Un mariscal federal estacionado en una colonia minera en la luna de Júpiter, Io, descubre una conspiración para el contrabando de drogas. No recibe ayuda de los trabajadores o las autoridade... Leer todoUn mariscal federal estacionado en una colonia minera en la luna de Júpiter, Io, descubre una conspiración para el contrabando de drogas. No recibe ayuda de los trabajadores o las autoridades cuando se encuentra acusado por asesinato.Un mariscal federal estacionado en una colonia minera en la luna de Júpiter, Io, descubre una conspiración para el contrabando de drogas. No recibe ayuda de los trabajadores o las autoridades cuando se encuentra acusado por asesinato.
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- Nominado a 1 premio Óscar
- 1 premio ganado y 7 nominaciones en total
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- (as James B. Sikking)
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- TriviaWriter-director Peter Hyams handled the cinematography for most of this movie, while Stephen Goldblatt usually worked when there was something Hyams did not know how to do. Goldblatt was misleadingly hired by Hyams, who really wanted him to stand aside and do nothing, and to use him as a scapegoat for the Ladd Company in case anything went wrong while using the new IntroVision process. He was furious at being lied to and wouldn't have taken the job if he'd known Hyams' intentions at the outset, but stayed on in order to learn how to use IntroVision, and because as a young cinematographer with a sole prior feature credit, quitting the movie could have ruined his career. It is the only one of his movies whose wrap party he skipped.
- ErroresSeveral times during the first half hour of the movie, O'Niel's uniform name tag changes spelling from "O'Niel" to "O'Neil" and back again.
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Dr. Marian Lazarus: You know, if you're the kind of guy you're supposed to be, you wouldn't stick around. That's why they sent you here.
Marshal William T. O'Niel: Maybe they made a mistake.
Dr. Marian Lazarus: I was afraid you'd say something like that. You really think you're making a difference?
[O'Neil is silent]
Dr. Marian Lazarus: Then why, for god's sake?
Marshal William T. O'Niel: Because... maybe they *are* right. They send me here to this pile of shit because they think I belong here. I want to find out if... well, if they're right. There's a whole machine that works because everybody does what they're supposed to. And I found out... I was supposed to be something I didn't like. That's what's in the program. That's my rotten little part, in the rotten machine... I don't like it. So I'm... going to find out if they're right.
The miniatures and models look fantastic and still hold up today in my opinion. It inhabits that Alien mining operation look throughout and Peter Hyams did a great job on an aesthetic point of view. It's not as detailed as Alien, but what is?
The story is also pretty well written and many have labelled it as High Noon in space. It definitely has that western feeling especially with the showdown climax and your typical western pistols have been replaced with shotguns.
Sean Connery delivers a great performance and I would say this is one of his best post Bond films along with The Name of the Rose.
Despite these positives there are quite a few negatives. The explosive decompression scenes are quite dated and are unintentionally hilarious with peoples heads inflating like balloons. The child actor who plays Marshall O Neill's son is quite possibly the worst child actor ever! It takes you out of the movie for a while but thankfully it's only a brief scene.
If you haven't seen this I would recommend Outland, especially if you're a fan of Alien or any other industrial sci-fi movie from that era. It's quite overlooked so definitely give it a look.
- JamesMovieGuy_117
- 17 dic 2017
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Taquilla
- Presupuesto
- USD 16,000,000 (estimado)
- Total en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 17,374,595
- Fin de semana de estreno en EE. UU. y Canadá
- USD 3,059,638
- 25 may 1981
- Total a nivel mundial
- USD 17,374,595
- Tiempo de ejecución1 hora 49 minutos
- Color
- Relación de aspecto
- 2.35 : 1