The Plan (Video 2009)

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Writer:

Jane Espenson

Stars:

Edward James Olmos, Dean Stockwell, Michael Trucco

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Edward James Olmos	...	Commander William Adama
Dean Stockwell	...	Brother Cavil
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Rick Worthy	...	Simon
Lymari Nadal	...	Giana O'Neill
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Shelly Godfrey
Alisen Down	...	Jean Barolay
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight	...	Hybrid

Storyline

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors.

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Plot Keywords:

cylon | hand job | body double | human heart | fighter pilot | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Battlestar Galactica Movie

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

David Eick Productions, R&D TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min 90 min (TV)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Director Edward James Olmos stated in the DVD commentary that he made several homages to The Boy with Green Hair, which starred a then twelve year old Dean Stockwell. Stockwell portrayed Peter Fry, a war orphan whose hair inexplicably turned green when he discovered that his parents had been killed during the Second World War. One example was when Cavil asked the boy John "Are you a war orphan?" This question was asked of Peter Fry several times in The Boy with Green Hair. Olmos also used a still shot picture of Peter Fry from the movie when casting for the character of John the Boy, because he wanted the actor to bear a strong resemblance to how Stockwell looked in his adolescence. Alex Ferris resemblance to Stockwell's picture helped get him cast. At one point, Olmos wanted John the Boy's hair color to be green like Peter Fry's character, but was ultimately overruled by the producers.

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Quotes

Ellen Tigh: If you let someone change you or make you apologize, then your selling yourself out, you know.

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Connections

References Battlestar Galactica: Litmus (2004)

User Reviews

The Point?

While the acting and direction of the sparse new footage was excellent, the point of this exercise sadly escapes me. This story answered NO questions I had; the answers it did present were either obvious or trivial. It was too confusing to draw new viewers, and too redundant to charm all but the fiercest fans. A few of the explications actually spawned new questions I did not want to have (e.g., were some 1's and 4's actually redeemable; I don't really want to think so, given the series ending). And the final (best) scenes were ruined by excising a certain key character and over-dubbing her original order. Contractual exigencies, no doubt -- a thought which was unfortunately running through my head for most of the show, preventing any willing suspension of disbelief. NBC/Universal, take note: devotees of this series are more intelligent and discriminating than this; this is not the way to milk them.