Stranded (2001)

1st Mars mission crash lands, kills the captain and 5 survive. Help from Earth will take 2+ years. Food and electricity (recycling oxygen and water) shortage means only 2 can survive. The other 3 leave and have their last hours recorded.

Director:

María Lidón (as Luna)

Writer:

Juan Miguel Aguilera (screenplay)

Stars:

Vincent Gallo, Maria de Medeiros, Joaquim de Almeida

4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Vincent Gallo	...	Luca Baglioni
Maria de Medeiros	...	Jenny Johnson
Joaquim de Almeida	...	Fidel Rodrigo
María Lidón	...	Susana Sánchez
Danel Aser	...	Herbert Sagan
Johnny Ramone	...	Lowell
José Sancho	...	Andre Vishniac
Paul Gibert	...	Entrevistador

Storyline

A seven-man crew of international specialists formed by Commander Andre Vishniac; engineer Luca Baglioni; doctor Jenny Johnson; astrobiologist Fidel Rodrigo; pilot Susana Sánchez; geologist Herbert Sagan; and pilot Lowell, travels to Mars to explore the planet. On arrival, Lowell stays in orbit on the mother ship while the crew lands on Mars. However, their landing craft crashes on the planet and Vishniac breaks his neck. They learn they are stranded on Mars while Lowell returns to Earth to bring a rescue team. Meanwhile, Luca calculates the oxygen, water, and supplies and concludes that there are enough for only two of them to survive the twenty-six months before an eventual rescue team reaches Mars. It's decided that Luca (engineer) and Jenny (doctor) should be the ones to stay in the spacecraft due to their specialties, while Susan, Rodrigo, and Sagan set out to explore the planet before their inevitable death. But while there is life, there is hope.

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Plot Keywords:

ares mission | newscast | phobos | mission to mars | reference to dejah thoris | 

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Taglines:

150 million miles from hope.

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Genres:

Drama | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film takes place in 2020.

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Goofs

The space helmets aren't really airtight. When Rodrigo and Sanchez are in the Martian maze and get to the hall where there is oxygen, they just lift the bottom of the masks, which are just resting on the fabric covering their necks. After Johnson and Baglioni leave the spaceship, Baglioni turns slightly and you can see through the gap in the mask.

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Quotes

[first lines]
News Reporter: It's 298 days since the first manned mission to Mars left the Alpha International Space Station. The spaceship Aries and her crew of 7 men and women from different nations are now going into orbit around the red planet.

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Connections

Referenced in Europa Report (2013)

User Reviews

A Rictus of Embarrassment

I originally rented this movie as something to watch while my mom and sister watched "Must Love Dogs" in the other room. Within ten minutes I found myself preferring the chick flick. The opening scene of the movie was all I needed to realize I had just wasted five and a half bucks. The film begins with a newscast in which a reporter sets the scene for the rest of the film. A good idea, right? Except that the reporter delivers in a deadpan. He says, "This is a historic moment" in a voice you'd probably expect to hear in a lecture on earwax. The rest of the movie follows this pattern to the point where I wanted to throttle the lead actress while screaming, "Have you even READ the script?" In short, I've seen beer commercials with better acting, better writing, better special effects, and better story lines.

Details

Official Sites:

Production company (Spanish or English)

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 April 2002 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Stranded

Filming Locations:

El Golfo, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Niggeman IndieFilms S.L., Dolores Pictures S.L., Guerrilla Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1