Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only ...
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Peter Strauss | ... | Wolff | |
| Molly Ringwald | ... | Niki | |
| Ernie Hudson | ... | Washington | |
| Andrea Marcovicci | ... | Chalmers | |
| Michael Ironside | ... | Overdog | |
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Beeson Carroll | ... | Grandman Patterson |
| Hrant Alianak | ... | Chemist | |
| Deborah Pratt | ... | Meagan | |
| Aleisa Shirley | ... | Reena | |
| Cali Timmins | ... | Nova | |
| Paul Boretski | ... | Jarrett | |
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Patrick Rowe | ... | Duster |
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Reggie Bennett | ... | Barracuda Leader |
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Three women make an emergency landing on a planet plagued with a fatal disease, but are captured by dictator Overdog. Adventurer Wolff goes there to rescue them and meets Niki, the only Earthling left from a medical expedition. Combining their talents, they try to rescue the women. Written by Mattias Thuresson
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dictator | sword and planet | space travel | outer space | obstacle course |Taglines:
Journey with Wolff and Niki, an interstellar adventurer and young rebel. On a mission to rescue three stranded women from a planet no one has warned them about. Because no one has ever returned.Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
20 May 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$14,400,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$7,053,016, 22 May 1983Gross USA:
$16,478,265Company Credits
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Color (Metrocolor)Aspect Ratio:
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Wolff: Emergency repair procedure number one.
Chalmers: You kicked it?
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Publicity for this picture declared that it was the first 3D space adventure since It Came from Outer Space (1953) which had been made and released about thirty years earlier. In fact, another 3D sci-fi film was released later in the same year "Spacehunter" debuted, that was Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983). See more »Goofs
"Studio carpark visible when the ship first lands on the planet". The most commonly stated goof, but the error only ever featured in an unfinished workprint of this shot. It occurred because the wrong camera frame type was used for the size of the set. A local news agency obtained a copy of the workprint and incorrectly reported this as an error. The shot was corrected before the film's theatrical release and does not appear on VHS or DVD releases. See more »Quotes
Chalmers: Okay, what did you do to this?Wolff: Emergency repair procedure number one.
Chalmers: You kicked it?
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Released in Japan on the short-lived VHD format in 3-D. This disc has been widely copied to make bootleg tapes and DVDs. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I saw this in July, 2008 for the first time and was surprised by the amount of mechanical devices and vehicles built for this one. And the attention to detail is higher than many modern productions.
A funny thing about making movies in 1983 is your choice of either using miniature models or constructing full scale behemoths. This movie goes for the latter option, which is one of its strengths, almost everything you see is right there and not some blue screened effect or shoddy computer graphics. This investment carries very well still today some 25 years later. It is like watching Road Warrior with all of the bikes, cars and trains and it all looks authentic because its actually there. Speaking of Road Warrior, it must be said that Spacehunter has an apparent look and feel of a post-apocalyptic desert world similar to that of the Mad Max films.
Striking are the interesting locations which are thrown at the viewer at a fast pace where new environments show up around every corner during their hunt in the forbidden zone. While short scenes in themselves, they come together nicely in creating the feel of a good adventure movie reminiscent of the Indiana Jones movies.
Not sure of the budget here, many things look really nice, some space scenes are awful but very, very short. I've mentioned two series of other films in this review, don't expect to find either one of them in Spacehunter, rather expect to find elements of all of them combined.