Outland (1981)

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writer:

Peter Hyams (written by)

Release Date:

22 May 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

On Jupiter's moon something deadly is happening

Plot:

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Marshal | Mining | Miner | Moon

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	O'Niel
Peter Boyle	...	Sheppard
Frances Sternhagen	...	Lazarus
James Sikking	...	Montone (as James B. Sikking)
Kika Markham	...	Carol
Clarke Peters	...	Ballard
Steven Berkoff	...	Sagan
John Ratzenberger	...	Tarlow
Nicholas Barnes	...	Paul O'Niel
Manning Redwood	...	Lowell
Pat Starr	...	Flo Spector
Hal Galili	...	Nelson
Angus MacInnes	...	Hughes
Stuart Milligan	...	Walters
Eugene Lipinski	...	Cane, Suicide in Elevator

Also Known As:

Io (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (MegaSound encoding) (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (MegaSound encoding) (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Ladd Company, The

Trivia:

The role of Dr. Lazarus was first offered to Colleen Dewhurst.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the opening sequence where "computer readouts" across the bottom of the screen set the scene, one of the last of these identifies the Io mine's "Principle Ore: Titanium" instead of "principal". Also "marshal" is misspelled as "marshall" (but "dependants" is the usual UK English spelling of "dependents" and is not an error).

Quotes:

Station Manager Sheppard: Did you really destroy the ENTIRE shipment?
Marshal William T. O'Neil: Yes.
Station Manager Sheppard: You DO have a flair for the dramatic.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Moon (2009)

A collage of genres put into one good movie

The genres of science fiction, western, and even film noir (if you notice the moody atmposphere the movie sometimes displays) are

presented in a good fashion in OUTLAND. Sean Connery stars as a

marshal (where the western category fits in) assigned to solve

mysterious deaths on a galactic mining company (sci-fi), along with meeting different and unique characters, some of which have sullen and suspicious dispostitions (the film-noir part). Connery is fine

as usual as the marshal who has his hands full trying to make sense of the whole situation, at the same time entertaining the audience with his typical great thespian skills.