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August 1979 (USA)
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Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!
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Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities...
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The worst sci-fi film I have seen in a movie-theatre
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Jack Palance | ... | Omus |
 | Carol Lynley | ... | Nikki |
 | Barry Morse | ... | Dr. John Caball |
 | John Ireland | ... | Sen. 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 |
| Wili Liberman | ... | Robot |
 | Rob McEwan | ... | Robot |
| Angelo Pedari | ... | Robot |
| Jo-Anne Hannah | ... | Nikki's Soldier (as Jo-anne Lang) |
| Danny Gage | ... | Nikki's Soldier |
| Linda V. Carter | ... | Nikki's Soldier (as Linda Carter) |
| Terry Martin | ... | Nikki's Soldier |
| Lutz Brodie | ... | Nikki's Soldier |
| Bill Yak | ... | Nikki's Soldier |
| Terry Sprat | ... | Nikki's Soldier |
Directed by | |||
| George McCowan | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Mike Cheda | adaptation | |
| Joseph Glazner | adaptation | |
| Martin Lager | writer | |
| H.G. Wells | novel | |
Produced by | |||
| John Danylkiw | .... | associate producer | |
| William Davidson | .... | producer | |
| Harry Alan Towers | .... | executive producer (as Peter Welbeck) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Paul Hoffert | |||
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| Reginald H. Morris | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Stan Cole | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Gerry Holmes | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Earle Fiset | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Larry S. Wells | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Bill Morgan | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Marilyn Stonehouse | .... | production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Michael MacDonald | .... | third assistant director | |
| Gord Robinson | .... | assistant director | |
| David Shepherd | .... | second assistant director | |
Art Department | |||
| Fred Geringer | .... | assistant art director | |
| Kenny Porter | .... | assistant set decorator (as Ken Porter) | |
| Ralph Tillack | .... | robot constructor | |
Sound Department | |||
| David Appleby | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Fred Brennan | .... | sound editor | |
| Dennis Drummond | .... | sound editor | |
| Patrick Drummond | .... | supervising sound editor | |
| Carl Scheser | .... | sound mixer | |
| Lydia Wazana | .... | sound editor | |
| Don White | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Bill Wood | .... | special effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Wally Gentleman | .... | visual effects | |
| Tim Donahue | .... | visual effects art director: Film Effects of Hollywood (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Robert Hannah | .... | stunt coordinator (as Bobby Hannah) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Bruce Lange | .... | assistant editor | |
| Michael O'Farrell | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| David Greene | .... | music engineer | |
| Paul Hoffert | .... | musical director | |
| Paul Hoffert | .... | orchestrator | |
Other crew | |||
| Kristine M. Gilbert | .... | production coordinator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Film Ventures International (FVI) (1979) (USA) (theatrical)
- Astral Video (Canada)
- Blue Underground (2003) (USA) (DVD)
- International Film Distributors (Canada)
- Torrington Distributors
- Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
- Film Effects of Hollywood (uncredited)
- Film Opticals of Canada opticals
- Titlecraft publicity services
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"H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come" - USA (complete title)
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98 min | UK:94 min
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Referenced in "Newhart: The Shape of Things (#4.8)" (1985)See more »
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This film was released in Swiss theatres in 1979. It is probably the worst film I have ever seen in a movie theatre. Terrible story, bad acting, even worse special effects. I have voted on 1718 films in the IMDb and I have given TSoTtC a 2 out of 10 (there are worse films that have been released to video only, like OCTAMAN for example for which I voted with a straight 1 out of 10)