of the internet in the 1990s suddenly gave people the ability to talk and form communities about all kinds of weird niche hobbies and mysteries that, as isolated individuals, they previously had to muse over in silence. One of these, I remember, was the "Toynbee Tiles", linoleum squares left on the streets of Philadelphia over these years that contained the cryptic message "Toynbee idea in Kubrick's 2001…
Reviewed on August 14, 2018
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The main cast of Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) includes Justin Duerr, Colin Smith and Steve Weinik. The film was directed by Jon Foy. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles was released on August 1, 2011 and runs for 1h 26m.
Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles (2011) holds an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from 63 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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