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Title: The Black Hole (1979)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Maximilian Schell | ... | Dr. Hans Reinhardt | |
| Anthony Perkins | ... | Dr. Alex Durant | |
| Robert Forster | ... | Captain Dan Holland | |
| Joseph Bottoms | ... | Lieutenant Charles Pizer | |
| Yvette Mimieux | ... | Dr. Kate McCrae | |
| Ernest Borgnine | ... | Harry Booth | |
| Tom McLoughlin | ... | Captain S.T.A.R. (as Tommy McLoughlin) | |
An Earth exploratory ship, the USS Palomino, discovers a black hole with a lost ship, the USS Cygnus, just outside its event horizon. Deciding to solve the mystery of the Cygnus are: the Palomino's Captain, Dan Holland; his First Officer, Lieutenant Charlie Pizer; journalist Harry Booth; scientist and ESP-sensitive Dr. Kate McCrae, whose father was the Cygnus's First Officer; Dr. Alex Durant, the expedition's civilian leader; and the robot known as V.I.N.CENT. The Palomino attempts a dangerous fly-by of the darkened ship. As they come within close range of it, the buffeting they experience (due to the black hole's gravity) suddenly ceases. They bring more instruments to bear on the derelict, but do not even realize the gravity-free zone is artificial; slipping outside it, they are almost drawn into the black hole, an abyss from which no one can escape. Matters worsen when Reinhardt holds the crew captive, after realizing that they can help him reach his goal. The squad must now figure... Written by Anthony Pereyra {hypersonic91@yahoo.com}
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"Haunting" is exactly the term for it. I know others have knocked the silly robots and laser guns.
But I have always felt The Black Hole's spooky emotional impact, through the visuals and music. Although the visuals are now dated, what they were aiming for strikes true. It's a vision of the future that strikes a chord in me: dark uncaring space, the black hole a crushing force more powerful than the sun, ego and insane genius, science and what's beyond science, the horror of the old crew's fate. The music with its heavy repeated theme is like the crushing presence of the black hole itself: relentless. A new God if ever there was one.
In my opinion it has more emotional impact than Solaris, which threw in too much "murder mystery" and sort of confused me. The Black Hole is simple: it is clearly beyond knowledge and all the spookier for it.
If you get a thrill from the idea of scientific discovery, give this underrated film a chance. You won't be disappointed.