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A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.A 20th century astronaut emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into a future time where Earth is threatened by alien invaders.
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- TriviaThe 90 minute theatrical movie was the pilot for the television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979), but was shown in theaters several months before the series aired. The movie made over $21 million in North America alone.
- GoofsWhen Wilma Deering gets into her fighter on board the Draconia, her helmet is marked 'Col. Deering' on the right side. In the subsequent shots during the fight, it's unmarked. A similar thing happens again close to the movie's ending: When picking up Buck Rogers, Theo and Twiki on the Draconia, there is one shot of her with her helmet being marked 'Col Deering' - this time on the left side - whereas in all other shots the helmet is clean.
- Crazy creditsErin Gray and Pamela Hensley appear as "dream girls" alongside their names in the original (theatrical) credits.
- Alternate versionsThe original 1979 UK theatrical release of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) was deleted to remove a groin kick to obtain an "A" classification.
- ConnectionsEdited into Dollman (1991)
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Twiki is more fun than the humans
It may be set in the 25th Century, but this 1979 version of the old Philip Francis Nowlan story is totally and unconditionally a product from the "Star Wars" era. Gil Gerard is a handsome block of wood playing Captain Buck Rogers, an American astronaut launched 500 years into the future and finding himself in the middle of a space war. Pamela Hensley is the sultry villainess Princess Ardala while Erin Gray is the no-nonsense Colonel trying to get Rogers out of her way (he seems more interested in loosening her up than flirting with the seductive princess). The action sequences were lifted from TV's "Battlestar Galactica", but the low-budget effects aren't really the problem, it's that the movie is so under-populated and blandly comical. This underachiever makes even "Logan's Run" seem like a sci-fi masterpiece. The robot Twiki is a cool creation, far outshining the humans, but even he couldn't save this from the ratings-basement once it became a weekly TV series. *1/2 from ****
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- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: Awakening
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- Budget
- $3,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $21,671,241
- Gross worldwide
- $21,671,241
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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By what name was Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979) officially released in India in English?
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