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Outland (1981)

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In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

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Mark Sheppard
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Dr. Lazarus
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Sgt. Montone (as James B. Sikking)
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Carol O'Niel
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Ballard
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Sagan
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Tarlow
Nicholas Barnes ...
Paul O'Niel
Manning Redwood ...
Lowell
Pat Starr ...
Flo Spector
Hal Galili ...
Nelson
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Hughes
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Walters
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Cane
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Marshal W.T. O'Niel is assigned to a mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons. During his tenure miners are dying - usually violently. When the marshal investigates he discovers the one thing all the deaths have in common is a lethal amphetamine-type drug, which allows the miners to work continuously for days at a time until they become "burned out" and expire. O'Niel follows the trail of the dealers, which leads to the man overseeing the colony. Now O'Niel must watch his back at every turn, as those who seek to protect their income begin targeting him... Written by Derek O'Cain

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On Jupiter's moon he's the only law. See more »


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22 May 1981 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Outland - Planet der Verdammten  »

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$16,000,000 (estimated)
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Trivia

Sean Connery lost a major extended cameo role in Chariots of Fire (1981) because this film went over schedule. See more »

Goofs

Several times during the first half hour of the movie, O'Niel's uniform name tag changes spelling from "O'Niel" to "O'Neil" and back again. See more »

Quotes

[after firing a warning shot to a feisty guy]
Marshal William T. O'Neil: Think it over.
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In the opening credits, the word "Principal" is misspelled. See more »

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References 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) See more »

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Realistic space mining movie
24 May 2005 | by (Germany) – See all my reviews

The movie is amazingly realistic in regard to the technology used and in regard to the human characters.

I totally agree with OP Voutilainen, who wrote a very good comment on this movie on 24 October 2001.

The movie is never superficial if you look at its characters: The bad are not simply bad but realistically brutal. The good are not simply heroic, they rather strive to survive and struggle to keep what's left of their personal dignity and values after the school of life.

People of the future will possibly wonder why anyone ever liked such a "normal life"-movie. The answer is: Simply because of the everyday life dignity that people emanate in the movie.

Really a great positive movie !


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