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Director:
Paul Mayersberg
Writers (WGA):
Isaac Asimov (story)
Paul Mayersberg (screenplay)
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Release Date:
April 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Sci-Fi more
Plot:
Far across the cosmos from our world lies a planet bathed in perpetual daylight. Soon nightfall will come and bring with it tremendous destruction... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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Absolutely Wretched! more (39 total)

Cast

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David Birney ... Aton
Sarah Douglas ... Roa
Alexis Kanner ... Sor
Andra Millian ... Ana
Starr Andreeff ... Bet
Chuck Hayward ... Kin (as Charles Hayward)

Jonathan Emerson ... Architect

Susie Lindeman ... Boffin

Russell Wiggins ... Zol

Larry Hankin ... Desert King
Ronald R. Burns ... Aton's Man
Bernard J. Garsen ... Aton's Man
Dan Wells ... Architect's Assistant
Bradley Reid ... Trader
Stephen D. Nathenson ... City Dweller
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Argentina:13 | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Arcosanti, Arizona, USA more
Company:
New Horizons more

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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful.
Absolutely Wretched!, 9 August 2003
1/10
Author: curlew-2 from North Charleston, South Carolina

Somewhere . . . somehow . . . one of the finest short SF stories ever to be penned was brutally transmorgrified into a mishmosh of New Age symbolism heavily overlaid with bad acting. Asimov's original story was a well crafted tale of slowly consuming fear over a natural event. Mayersberg's film version by rights should have been a major genre event. Instead we find veteran character actors such as Sarah Douglas and Alexis Kanner (who should've known better) trying to shore up one of the worst David Birney performances ever filmed. Only two things can be recommended about this film: an interesting poster, and the fact that it was filmed in and around Paolo Soleri's "Arcosanti" architectural project out in Arizona.

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