A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
- Awards
- 8 nominations
William S. Burroughs
- Self
- (archive footage)
Margret Augustine
- Self - AKA 'Firefly'
- (archive footage)
Thor Heyerdahl
- Self - Explorer
- (archive footage)
Ed Bass
- Self - Chairman, Space Biosphere Ventures
- (archive footage)
Jane Poynter
- Self - Biospherian
- (archive footage)
Mark Van Thillo
- Self - AKA 'Laser'
- (archive footage)
Brian Mortenson
- Self - Newscaster
- (archive footage)
Mindy Blake
- Self - Newscaster
- (archive footage)
Abigail Alling
- Self - Biospherian
- (archive footage)
Rue McClanahan
- Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- Quotes
Self - AKA 'Horse Shit': I think the whole project - I mean, I really liked that it was science fiction without the fiction.
- ConnectionsFeatures Silent Running (1972)
- SoundtracksSomething in the Air
Performed by Thunderclap Newman
Written by John Keen
Courtesy of Polydor Limited
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
SPACE FORCE!
Welcome to the fantastic future of 1991 as the human petri dish project BIOSPHERE 2 is underway! What looks like a kooky SciFi piece of last century fiction, turns out to be a bizarre true life experiment, sequestering idealistic science nerds in their self-sustaining eco bubble.
Rife with cult overtones and extraordinary characters, "Spaceship Earth" documents a group of giddy dreamers as they pave the way for future planet colonizations by creating their own pressure cooker mini earth. What could go wrong?
Well, much does indeed go wrong, but unfortunately, nothing of the sensational variety. There is no physical rebellion. There are no monsters spawned. There are no lives lost. Yet it is damn fascinating: the spectre of a tight army of red uniformed humans scurrying about their self made ant hill aquarium, whilst the world literally looked on.
There is a "Truman Show" aspect at play here, as organizer, impresario, Grand Poobah and owner of a wacky combover, John P. Allen (aka Johnny Dolphin) dictates the inner proceedings from an outside control room. That is, until there is a power struggle featuring, wait for it, Steve Bannon. Yep, you can't make this stuff up.
Strangely the BIOSPHERE 2 phenomena, which at the time was a world wide sensation that predicted genius nutbars like Elon Musk, is relatively forgotten.
That mistake has now been remedied. Enjoy.
Rife with cult overtones and extraordinary characters, "Spaceship Earth" documents a group of giddy dreamers as they pave the way for future planet colonizations by creating their own pressure cooker mini earth. What could go wrong?
Well, much does indeed go wrong, but unfortunately, nothing of the sensational variety. There is no physical rebellion. There are no monsters spawned. There are no lives lost. Yet it is damn fascinating: the spectre of a tight army of red uniformed humans scurrying about their self made ant hill aquarium, whilst the world literally looked on.
There is a "Truman Show" aspect at play here, as organizer, impresario, Grand Poobah and owner of a wacky combover, John P. Allen (aka Johnny Dolphin) dictates the inner proceedings from an outside control room. That is, until there is a power struggle featuring, wait for it, Steve Bannon. Yep, you can't make this stuff up.
Strangely the BIOSPHERE 2 phenomena, which at the time was a world wide sensation that predicted genius nutbars like Elon Musk, is relatively forgotten.
That mistake has now been remedied. Enjoy.
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- Also known as
- Космічний корабель Земля
- Filming locations
- Arizona, USA(Synergia Ranch)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $362
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD
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