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3.2/10   196 votes
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Director:
George McCowan
Writers:
Mike Cheda (adaptation)
Joseph Glazner (adaptation)
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Release Date:
August 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!
Plot:
Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The worst film I ever saw in a cinema more (11 total)

Cast

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Jack Palance ... Omus
Carol Lynley ... Nikki
Barry Morse ... Dr. John Caball
John Ireland ... Senator Smedley
Nicholas Campbell ... Jason Caball
Anne-Marie Martin ... Kim Smedley (as Eddie Benton)
Greg Swanson ... Sparks (voice)

Mark Parr ... Sparks
William Hutt ... Lomax (voice)
Ardon Bess ... Merrick
Lynda Mason Green ... Lunar technician (as Lynn Green)
Albert Humphries ... Robot technician

Bill Lake ... Spacesuited man
Michael Klingbell ... Robot
Jonathan Hartman ... Robot
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
98 min | UK:94 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | UK:15 | USA:PG
Filming Locations:
Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada more
Company:
CFI Investments more

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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Newhart: The Shape of Things (#4.8)" (1985) more

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The worst film I ever saw in a cinema, 18 May 2007
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Author: twoshedsmcginty from United Kingdom

A sinful waste of good actors. I saw this with my father in 1979 and we agreed then that it was the worst film we had ever seen. We have not changed our opinions since.

The airfix special effects, the purple blood, the attempt to circumvent zero-budget production-design with cheap sci-fi chicanery in the dialogue....above all the JUMP TO HYPERSPACE! ...in which a plastic model continues to pass tortoise-like in front of a black curtain with a few holes representing stars at exactly the same speed it was doing before.

Tear out your eyes before buying this, you'll be happier.

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