Science Fiction Cinema, Aa-

Alien Hugo
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon
Story: Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett
Producers: Walter Hill and David Giler
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Derek Vanlint, Denys Ayling
Visual Effects: H. R. Giger
Cast: Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm (Ash), Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright (Lambert)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1979, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: Discord in Scarlet, by A. E. Van Vogt (1939) and The Voyage of the Space Beagle, by A. E. van Vogt.
Novelization: Alien, by Alan Dean Foster (1979).
Sequels:
---Aliens, 1986.
---Alien 3, 1992.
---Alien Resurrection, 1997.

Alien Resurrection
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Screenplay: Joss Wheedon
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects: Tom Woodruff, Jr., and Alec Gillis
Cast: Sigourney Weaver (Lt. Ellen Ripley), Winona Ryder (Annalee Call), Ron Perlman (Johner), Dan Hedaya, J. E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, Michael Wincott, Raymond Cruz (Distephano), Kim Flowers (Hilliard), Leland Orser (Purvis)
Released by: Twentieth Century-Fox
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Alien, 1979.
Reviewed by: SF Age, #32, January, 1998.
Web site: More information

Alien 3
Director: David Fincher
Screenplay: David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson
Story: Vincent Ward
Producers: Gordon Carroll, David Giler, Walter Hill, Sigourney Weaver
Music: Elliot Goldenthal
Photography: Alex Thomson
Visual Effects: George Gibbs, Richard Edlund
Editor: Terry Rawlings
Cast: Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Lance Henriksen
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Brandywine
Date: 1992, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on: Alien, 1979.

Aliens
Director: James Cameron
Screenplay: James Cameron, Walter Hill, David Giler
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Music: James Horner
Photography: Adrian Biddle
Editor: Ray Lovejoy
Visual Effects: Robert Skotak, Stan Winston, John Richardson, Suzanne Benson Oscar
Cast: Sigourney Weaver (Ellen Ripley), Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Brandywine
Date: 1986, 137 minutes. Color.
Based on: Alien, 1979.
Novelization: Aliens, by Alan Dean Foster (1986).

Android
Director: Aaron Lipstadt
Screenplay: James Reigle, Don Opper
Producer: Mary Ann Fisher
Music: Don Preston
Photography: Tim Suhrstedt
Visual Effects:
Cast: Klaus Kinski, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser, Crofton Hardester, Kendra Kirchner, Don Opper
Released by: New World/Android
Date: 1982, 80 minutes. Color.
Based on:

The Andromeda Strain
Director: Robert Wise
Screenplay: Nelson Gidding
Producer: Robert Wise
Music: Gil Melle
Photography: Richard H. Kline
Visual Effects:
Cast: Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly
Released by: Universal/Robert Wise
Date: 1970, 131 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Andromeda Strain, by Michael Crichton ().

The Arrival
Director: David Twohy
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Charlie Sheen (Zane Ziminski), Teri Polo, Ron Silver (Gordian), Lindsay Crouse
Released by: LIVE Entertainment
Date: 1996, minutes. Color.
Based on:

Back to the Future Hugo
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Producers: Bob Gale and Neil Canton
Music: Alan Silvestri
Visual Effects:
Cast: Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly), Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown), Lea Thompson (Mrs. McFly), Crispin Glover (Mr. McFly), Thomas F. Wilson (Biff Tannen)
Released by: Universal/MCA
Date: 1985, 116 minutes. Color.
Sequels:
...Back to the Future Part II
...Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part II
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay: Bob Gale Story: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Producers: Bob Gale and Neil Canton
Music: Alan Silvestri
Photography: Dean Cundey, A.S.C.
Edited by: Arthur Schmidt and Harry Keramidas
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly), Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown), Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson (Biff Tannen)
Released by: Universal/MCA
Date:1989, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Back to the Future, 1985.
Back to the Future series

Back to the Future Part III
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay: Bob Gale
Story: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale
Producers: Bob Gale and Neil Canton
Music: Alan Silvestri
Photography: Dean Cundey, A.S.C.
Edited by: Arthur Schmidt and Harry Keramidas
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly), Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown), Mary Steenburgen (Clara Clayton), Thomas F. Wilson (Tannen), and Lea Thompson
Released by: Universal/MCA
Date: 1990, 118 minutes. Color. ISBN: 1-55880-372-6
Based on: Back to the Future, 1985.
Back to the Future series

Batman: Forever
Director: Joel Schumacher
Screenplay: Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, and Akiva Goldsman
Story: Lee Batchler and Janet Scott Batchler
Producers: Tim Burton and Peter MacGregor-Scott
Music: Elliot Goldenthal
Photography: Stephen Goldblatt, A.S.C.
Edited by: Dennis Virkler
Visual Effects: John Dykstra
Cast: Val Kilmer (Batman), Tommy Lee Jones (Two-Face), Jim Carrey (Riddler), Nicole Kidman (Dr. Chase Meridian), Chris O'Donnell (Robin)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1995, 122 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7907-2567-3
Based on: Batman, comic book character, by Bob Kane and DC Comics.
Batman series

Battle Beyond the Stars
Director: Jimmy T. Murakami
Screenplay: John Sayles
Producer: Ed Carlin
Music: James Horner
Photography: Daniel Lacambre
Art Direction: James Cameron and Charles Breen
Cast: Richard Thomas, Robert Vaughn, John Saxon, George Peppard, Sam Jaffe, Morgan Woodward, Darlanne Fluegel, Sybil Danning
Released by: New World/Roger Corman
Date: 1980, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Seven Samurai, by Akira Kurosawa (1954).
Similarly: The Magnificent Seven, by John Sturges (1960).

Battle for the Planet of the Apes
Director: J. Lee-Thompson
Screenplay: John William Corrington and Joyce Hooper Corrington
Producer: Frank Capra Jr.
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Photography: Richard H. Kline
Visual Effects:
Cast: Roddy McDowell, Claude Akins, John Huston, Natalie Trundy, Severn Darden, Lew Ayres, Paul Williams
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date:1973, 86 minutes. Color
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.

Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Director: Ted Post
Screenplay: Paul Dehn, Mort Abrahams
Producer: Mort Abrahams
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Photography: Milton Krasner
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Franciscus, Charlton Heston, Linda Harrison, Kim Hunter (Zira), Maurice Evans, Paul Richards, Victor Buono, Jeff Corey, James Gregory, Thomas Gomez
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date: 1969, 94 minutes. Color.
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.

Blade Runner Hugo
Director: Ridley Scott
Screenplay: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples
Producer: Michael Deeley
Music: Vangelis
Visual Effects: Douglas Trumbull
Cast: Harrison Ford (Rick Deckard), Rutger Hauer (Batty), Sean Young (Rachel), Edward James Olmos (Gaff), M. Emmet Walsh (Bryant), Daryl Hannah (Pris), William Sanderson (Sebastian)
Released by: Blade Runner Partnership-Ladd Co, - Sir Run Run Shaw/Warner
Date: 1982/1991, 117 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7907-1589-9
Based on: Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (1966).

A Boy and His Dog Hugo
Director: L. Q. Jones
Screenplay: L. Q. Jones
Producer: Alvy Moore
Music: Tim McIntire
Photography: John Arthur Morrill
Editor: Scott Conrad
Cast: Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Susanne Benton, Ron Feinberg, Tim McIntire, Charles McGraw
Released by: LG Jaf
Date: 1975, 89 minutes. Color.
Based on: A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (1969).

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Directors: Ford Bebee and Saul A. Goodkind
Screenplay: Norman S. Hall and Ray Trampe
Producer: Barney Sarecky
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore
Released by: Universal
Date: 1939, serial. B&W.
Based on: Armageddon 2419 A. D., by Philip Francis Nowlan (in Amazing, August, 1928).

Charly
Director: Ralph Nelson
Screenplay: Sterling Silliphant
Producer: Ralph Nelson
Music: Ravi Shankar
Photography: Arthur J. Ornitz
Cast: Cliff Robertson (Charly) Oscar, Claire Bloom, LiliaSkala, Dick van Patten, Leon Janney, Lilia Skala
Released by: Selmur/Robertson Associates
Date: 1968, 106 minutes. Color.
Based on: Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes (F&SF,, April, 1959)

Children of the Damned
Director: Anton M. Leader
Screenplay: John Briley
Producer: Ben Arbeid
Music: Ron Goodwin
Photography: David Boulton
Cast: Ian Hendry, Alan Badel, Barbara Ferris, Alfred Burke, Sheila Allen, Ralph Michael, Martin Miller, Harold Goldblatt
Released by: MGM
Date: 1964, 09 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Village of the Damned, 1960.

A Clockwork Orange Hugo
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick
Producer: Bernard Williams
Music: Walter Carlos
Photography: John Alcott:
Cast: Malcolm McDowell (Alex), Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates, Aubrey Morris. Adrienne Corri
Released by: Polaris/Warner Bros.
Date: 1971, 137 minutes. Color.
Based on: A Clockwork Orange, by Anthony Burgess (1962).

Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: Steven Spielberg
Producer: Julia Phillips and Michael Phillips
Music:
Visual Effects: R. Cobb
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss (Roy Neary), Francois Truffaut (Claude Lacombe), Teri Garr (Ronnie Neary), Melinda Dillon (Jillian Guiler), Gary Guffey, Bob Balaban
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1977; revised 1980, 152 minutes. Color
Based on:

Cocoon
Director: Ron Howard
Screenplay: Tom Benedek
Producer: Lia Zanuck
Music: James Horner
Photography: Don Peterman
Editors: Daniel Hanley, Michael J. Hill
Cast: Don Ameche Oscar, Wilford Brimley, Hume Cronyn, Brian Dennehy, Jack Gilford, Steve Guttenberg, Maureen Stapleton, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Zanuck-Brown
Date: 1985, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: Cocoon, by David Saperstein.

Cocoon: The Return
Director: Daniel Petrie
Screenplay: Stephen McPherson
Story: Stephen McPherson and Elizabeth Bradley
Producers: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Lili Fini Zanuch
Music: James Horner
Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Editor: Mark Warner
Cast: Don Ameche, Wilford Brimley, Courteney Cox, Hume Cronyn, Jack Glford, Steve Guttenberg, Barret Oliver, Maureen Stapleton, Elaine Stritch, Jessica Tandy, Gwen Verdon, Tahnee Welch
Released by: Fox/Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown, Lili Fini Zanuch
Date: 1988, 116 minutes. Color.
Based on: Cocoon

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Screenplay: Paul Dehn
Producer: Arthur P. Jacobs
Music: Tom Scott
Photography: Bruce Surtees
Editors: Marjorie Fowler, Allan Jaggs
Visual Effects:
Cast: Roddy McDowell, Don Murray, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy, hari Rhodes, Severn Darden
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date: 1972, 85 minutes. Color.
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.

Contact
Director: Robert Zemeckis/George Miller
Screenplay: Christopher Goldenberg
Producers: Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jodie Foster (Ellie Arroway), Matthew McConaughy (Palmer Joss), John Hurt (S. R. Hadden), David Morse, Rob Lowe, James Woods (Michael Kitz), Tom Skerrit (David Drumlin), Angela Bassett (Rachel Constantine)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Contact, by Carl Sagan ().
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, #29, July, 1997.

Damnation Alley
Director: Jack Smight
Screenplay: Alan Sharpe, Lukas Heller
Producers: Hal Landers, Bobby Roberts, Jerome M. Zeitman
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Harry Stradling, Jr.
Visual Effects: Milt Rice
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, George Peppard, Dominique Sands, Paul Winfield
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1977, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: Damnation Alley, by Roger Zelazny (1967).

Daredevil
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
Screenplay: Bill Everett, Brian Helgeland, Mark Steven Johnson
Producers: Avi Arad, Gary Foster, Arnon Milchan
Music: Graeme Revell and Mike Purcell
Photography: Ericson Core
Editing: Armen Minasian and Dennis Virkler
Cast: Ben Affleck (Matthew Murdock/Daredevil), Jennifer Garner (Elektra Natchios), Colin Farrel (Bullseye), Michael Clarke Duncan (Wilson Fiske/Kingpin), Joe Pantoliano (Ben Urich), Erick Avari (Nikolaos Natchios), David Keith (Jack Murdock), Scott Terra (Young Matthew Murdock), Lennie Loftin (Detective Manolis)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment/Horseshoe Bay Productions/New Regency Pictures
Date: 2003, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Daredevil, comic book series by Stan Lee, Bill Everett, and Frank Miller.

Dark City
Director: Alex Proyas
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Rufus Sewell (John Murdoch), Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, John Hurt
Released by: New Line
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Dave
Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenplay: Gary Ross
Producer: Lauren Schuler-Donner, Ivan Reitman
Music: James Newton Howard
Photography: Adam Greenberg
Editor: Sheldon Kahn
Cast: Kevin Kline (Dave), Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Ving Rhames, Faith Prince, Laura Linney
Released by: Warner
Date: 1993, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on: Double Star, by Robert A. Heinlein (1956).

The Day the Earth Stood Still *
Director: Robert Wise
Screenplay: Edmund H. North
Producer: Julian Blaustein
Music: Bernard Hermann
Photography: Leo Tover
Visual Effects: Fred Sersen
Cast: Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy Grey
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1951, 92 minutes. B&W.
Based on: Farewell to the Master, by Harry Bates (Astounding, 1940).

Death Race 2000
Director: Paul Bartel
Screenplay: Robert Thom, Charles Griffith, Ib Melchior
Producer: Roger Corman
Music: Paul Chihara
Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Visual Effects:
Cast: David Carradine, Simone Griffeth, Sylvester Stallone, Mary Woronov
Released by: New World
Date: 1975, 79 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Racer, by Ib Melchior (1956).

Demolition Man
Director: Marco Brambilla
Screenplay: Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau, Peter M. Lenkov
Producers: Joel Silver, Michael Levy, Howard Kazanjian
Music: Elliot Goldenthal, Sting
Photography: Alex Thomson
Editor: Stuart Baird
Visual Effects:
Cast: Sylvestor Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Bob Gunto, Denis Leary
Released by: Warner/Silver Pictures
Date: 1993, 115 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Dreamcatcher *
Director: Lawrence Kasdan
Screenplay: William Goldman and Lawrence Kasdan
Producers: Lawrence Kasdan and Charles Okun
Music: James Newton Howard
Photography: John Seale
Editors: Raul Davalos and Carol Littleton
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Damian Lewis (Gary 'Jonesy' Jones), Thomas Jane (Dr. Harry Devlin), Morgan Freeman (Colonel Abraham Kurtz), Tom Sizemore (Captain Owen Underhill), Jason Lee (Joe 'Beaver' Clarendon), Donnie Wahlberg (Douglas 'Duddits' Cavell), Timothy Olyphant (Pete Moore)
Released by: Castle Rock Entertainment/Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow Productions/SSDD Films
Date: 2003, 136 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King.

Dune
Director: David Lynch
Screenplay: David Lynch
Producer: Raffaella de Laurentiis
Music: Toto
Photography: Freddie Francis
Editor: Antony Gibbs
Visual Effects:
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan (Paul), José Ferrer (Emperor), Brad Dourif (De Vries), Kenneth McMillan (Baron), Sting (Feyd-Rautha), Francesca Annis, Stan Phillips, Dean Stockwell, Freddie Jones, Linda Hunt, Richard Jordan, Silvana Mangano, Jurgen Prochnow, Max Von Sydow
Released by: Dino de Laurentis
Date: 1984, 140 minutes. Color.
Based on: Dune, by Frank Herbert (in Analog, December, 1963 - February, 1964).

The Empire of the Ants
Director: Bert I. Gordon
Screenplay: Jack Turley
Producer: Bert I. Gordon
Music: Dana Kaproff
Photography: Reginald Morris
Visual Effects: Roy Downey
Cast: Joan Collins, Robert Lansing, John David Carson, Albert Salmi, Jacquline Scott
Released by: American International/Cinema 77
Date: 1977, 89 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Empire of the Ants, by H. G. Wells ().

The Empire Strikes Back Hugo
Director: Irvin Kershner
Screenplay: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz
Music: John Williams
Visual Effects:
Cast: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/CBS FOX
Date: 1980, 124 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-1425-6
Based on: Star Wars, 1977.

Enemy Mine
Director: Wolfgang Peterson
Screenplay: Edward Khmara
Producer: Stephen Friedman
Music: Maurice Jarre
Photography: Tony Imi
Editor: hannes Nikel
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Louis Gossett, Jr., Brian Jones, Richard Marcus, Carolyn McCormick
Released by: Kings Road/Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1985, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Enemy Mine, by Barry Longyear (in Asimov's, 1979)

Escape from L. A.
Director:John Carpenter
Screenplay: John Carpenter and Debra Hill
Producers: Debra Hill and John Carpenter
Music: John Carpenter and Shirley Walker
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Kurt Russell (Snake Plissken), Bruce Campbell (Surgeon General of Beverly Hills), Stacy Keach (Cuervo Jones), Steve Buscemi (Map-to-the-Stars Eddie), Valerie Golino (presidentÕs daughter), Peter Fonda
Released by:
Date: 1996, minutes. Color.
Based on: Escape from New York, 1981.
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, September, 1996.

Escape from New York
Director: John Carpenter
Screenplay: John Carpenter and Nick Castle
Producers: Larry France and Debra Hill
Music: John Carpenter
Photography: Jim Lucas
Visual Effects:
Cast: Kurt Russell (Snake Plissken), Lee Van Cleef (Bob Hauk), Ernest Borgnine (Cabbie), Donald Pleasance (President), Harry Dean Stanton (Brain), Isaac Hayes (Duke), Season Hubley (Girl in Store), Andrienne Barbeau (Maggie)
Released by: Avco Embassy/International Film Investors/Goldcrest
Date: 1981, 99 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Director: Don Taylor
Screenplay: Paul Dehn
Producers: Arthur P. Jacobs and Frank Capra Jr.
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Joseph Biroc
Visual Effects:
Cast: Roddy McDowell, Kim Hunter, Bradford Dillman, Ricardo Montalban, Natalie Trundy, ERric Braeden, William Windon, Sal Mineo
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date: 1971, 97 minutes. Color.
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial ***
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: Melissa Mathison
Producers: Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy
Music: John Williams
Photography: Allen Daviau
Special Effcts: Industrial Light & Magic
Creator of E.T.: Carlo Rambaldi
Cast: Dee Wallace-Stone (Mary), Henry Thomas (Elliott), Peter Coyote (Keys), Robert McNaughton (Michael), Drew Barrymore (Gertie), K. C. Martel (Greg), Sean Frye (Steve), C. Thomas Howell (Tyler), Erika EleniaK (Pretty Girl), David M. O'Dell (Schoolboy), Richard Swingler (Science Teacher), Frank Toth (Policeman), Robert Barton (Ultrasound Man), Michael Durrell (Van Man), David Berkson (Medic), Pat Welch (voice of E.T.), Debra Winger (voice of E.T.)
Released by: Universal/MCA
Date: May 26, 1982, 115 or 120 minutes. Color.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, March 25, 2002.

Fahrenheit 451
Director: Francois Truffaut
Screenplay: Francois Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard
Producer: Lewis M. Allen
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Oskar Werner, Julie Christie, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser
Released by: Rank/Anglo Enterprsies/Vineyard
Date: 1966, 112 minutes. Color.
Based on: Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury (1951).

Fail Safe
Director: Sidney Lumet
Screenplay: Walter Bernstein
Producers: Max E. Youngstein and Sidney Lumet
Music:
Photography: Gerald Hirschfeld
Visual Effects:
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Dan OÕHerlihy, Frank Overton, Fritz Weaver, Edward Binns, Larry Hagman, Russell Collins
Released by: Columbia/Max E. Youngstein/Sidney Lumet
Date: 1964, 111 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Fail Safe, by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler ().

The 5th Element
Director: Luc Besson
Screenplay: Luc Besson
Story: Luc Besson
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects: Mark Stetson, Jean-Claude Mézières, Jean (Moebius) Giraud
Cast: Bruce Willis (Corben Dallas), Milla Jovovich (Leeloo), Gary Oldman (Zorg), Chris Tucker (Ruby Rhod), Ian Holm (Cornelius), Luke Perry
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1997, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, May 16, 1997.

The Fly
Director: Kurt Neumann
Screenplay: James Clavell
Producer: Kurt Neumann
Music: Paul Sawtell
Visual Effects: L. B. Abbott
Cast: Vincent Price, Al (David) Hedison, Patricia Owens
Released by: 20th Century-Fox
Date: 1958, 94 minutes. B&W.
Based on: The Fly, by George Langelaan ().

The Fly
Director: David Cronenberg
Screenplay: Charles Edward Pogue and David Cronenberg
Producer: Stuart Cornfeld
Music: Howard Shore
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis
Released by: 20th Century-Fox
Date: 1986, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:The Fly, by George Langelaan ().

Freejack
Director: Geoff Murphy
Screenplay: Steven Pressfield, Ronald Shusett, Dan Gilroy
Producer: Ronald Shusett, Stuart Oken
Music: Trevor Jones
Photography: Joe Alves
Editor: Dennis Virkler
Visual Effects: Richard Hoover
Cast: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, René Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Banks, David Johansen, Amanda Plummer
Released by: Warner/Morgan Creek
Date: 1992, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Immortality Inc. by Robert Sheckley ().

Godzilla
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay:
Producer: Dean Devlin
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Matthew Broderick
Released by: Sony
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Godzilla,

Groundhog Day
Director: Harold Ramis
Screenplay: Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis
Producers: Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Music: George Fenton
Photography: John Bailey Visual Effects:
Cast: Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Stephen Tobolowsky, Brian Doyle-Murray, Marita Geraghty, Angela Paton, Rick Ducommun
Released by: Columbia TriStar/Columbia
Date: 1993, 101 minutes. Color.
Premise: Time Loop
Based on: It's a Wonderful Life, 1945.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Director: Alan J. W. Bell
Screenplay:
Producer: Alan J. W. Bell
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Simon Jones (Arthur Dent), David Dixon (FOrd Prefect), Sandra Dickinson (Trillian), Mark Wing-Davey (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
Released by: BBC, CBS/FOX
Date: 1981, 194 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-5767-2
Based on: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams (Pocket, New York,1979). ISBN: 0-671-74606-5

Iceman
Director: Fred Schepisi
Screenplay: Chip Proser, John Drimmer
Producers: Patrick Palmer, Norman Jewison
Music: Bruce Smeaton
Photography: Ian Baker
Editor: Billy Weber
Visual Effects:
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Lindsay Crouse, John Lone, Josef Sommer, Danny Glover
Released by: Universal
Date: 1984, 99 minutes. Color.
Based on:

The Illustrated Man
Director: Jack Smight
Screenplay: Howard B. Kreitsek
Producer: Ted Mann and Howard B. Kreitsek
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Visual Effects: Ralph Webb
Tatto Designs: James Reynolds
Cast: Rod Steiger, Claire Bloom, Robert Drivas
Released by: Warner/Seven Arts
Date: 1969, 103 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Illustrated Man, by Ray Bradbury (1951).

Independence Day
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin
Producer: Dean Devlin
Music:
Visual Effects: Trendmasters
Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Robert Loggia, Harvey Fierstein, Brent Spiner, Vivica Fox, Harry Connick, Jr., Jeff Goldblum (David Levinson)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1996, minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, July, 1996.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers *
Director: Don Siegel
Screenplay: Daniel Mainwaring
Producer: Walte Wagner
Music: Carmen Dragon
Photography: Ellsworth Fredericks
Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Virginia Christine, Sam Peckinpah
Released by: Allied Artists
Date: 1956, 80 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney (1954).

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Director: Philip Kaufman
Screenplay: W. D. Richter
Producer: Robert H. Solo
Music: Denny Zeitlin
Photography: Michael Chapman
Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, Art Hindle, Lelia Goldoni, Kevin McCarthy, Don Siegel
Released by: United Artists
Date: 1978, 115 minutes. Color.
Based on: Invasion of the Body Snatchers, by Jack Finney (1954).

Johnny Mnemonic
Director: Robert Longo
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Keanu Reeves (Johnny Mnemonic), Dolph Lundgren (Street Preacher), Dina Meyer (Jane), Traci Tweed (Pretty), Udo Kier (Ralphi), Falconer Abraham (Yomamma), Takeshi Kitano (Takahashi), Ice-T (J-Bone), Henry Rollins (Spider), Barbara Sukowa (anna)
Released by:
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: Johnny Mnemonic, by William Gibson (in Omni, May, 1981).
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, January, 1995.

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Director: Henry Levin
Screenplay: Walter Reisch, Charles Brackett
Producer: Charles Brackett
Music: Bernard Herrmann
Photography: Leo Trover
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Mason, Arlene Dahl, Pat Boone, Peter Ronson, Diane Baker, Thayer David
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1959, 132 minutes. Color.
Based on: Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne ().

Judge Dredd
Director: Danny Cannon
Screenplay: Danny Cannon
Producer: Charlie Lippincott
Music:
Visual Effects: Joss Williams
Cast: Sylvester Stallone (Judge Dredd), Armand Assante (Rico), Alex Daniel (Brisco), Diane Lane (Judge Hershey), Rob Schneider (Fergie), Joan Chen (Ilsa), Jurgen Prochnow (Judge Griffin), Max Von Sydow (Judge Fargo).
Released by: Shepperton Film Studios
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: 2000 AD, British comic by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra.
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, July, 1995.

Little Shop of Horrors
Director: Roger Corman
Screenplay: Charles B. Griffith
Producer: Roger Corman
Music: Fred Katz
Photography: Archie Dalzell
Editor: Marshall Nellan, Jr.
Visual Effects: Daniel Haller
Cast: (Seymour), Jack Nicholson
Released by: Vestron
Date: 1960, 72 minutes. B&W. ISBN: 0-8051-0250-7
Based on: Little Shop of Horrors (Broadway Show)

Logan's Run
Director: Michael Anderson
Screenplay: David Zelag Goodman
Producer: Saul David
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Cast: Michael York (Logan), Jenny Agutter (Jessica), Peter Ustinov, Richard Jordan, Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Roscoe Lee Browne
Released by: MGM/United Artists
Date: 1976, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: Logan's Run, by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson (1967).

Lost in Space
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman
Producer: Akiva Goldsman
Music:
Photography:
Special Effects: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Cast: William Hurt (John Robinson), Matt LeBlanc (Don West), Gary Oldman (Dr. Smith), Mimi Rogers (Robinson), Heather Graham (Robinson), Lacey Chabert (Robinson), Jack Johnson (Will Robinson)
Released by: New Line
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Lost in Space, TV Series.

The Lost World
Director:
Screenplay:
Producer: Steven Spielberg
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects: Dennis Muren and Stan Winston
Cast: Jeff Goldblum (Iam Malcolm), Richard Attenborough (John Hammond), Julianne Moore
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Lost World, by Michael Crichton (1995).

Marooned
Director: John Sturges
Screenplay: Mayo Simon
Producer: Frank Capra, Jr.
Music:
Photography: Daniel Fapp
Visual Effects: Robbie Robertson Oscar
Cast: Greogory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman, Lee Grant, Nancy Kovack, Mariette Hartley, Scott Brady
Released by: Columbia/Frankovich-Sturges
Date: 1969, 134 minutes. Color.
Based on: Marooned, by Martin Caidin ().

Memoires of an Invisible Man
Director: John Carpenter
Screenplay: Robert Collector, Dana Olsen, William Goldman
Producers: Bruce Bodner and Dan Kolsrud
Music: Shirley Walker
Photography: William A. Fraker
Editor: Marion Rothman
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Chevy Chase (Nick Halloway), Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Norton
Released by: Warner/Le Studio Canal Plus/Regency Enterprises/Alcor
Date: 1992, 99 minutes. Color.
Based on: Memoires of an Invisible Man, H. F. Saint ().

Men in Black
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Screenplay: Ed Solomon
Producers: Brian Grazer, Steven Spielberg
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic, Rick Baker
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones (Agent Kay), Will Smith (Agent Jay), Linda Fiorentino (Laurel), Vincent D'Onofrio (Edgar/Alien), Rip Torn (Agent Zed)
Released by:
Date: 1997, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Men in Black, Marvel Comic by Lowell Cunningham.
Reviewed by: Newsweek, July 7, 1997.

Millennium
Director: Michael Anderson
Screenplay: John Varley
Producers: Douglas Leiterman, Robert Vince
Music: Eric Robertson
Photography: Rene Ohashi
Editor: Ron Wisman
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J. Travanti, Robert Joy, Lloyd Bochner, Brent Carver, David McIlwraith, Maury Chaykin, Al Waxman
Released by: Rank/First Mellenium Partnership/Gladden/Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1989, 105 minutes. Color.
Based on: Air Raid, by Herb Boehm (aka John Varley) (in Asimov's, Spring, 1976).

Mother Night
Director:
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Nick Nolte (Howard W. Campbell, Jr.), (Helga),
Released by:
Date: 1997. 113 minutes. Color.
Based on: Mother Night, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1966).