"Lexx: The Dark Zone" (1997) TV mini-series

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Paul Donovan

Writers:

Paul Donovan (writer)
Lex Gigeroff (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

19 July 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama

Plot:

A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.

Plot Keywords:

Anti Hero | Android | Crude Humor | Alien | Made For Cable TV

Cast

Brian Downey	...	Stanley H. Tweedle (4 episodes, 1997)
Eva Habermann	...	Zev Bellringer (4 episodes, 1997)
Michael McManus	...	Kai (4 episodes, 1997)
Jeffrey Hirschfield	...	790 (4 episodes, 1997)
Tom Gallant	...	The Lexx (4 episodes, 1997)
Anna Cameron	...	The Time Prophet (3 episodes, 1997)
Ellen Dubin	...	Giggerota (2 episodes, 1997)
Walter Borden	...	His Divine Shadow (2 episodes)

Also Known As:

"Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories" (USA)
"Lexx: The Dark Zone" (Germany)
"Lexx: The Movies" (Europe: English title) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore.

Runtime:

Germany:85 min | Russia:363 min (DVD version) | UK:90 min | USA:93 min

Country:

Canada | Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16

Company:

Salter Street Films International

Quotes:

Zev: What kind of robot are you?
790: I'm a robot who wants to live in your underpants.

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Lexx" (1997)

Soundtrack:

The Meltdown

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A very good example for German and Canadian Moviemakers working together. Great Movie, strange and crazy.