The Quatermass Experiment (2005) (TV)

Director:

Sam Miller

Writers:

Richard Fell (adaptation)
Nigel Kneale (creator)

Release Date:

2 April 2005 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A contemporary adaptation of Nigel Kneale's seminal 1953 science fiction serial. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien Possession | Rocket | Reporter | Infidelity | Spacecraft Accident

Cast

Jason Flemyng	...	Professor Bernard Quatermass
Adrian Dunbar	...	Detective Lomax
Mark Gatiss	...	John Paterson
David Tennant	...	Doctor Gordon Briscoe
Indira Varma	...	Judith Carroon
Andrew Tiernan	...	Victor Carroon (as Andy Tiernan)
Adrian Bower	...	James Fullalove
Isla Blair	...	Blaker
Paul Broughton	...	News Editor
Stephen Boxer	...	Colonel
Matthew Flynn	...	Charles Greene
Carsten Hayes	...	Ludwig Reichenheim
Jane Hill	...	Newsreader
Tracy O'Flaherty	...	Louisa Greene
Greg Sheffield	...	Boy

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:12

Company:

British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)

Trivia:

This production was originally broadcast only three weeks before the death of Sir John Mills, who had played Professor Bernard Quatermass in the ITV serial "Quatermass" (1979). His death leaves Jason Flemyng as the only one of the seven actors to have played the character who is still alive.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Quatermass and Lomax are walking along the corridor towards the press conference there are three shadows on the wall.

Movie Connections:

Remake of "The Quatermass Experiment" (1953)

Perhaps I missed something...

I'm an old fan of Quatermass and the Pit (watching the DVD now actually...) but I'm a bit surprised by the BBC4 experiment I saw a few late nights back. Not great, not bad, not much actually - it was very much all theatrics and really lacked any real bearing. Plus the ending just completely fizzled out..I sat there thinking "Huh? What have I missed?"

Jason Flemyng, as good an actor as he is, was just not Quatermass material. As the head of a space program, sorry - he's just too damn young. He lacks gravitas and bearing and just seems as if he's always catching up rather than leading.

Fun - to a degree - but ultimately disappointing