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27 January 1980 (USA)
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Plot:
Earth sends its first manned probe to Mars in 1999, and a jealous Martian murders the two astronauts when his wife has erotic dreams of meeting them...
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Awards:
1 nomination
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(3 articles)
Ray Bradbury To Pitch Miniseries
(From Screen Rant. 15 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)
Hollywood Writer/Producer Berg Dies After Fall
(From WENN. 3 September 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 15 November 2009, 7:30 AM, PST)
Hollywood Writer/Producer Berg Dies After Fall
(From WENN. 3 September 2009, 11:56 AM, PDT)
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Sci-Fi With A Positive Message
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Cast
(Series Cast [34]) | Rock Hudson | ... | Col. John Wilder (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Gayle Hunnicutt | ... | Ruth Wilder (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Bernie Casey | ... | Major Jeff Spender (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Christopher Connelly | ... | Ben Driscoll (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Nicholas Hammond | ... | Commander Arthur Black (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Darren McGavin | ... | Sam Parkhill (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Roddy McDowall | ... | Father Stone (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Bernadette Peters | ... | Genevieve Seltzer (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Joyce Van Patten | ... | Elma Parkhill (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Maria Schell | ... | Anna Lustig (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | Father Peregrine (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Linda Lou Allen | ... | Marilyn Becker (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Michael Anderson Jr. | ... | David Lustig (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Robert Beatty | ... | General Halstead (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | James Faulkner | ... | Mr. K (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Jon Finch | ... | Christ (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Richard Heffer | ... | Captain Conover (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Barry Morse | ... | Peter Hathaway (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Nyree Dawn Porter | ... | Alice Hathaway (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Wolfgang Reichmann | ... | Lafe Lustig (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Maggie Wright | ... | Ylla (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Terence Longdon | ... | Wise Martian (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Richard Oldfield | ... | Captain Nathaniel York (3 episodes, 1980) |
| John Cassady | ... | Briggs (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Anthony Pullen Shaw | ... | Edward Black (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Burnell Tucker | ... | Bill Wilder (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Peter Marinker | ... | McClure (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Vadim Glowna | ... | Sam Hinston (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Alison Elliott | ... | Lavinia Spaulding (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Derek Lamden | ... | Sandship Martian (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Phil Brown | ... | Narrator (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Estelle Brody | ... | Mrs. Black (3 episodes, 1980) |
 | Laurie Holden | ... | Marie Wilder (3 episodes, 1980) |
| Stacey Sipes | ... | Margarite Hathaway (3 episodes, 1980) |
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360 min | Brazil:165 min (compact video version)
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The miniseries was originally scheduled for release in September 1979 as a major kickoff to the 1979-80 season. Unfortunately, it fell victim to some negative publicity from Ray Bradbury himself. Although Bradbury had worked with scriptwriter Richard Matheson in adapting his book to the small screen, he was less than thrilled with the final production. At one point, shortly before the miniseries' scheduled release, Bradbury found himself the sole representative of the production at a press conference. When one reporter asked him what he thought of the miniseries, he responded candidly, "Booooooooring!" NBC soon shelved the miniseries and did not air it until January 1980.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene of "The Expeditions", the wires used to slowly lower the Mars probe are visible.
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Maj. Jeff Spender:
I just believe in things that were done. And there were so many things done here. Streets and houses and books and big canals and clocks and places with names - things that were used and touched for centuries. And I don't see how we could ever use them without feeling uncomfortable...
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Referenced in Ghosts of Mars (2001)
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'The Martian Chronicles' came out when U.S. T.V. sci-fi was reaping the 'Star Wars' dividend with 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'Buck Rogers'. Based on the Ray Bradbury novel, it took a completely different tack, telling of the exploration and colonisation of Mars. Much of the book's poetry was lost in Richard Matheson's clumsy adaptation, but enough remained to make it rather more interesting than the latest skirmish with the Cylons or Draconians. In fact its almost on a par with the original 'Outer Limits'. Rock Hudson starred as 'Colonel John Wilder', and his permanent look of horror as American culture swamped the planet was the best thing about his performance. 'Chronicles' shouldn't be judged on the basis of its special effects, which is just as well, seeing as they're mostly terrible. However, the 'David Lustig' sequence in Part Two, the hilarious Christopher Connelly segment and moving performance by Barry Morse in Part Three, make this an above average sci-fi series. Great music too!