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The Black Hole (1979)

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Overview

Director:
Gary Nelson
Writers:
Jeb Rosebrook (story) and
Bob Barbash (story) ...
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Release Date:
21 December 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
A journey that begins where everything ends! more
Plot:
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Like a scraggly mutant kitty! more

Cast

 (Complete credited cast)
Maximilian Schell ... Dr. Hans Reinhardt

Anthony Perkins ... Dr. Alex Durant

Robert Forster ... Capt. Dan Holland
Joseph Bottoms ... Lt. Charles Pizer
Yvette Mimieux ... Dr. Kate McCrae

Ernest Borgnine ... Harry Booth
Tom McLoughlin ... Captain S.T.A.R. (Special Troops Arms Regiment) (as Tommy McLoughlin)

Roddy McDowall ... V.I.N.CENT. (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized) (voice)
Slim Pickens ... Bob (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Space Station One (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)
Certification:
Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12 | Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2004) | UK:A (original rating) | Iceland:L
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Trivia:
The film was originally supposed to take place in a completely weightless environment. The technical difficulties prompted a re-write of the script so that when the Palomino ties up the Cygnus gravity returned. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Palamino crew gets on the track car that takes them to the bridge of the ship, Vincent floats ahead of the car, but just as the car starts to move, you can see a metal bar connecting the car to Vincent's back that isn't visible in other shots. more
Quotes:
Harry Booth: If Reinhart has anti-gravity strong enough to hold us here, I figure he's got enough to pull away.
Lieutenant Charles Pizer: So?
Harry Booth: "So?" So why not take this ship and Reinhart back home?
Dan Holland: That's a long shot you're talking, Harry.
Harry Booth: Oh, come on! You've got two scientific wizards here who could figure out the computers, and possibly even reprogram the robots. And the three of us can handle Reinhart and that pet monster of his. I tell ya... we could all be heroes.
Dan Holland: We could also be dead.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Empire of the Censors (1995) (TV) more

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12 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Like a scraggly mutant kitty!, 31 August 2004
Author: roddmatsui from los angeles

I have actually gone in here and altered and added to my original comments to make them a little less one-sided.

Did you ever have one of those mutant pets, like a cat with six toes on its front paws, or an extra ear? Well I didn't either, but you can imagine what it must be like. You'd love the thing all the more because of its flaws, because it'll never be perfect, and because it needs someone to love it. And such is my love for "The Black Hole" (1979). It is an interesting story that is rendered and explored in a mechanical manner--although visually, in terms of its set design and special effects, it is really stunning.

It's a Disney product, and like "Star Trek: The Motion Picture," it was put on the slates mainly to cash in on the space opera craze that "Star Wars" had ignited. Movies are commercial art, they exist to make money (hopefully entertaining us at the same time); and the Disney people got their best film-making talent together, assembled a dynamite cast, and cranked this out, in a very lavish and polished way, production-wise. The money is slathered all over the screen, and everything is handled in the tried-and-true Disney Studios fashion of preplanning and choreographing everything down to the tiniest of details (actors don't even PAUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A LINE unless it was dictated, planned and rehearsed that way)...this was very near the end of Disney's run as a major producer of live-action features, and "The Black Hole" is a fitting finish. It even features cute touches, like the way the nastiest demise is saved for Anthony Perkins. If you're gonna make a slow, mechanical movie, you can at least do it with style, and they did. It is an impressive production.

In a certain way you might say I love/hate the movie. The methodical way it's constructed seems lifeless. But at the same time, it is a strange joy to see its methodical construction. It takes tremendous energy to create something so controlled. It's certainly not a film made by accident or unconsciously.

"The Black Hole," manages to be strangely trance-inducing. Once I put it on, it's hard to turn it off.

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