Nightflyers
Director: T. C. Blake
Screenplay: Robert Jaffe
Producers: Herbert Jaffe, Robert Jaffe
Music: Doug Timm
Photography: Shelly Johnson
Editors: Jay Cassidy, Tom Siiter
Special Visual Effects: Fantasy II Film Effects
Cast: Catherine Mary Stewart (Miranda/Melantha Jhirl), Michael Praed (Captain Royd Eris),
John Standing (Karoly d'Branin), Lisa Blount (Audrey), James Avery (Darryl),
Michael Des Barres (Jon Winderman), Hélène Udy (Lilly), Glenn Withrow (Keelor),
Annabel Brooks (Elize)
Released by: VISTA Organization Partnership, Ltd.
Date: 1987, 88 minutes. Color.
Based on: Nightflyers, by George R. R. Martin (in Analog, April, 1980.)
1984
Director: Michael Anderson
Screenplay: William P. Templeton and Ralph Bettinson
Producer: N. Peter Rathvon
Music: Malcolm Arnold
Photography: C. Pennington Richards
Cast: Edmund O'Brien (Winston Smith), Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling,
David Kossoff, Mervyn Johns, Donald Pleasance
Released by: Holiday
Date: 1955, 91 minutes. B & W.
Based on: 1984, by George Orwell (1948).
1984
Director: Michael Radford
Screenplay: Michael Radford
Producer: Simon Perry
Music: Dominic Muldowney
Photography: Roger Deakins
Editor: Tom Priestley
Cast: John Hurt (Winston Smith), Richard Burton (O'Brien), Suzanna Hamilton (Julia),
Cyril Cusack (Charrington), Gregor Fisher (Parsons), James Walker
Released by: Umbrella/Rosenblum/Virgin
Date: 1984, 117 minutes. Color.
Based on: 1984, by George Orwell (1948).
The Nutty Professor
Director: Tom Shadyac
Screenplay: David Sheffield, Barry W. Blaustein, Tom Shadyac, Steve Dedekerk
Producers: Brian Grazer and Russell Simmons
Music: David Newman
Photography: Julio Macat
Visual Effects: Rick Baker
Cast: Eddie Murphy (Dr. Sherman Klump), Jada Pinkett (Carla Purty),
James Coburn, Larry Miller, Dave Chappelle, John Ales
Released by: MCA Universal ISBN: 0-7832-1916-4
Date: 1996, 96 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Nutty Professor, by Jerry Lewis and Bill Richmond
Based on: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
The Omega Man
Director: Boris Sagal
Screenplay: John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington
Producer: Walter Seltzer
Music: Ron Grainer
Photography: Russell Metty
Editor: William H. Ziegler
Cast: Charleton Heston (Robert Neville), Rosalind Cash (Lisa), Anthony Zerbe (Matthias),
Paul Koslo (Dutch), Eric Laneuville (Richie), Lincoln Kilpatrick (Zachary), Jill Giraldi (Little Girl)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1971, 98 minutes. Color.
Based on: I Am Legend, by Richard Matheson (1954).
Outland
Director: Peter Hyams
Screenplay: Peter Hyams
Producer: Richard A Roth
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Stephen Goldblatt
Cast: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking,
Kika Markham, Clarke Peters
Released by: Warner/Ladd
Date: 1981, 109 minutes. Color.
Based on: High Noon ?
Novelization: Outland, by Alan Dean Foster (1981).
Pi
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Screenplay: Darren Aronofsky
Story: Darren Aronofsky, Sean Gullette, and Eric Watson
Producer: Eric Watson
Music: Clint Mansell
Photography: Matthew Libatique
Editor: Oren Sarch
Cast: Sean Gullette (Maximillian Cohen), Mark Margolis (Sol Robeson),
Ben Shenkman (Lenny Myer), Pamela Hart (Marcy Dawson), Stephen Pearlman (Rabbi Cohen),
Samia Shoaib (Devi), Ajay Naidu (Farrouhk)
Released by: Artisan Entertainment
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Web site: Pi
Planet of the Apes
Director: Franklin Schaffner
Screenplay: Michael Wilson and Rod Serling
Producer: Mort Abrahams
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Leon Shamroy
Editor: Hugh S. Fowler
Make-Up: John Chambers Oscar
Cast: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, James Whitmore,
James Daly, Linda Harrison
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Apjac
Date: 1968, 119 minutes. Color.
Based on: La planète des singes, by Pierre Boulle (1963).
Sequels:
---Beneath the Planet of the Apes, 1969.
---Escape from the Planet of the Apes, 1971.
---Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, 1972.
---Battle for the Planet of the Apes, 1973.
Planet of the Apes
Director: Tim Burton
Screenplay: William Broyles, Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Pierre Boulle
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck
Music: Danny Elfman
Photography: Philippe Rousselot
Editor: Chris Lebenzon
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic/Sphere FX Ltd.
Cast: Mark Wahlberg (Leo Davidson), Tim Roth (General Thade),
Helena Bonham Carter (Ari), Michael Clark Duncan (Attar), Kris Kristofferson (Karubi)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/The Zanuck Company
Date: 2001, 119 minutes. Color.
Based on: La planète des singes, by Pierre Boulle (1963).
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, August 6, 2001.
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Plan 9 from Outer Space
Director: Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Screenplay: Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Producer: Edward D. Wood, Jr.
Music: Gordon Zahler
Photography: William C. Thompson
Visual Effects: Charles Duncan
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Vampira,
Lyle Talbot
Released by: Wade Williams Productions
Date: 1958, 79 minutes. B & W.
Based on:
Predator
Director: John McTiernan
Screenplay: Jim Thomas and John Thomas
Producers: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver, and John Davis
Music: Alan Silvestri
Photography: Donald McAlpine, Leon Sanchez
Editors: John F. Link, Mark Helfrich
Visual Effects:
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Bill Dike, Elpidia Carrillo, Jesse Ventura
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1987, 107 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-1515-5
Based on:
Sequel:
---Predator 2, 1990.
The Puppet Masters
Director: Stuart Orme
Screenplay: Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio, and David S. Goyer,
Producer: Ralph Winter
Music: Colin Towns
Photography: Clive Tickner
Editor: William Goldenberg
Visual Effects: Roy Arbogast, Kevin Pike, Dorne Huebler, Peter Montgomery, Winston Quitasol
Cast: Donald Sutherland (Andrew Nivens), Eric Thal (Eric Nivens), Julie Warner (Mary Sefton),
Keith David (Holland), Will Patton (Graves), Richard Belzer (Jarvis), Tom Mason (President Douglas),
Yaphet Kotto (Ressler), Gerry Bamman (Viscott), Sam Anderson (Culbertson), Marshall Bell (General Morgan)
Released by: Buena Vista, Hollywood Video, Hollywood Pictures
Date: 1994, 109 minutes. Color
Based on: The Puppet Masters, by Robert A. Heinlein (in Galaxy, September, 1951 - November, 1951).
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, July, 1994.
Re-Animator
Director: Stuart Gordon
Screenplay: Dennis Paoli
Producer: Brian Yuzna
Music: Richard Band
Visual Effects: Anthony Doublin, John Naulin, John Buechler
Cast: Jeffrey Combs (Herbert West), Bruce Abbott, Barbara Crampton
Released by: Empire International Pictures
Date: 1985, 86 minutes. Color.
Based on: Herbert West - Re-Animator, by H. P. Lovecraft (1921).
Red Planet
Director: Antony Hoffman
Screenplay: Chuck Pfarrer
Producers: Bruce Berman, Mark Canton, Jorge Saralegui
Music: Graeme Revell
Photography: Peter Suschitzky
Editors: Robert K. Lambert and Dallas Puett
Special Effects: Cinesite Visual, Digital Domain, Flash Film Works
Cast: Val Kilmer (Gallagher), Carrie-Anne Moss (Commander Kate Bowman), Benjamin Bratt (Ted Stanten),
Tom Sizemore (Dr. Quinn Burchenal), Simon Baker (Chip Pettengill), Terence Stamp (Chantilas),
Bob Neill (Houston)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Village Roadshow
Date: 2000, 106 minutes. Color.
Web Site: Red Planet
Red Planet Mars
Director: Harry Horner
Screenplay: Anthony Veiler, John L. Balderston
Producesr: Donald Hyde, Anthony Veiler
Music: Mahlon Merrick, David Chudnow
Photography: Joseph Biroc
Visual Effects:
Cast: Peter Graves, Andrea King, Marvin Miller, Herbert Berghof
Released by: UA/Melaby PIctures
Date: 1952, 87 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Red Planet, a play by John L. Balderston and John Hoare
Return of the Jedi Hugo
Director: Richard Marquand
Screenplay: Lawrence Kasdan and George Lucas
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Howard Kazanjian
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: CBS FOX
Date: 1983, 132 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-1478-7
Based on: Star Wars, 1977.
The Road Warrior *
Director: George Miller
Screenplay: Terry Hayes, George Miller, and Brian Hannant
Producer: Byron Kennedy
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Mel Gibson (Mad Max), Bruce Spence (Gyro Captain), Vernon Wells (Wez),
Emil Minty (Feral Kid), Virginia Hey (Warrior Woman),
Released by:
Date: 1982, 97 minutes. Color.
Based on: Buster Keaton+s The General
Robocop
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay: Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner
Producer: Arne Schmidt
Music: Basil Poledouris
Photography: Jost Vacano
Editor: Frank J. Urioste
Visual Effects:
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Dan O'Herlihy,
Miguel Ferrer
Released by: Rank/Orion
Date: 1987, 103 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Sequels:
---Robocop 2, 1990.
---Robocop 3, 1993.
Robocop 2
Director: Irvin Kershner
Screenplay: Frank Miller, Walon Green
Producer: Jon Davison
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Photography: Mark Irwin
Editor: William Anderson
Visual Effects: Leonard Rosenman
Cast: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan,
Gabriel Damon, Felton Perry, Willard Pugh
Released by:
Date: 1990, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: Robocop
Robocop 3
Director: Fred Dekker
Screenplay: Frank Miller, Fred Dekker
Producer: Patrick Crowley
Music: Basil Poledouris
Photography: Gary B Kibbee
Editor: Bwert Lovitt
Visual Effects: Jeff Jarvis
Cast: Robert John Burke, Nacy Allen, Rip Torn, John Castle, Jill Hennessy,
Mako, Robert DoQui
Released by: Orion
Date: 1993, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on: Robocop
The Running Man
Director: Paul Michael Glaser
Screenplay: Steven E. de Souza
Producers: Tim Zinnemann and George Linder
Music: Harold Faltermeyer
Photography: Thomas Del Ruth
Editors: Mark Roy Warner, Edward A Warschilka, John Wright
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Ben Richards), Maria Conchita Alonso, Yaphet Kotto, Richard Dawson (Damon Killian), Jim Brown, Jesse Ventura, Erland Van Lidth,
Marvin J. McIntyre, Mick Fleetwood
Released by: Rank/Braveworld/Taft Entertainment/Keith Barish Productions/Vestron
Date: 1987, 101 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-8051-0529-8
Based on: The Running Man, by Stephen King (as by Richard Bachman, 1982).
