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Release Date:
21 December 1979 (USA)
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Tagline:
A journey that begins where everything ends! more
Plot:
A research vessel finds a missing ship, commanded by a mysterious scientist, on the edge of a black hole. full summary | full synopsis
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Black Hole
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Space
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Reverse Footage
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(30 articles)
Disney Puts 'Wild Hogs 2' Back in the Garage
(From Get The Big Picture. 19 December 2009, 2:40 PM, PST)
New 'Tron: Legacy' pictures boot up Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 9 December 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
(From Get The Big Picture. 19 December 2009, 2:40 PM, PST)
New 'Tron: Legacy' pictures boot up Olivia Wilde, Garrett Hedlund
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 9 December 2009, 11:08 AM, PST)
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Disney gets it right. For once.
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Cast
(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. (Special Troops Arms Regiment) (as Tommy McLoughlin) |
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Space Station One (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
98 min
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Colour (Technicolor)
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2.20 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints) (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)
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Singapore:PG |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Chile:TE |
Finland:K-12 |
Norway:12 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Canada:G (Nova Scotia) (original rating) |
Canada:PG (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (2004) |
UK:A (original rating) |
Iceland:L
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The visual effect of the black hole itself was created by forming a whirlpool in a round Plexiglas water tank, and adding different colors of paint.
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Continuity: Despite the fact that throughout the dining room scene characters come and go through an interior door, as is clearly shown in later exterior shots, the dining room is set apart from the body of the Cygnus atop a scaffold-like tower with no elevator, walkway, ladder or any means to enter or exit.
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Quotes:
Dr. Hans Reinhardt:
Maximilian, the time has come to liquidate our guests.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in SPFX: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (TV)
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The Black Hole is probably the only Disney live-action movie (with the possible exception of Cool Runnings) that is even watchable. So the fact that it's incredibly fun just makes it all the more odd.
Perhaps it's the overabundance of mediocre effects (even by 1979's standards, considering it was preceded by Star Wars (2 years) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (11 years)), or it could be the overall impossibility of the robot VINCENT, but I am hooked on this movie.
Plotwise, there's some new stuff here for science fiction. In general, the black hole had never really been looked into, so combining that with the crazed genius (Maximillian Schell) just creates a story worth watching, despite some obvious speaking errors ("habitable life in outer space") and some scientific errors (the astronauts are exposed to the vacuum of space and nothing happens...).
All in all, the fighting, the story, and the utterly bizarre 1970s sets and costumes make this one of my closet favorites. If you are even vaguely interested, buy the video today, because it took 20 years to see it come out to the mainstream. Don't miss this!