A. I.: Artificial Intelligence
Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: Steven Spielberg and Ian Watson
Producer: Bonnie Curtis, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg
Music: John Williams
Photography: Jamusz Kaminski
Editor: Michael Kahn
Special Effects: Industrial Light & magic
Cast: Haley Joel Osment (David), William Hurt (Dr. Hobby), Jude Law (Gigolo Joe),
Frances O'Connor (Monica Swinton), Sam Robards (Henry Swinton), Jake Thomas (Martin Swinton),
Jack Angel (Teddy)
Released by: Amblin/Dreamworks/Warner Brothers/Stanley Kurick
Date: 2001, 140 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Adventures of Pinocchio, by C. Collodi, and Super-Toys Last All Summer Long, by Brian W. Aldiss (in Harper's Bazaar, December, 1969; The Moment of Eclipse, 1970).
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, July 2, 2001.
Reviewed by: F & SF, #601, December, 2001. *
Web site: A.I.
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 ().
Armageddon
Director: Michael Bay
Screenplay: Jonathan Hensleigh, Paul Attanasio, Robert Towne
Producer: Jerry Bruckheimer
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Bruce Willis (Harry S. Stamper), Billy Bob Thornton (Dan Truman),
Liv Tyler (Grace Stamper), Ben Affleck (A. J.), Owen Wilson (Oscar),
Will Patton (Chick), Peter Stormare (Lev, the Russian cosmonaut),
Keith David (General Kimsey), Steve Buscemi (Rockhound), Udo Kier,
Charlton Heston
Released by:
Date: 1998, 140 minutes. Color.
Based on: Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry E. Pounelle (1977).
Web site: Armageddon
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, July 13, 1998.
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, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeDirector: M. Jay Roach
Screenplay: Mike McCullers and Mike Myers
Producers: Mike Myers, John Lyons, Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Mike Myers (Autsin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard), Heather Graham (Felicity Shagwell),
Verne J. Troyer (Mini-Me), Elizabeth Hurley (Vanessa Kensington), Robert Wagner (Number Two),
Seth Green (Scott Evil), Mindy Sterling (Frau Farbissina), Michael York (Basil Exposition),
Rob Lowe (Young Number Two), Kristen Johnston (Ivana Humpalot), Gia Carides (Robin Swallows),
Tim Robbins, Woody Harrelson, Jerry Springer, Willie Nelson, Burt Bacharach, Mr. Bigglesworth
Released by: New Line
Date: 1999, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Austin Powers, 1997.
Web site: Austin Powers
The Avengers
Director: Jeremiah S. Chechik
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
Editor:
Cast: Ralph Fiennes (John Steed), Uma Thurman (Dr. Mrs. Emma Peel),
Sean Connery (Sir August de Wynter), Patrick McNee (I. Jones),
Jim Broadbent (Mother), Fiona Shaw (Father)
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Avengers, TV series.
Web site: The Avengers
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.
Based on:
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
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
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 by Bob Kane and DC Comics.
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).
Battlefield Earth
Director: Roger Christian
Screenplay: Cory Mandell
Producer: John Travolta
Music:
Photography: Giles Nuttgens
Visual Effects: Doc Bailey
Cast: John Travolta (Terl), Forest Whitaker (Ker), Barry Pepper (Jonnie),
Sabine Karsenti (Chrissie), Kelly Preston (Chirk)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 2000, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000, by L. Ron Hubbard (1982).
Reviewed by: Amazing Stories, #601, Spring, 2000.
Reviewed by: SF Age, #46, May, 2000.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, May 22, 2000.
Web site:
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
Story: Paul Dehn, Mort Abrahams
Producer: Mort Abrahams
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Photography: Milton Krasner
Visual Effects:
Cast: James Franciscus, Charlton Heston (Taylor), Linda Harrison,
Kim Hunter (Zira), Maurice Evans, Paul Richards, Victor Buono,
Jeff Corey, James Gregory, Thomas Gomez, Natalie Trundy
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date: 1969, 94 minutes. Color.
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.
Novelization: Beneath the Planet of the Apes, by Michael Avalone (Bantam, NY, 1970).
The Bicentennial Man
Director: Chris Columbus
Screenplay: Nicholas Kazan
Producer: Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan, Gail Katz, Mark Radcliffe
Music: James Horner
Photography: Phil Meheux
Editors: Nicholas De Toth and Neil travis
Cast: Robin Williams (Andrew Martin), Sam Neill (Sir), Wendy Crewson (Ma'am),
Hallie Kate Eisenberg (Little Miss), Oliver Platt (Rupert Burns), Embeth Davidtz (Little Miss/Portia),
Stephen Root (Gerald Adams), Kiersten Warren (Galatea), Lynne Thigpen (Tribunal Leader)
Released by: Touchstone Pictures
Date: 1999, 130 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Bicentennial Man, by Isaac Asimov (1976).
Web site: The Bicentennial Man
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 (Vic Albert), Susanne Benton (Quilla June Holmes),
Jason Robards (Committee Chairman), Ron Feinberg (Fellini),
Tim McIntire (voice of Blood), Charles McGraw (Preacher), Alvy Moore (Doctor Moon),
Helen Winston (Mez), Don Carter (Ken), Mike Rupert (Gary), Hal Baylor (Michael the Robot),
Michael Hershman (Richard)
Released by: LQJaf
Date: 1975, 89 minutes. Color.
Based on: A Boy and His Dog, by Harlan Ellison (New Worlds, April, 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).
The Cell
Director: Tarsem Singh
Screenplay: Mark Protosevich
Producer: Julio Caro, Eric McLeod
Music: Howard Shore
Photography: Paul Laufer
Editor: Paul Rubell, Robert Duffy
Visual Effects: Kevin Todd Haug
Cast: Jennifer Lopez (Catherine Deane), Vince Vaughn (FBI Agent Peter Novak), Vincent D'Onofrio (Carl Stargher),
Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Dr. Miriam Kent), Jake Weber (FBI Agent Gordon Ramsey), Dylan Baker (Henry West),
James Gammon, Patrick Bauchau (Lucien Baines), Tara Subkoff (Julia Hickson), Jake Thomas (Young Carl Stargher)
Released by: New Line Cinema
Date: 2000, 110 minutes. Color.
Web site: The Cell
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 Hugo
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.
Cyborg 2: Glass Shadow
Director: Michael Schroeder
Screenplay: Mark Geldman, Michael Schroeder, Ron Yanover
Producers: Alain Silver, Raju Patel
Music: Peter Allen
Photography: Jamie Thompson
Editor: David M. Richardson
Cast: Angelina Jolie (Casella Reese), Jack Palance (Mercy), Elias Koteas (Colson Ricks),
Billy Drago (Danny Bench), Allen Garfield (Martin Dunn), Karen Sheperd (Chen),
Alain Joel Silver (Surgeon), Tracey Walter (Wild Card), Renee Griffin (Dreena)
Released by: Trimark Pictures/Freedom Filmworks International
Date: 1993, 95 minutes. Color.
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).
Dark City
Director: Alex Proyas
Screenplay: Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer
Story: Alex Proyas
Producers: Andrew Mason and Alex Proyas
Music: Trevor Jones
Photography: Darusz Wolshi
Editor: Dov Hoenig
Visual Effects: Tad PRide
Cast: Rufus Sewell (John Murdoch), Jennifer Connelly (Emma Murdoch),
Kiefer Sutherland (Dr. Daniel P. Schreber), William Hurt (Inspector Frank Bumstead),
Richard O'Brien (Mr. Hand), Ian Richardson (Mr. Book)
Released by: New Line Cinema/Mystery Clock
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7806-2254-5
Novelization: Dark City, 1998.
Web site: Dark City
Dave
Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenplay: Gary Ross
Producer: Lauren Schuler-Donner, Ivan Reitman
Music: James Newton Howard
Photography: Adam Greenberg
Editor: Sheldon Kahn
Visual Effects:
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).
Deep Blue Sea
Director: Renny Harlin
Screenplay: Duncan Kennedy, Donna Powers, and Wayne Powers
Producers: Akiva Goldsman, Robert Kosberg, Tony Ludwig, Alan Richie
Music: Trevor Rabin
Photography: Stephen F. Windon
Editors: Derek Brechin, Dallas Puett, Frank J. Urioste
Visual Effects: Jeffrey A. Okun, John Richardson, Men in White Coats, Industrial Light and Magic, Manex
Cast: Thomas Jane (Carter Blake), Saffron Burrows (Dr. Susan McAlester),
Samuel L. Jackson (Russell Franklin), LL Cool J (Preacher Dudley), Jacqueline McKenzie (Janice Higgins),
Michael Rapaport (Tom Scoggins), Stellan Skarsgård (Dr. James Whitlock),
Aida Turturro (Brenda Kerns), Cristos (Boat Captain)
Released by: Warner Brothers/Groucho III Film Partnership/Village Roadshow Productions
Date: 1999, 105 minutes. Color.
Web site: Deep Blue Sea
Web site: Deep Blue Sea
Deep Impact
Director: Mimi Leder
Screenplay: Bruce Joel Rubin and Michael Tolkin
Producers: Richaerd D. Zanuck and David Brown
Music: James Horner
Photography: Dietrich Lohmann
Editor: David Rosenbloom
Visual Effects: Scott Farrar
Cast: Téa Leoni (Jenny Lerner), Morgan Freeman (President Beck),
Elijah Wood (Leo Biederman), Robert Duvall (Spurgeon Tanner),
Maximillian Schell (Jason Lerner), Vanessa Redgrave (Robin Lerner),
Dougray Scott (Eric Vennekor), James Cromwell (Alan Rittenhouse),
Ron Eldard (Oren Monash), Jon Favreau (Gus Partenza), Mary McCormack (Andrea Baker),
Laura Innes (Beth Stanley), Alexander Baluev (Mikhail Tulchinsky),
Richard Schiff (Dan Biederman), Leelee Sobieski (Sarah Hotchner),
Blair Underwood (Mark Simon), Gary Werntz, Bruce Weitz, Betsy Brantley, Denise Crosby
Released by: Paramount/Dream Works SKG Inc.
Date: 1998, 121 minutes. Color.
Based on: Lucifer's Hammer, by Larry Niven and Jerry E. Pounelle (1977).
Web site: Deep Impact
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:
Destination Moon Retro Hugo
Director: Irving Pichel
Screenplay: Robert A. Heinlein, James O'Hanlan, and Alford (Rip) Van Ronkel
Producer: George Pal
Music: Leith Stevens
Photography: Lionel Linden
Editor: Duke Goldstone
Cast: John Archer (Jim Barnes), Warner Anderson (Dr. Charles Cargraves), Tom Powers (General Thayer), Dick Wesson (Joe Sweeney),
Erin O'Brien-Moore (Mrs. Emily Cargraves), Everett Glass (Mr. La Porte), Mike Miller, Ted Ward
Released by: Universal/Eagle-Lion/Budd Rogers/Cinema Classics/Englewood Entertainment/Image Entertainment/Wade Williams
Date: 1950, 92 minutes. Color.
Based on: Rocket Ship Galileo, by Robert A. Heinlein (1947).
Reviewed by: Interzone, #163, January, 2001.
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 ().
Empire of the Sun
Director: Ron Peck
Screenplay: Ron Peck and Mark Ayers
Producer: Norma Heyman
Music: Steve Parsons
Photography: Tony Imi
Editor: Chris Kelly
Cast: Cathryn Harrison, Jason Hoganson, Elizabeth Hickling, Jamie Foreman, Martin Landau,
Ray McAnally
Released by: Miracle/Virgin
Date: 1987, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on: Empire of the Sun, by J. G. Ballard (1984).
The Empire Strikes Back * Hugo
Director: Irvin Kershner
Screenplay: Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz
Music: John Williams
Editor: Paul Hirsch
Visual effects: Brian Johnson and Richard Edlund
Cast: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia),
Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), David Prowse (Darth Vader),
Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca), Frank Oz (Yoda)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/CBS FOX
Date: 1980, 124 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-1425-6
Based on: Star Wars, 1977.
Novelization: The Empire Strikes Back, by Donald F. Glut, story by George Lucas (1980).
Enemy Mine *
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Screenplay: Edward Khmara
Producers: Stephen Friedman, Stanley O'Toole
Music: Maurice Jarre
Photography: Tony Imi
Editor: Hannes Nikel
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Special Effects: Bob MacDonald, Jr.
Cast: Dennis Quaid (Willis E. Davidge), Louis Gossett, Jr. (Jeriba Shigan),
Brion Jones (Stubbs), Richard Marcus (Arnold), Carolyn McCormick (Morse),
Bumper Robinson (Zammis), Jim Mapp (Old Drac), lance Kerwin (Wooster),
Scott Kraft (Jonathan), Danmar (Wiseguy)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Kings Road Entertainment
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 (Armando), Natalie Trundy, Eric Braeden,
William Windom, Sal Mineo
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/APJAC
Date: 1971, 97 minutes. Color.
Based on: Planet of the Apes, 1968.
Novelization: Escape from the Plannet of the Apes, by Jerry Pournelle (Award, NY, 1973).
Evolution
Director: Ivan Reitman
Screenplay: Don Jakoby, David Diamond, David Weissman
Producer: Daniel Goldberg, Joe Medjuck, Ivan Reitman
Music: John Powell
Photography: Michael Chapman
Editing: Wendy Greene Bricmont, Sheldon Kahn
Special Effects: Amalgamated Dynamics, Pacific Data Images
Visual Effects: Tippett Studio
Cast: David Duchovny (Dr. Ira Kane), Julianne Moore (Dr. Allison Reed),
Orlando Jones (Dr. Harry Block), Seann William Scott (Wayne Green)
Released by: Montecito Picture Company/Columbia
Date: 2001, 120 minutes. Color.
eXistenZ
Director: David Cronenberg
Screenplay:
Producer:
Music:
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Cast: Jennifer Jason Leigh (Allegra Geller), Jude Law (Ted Pikul),
Christopher Eccleston, Ian Holm
Released by:
Date: 1999, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Web site:
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 and Robert Mark Kamen
Story: Luc Besson
Producer: Patrice Ledoux
Music: Eric Serra
Photography: Thierry Arbogast
Editor: Sylvie Landra
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 (Priest Vito Cornelius), Luke Perry (Billy),
Brion James (General Munro), Charlie Cree Miles (David), Lee Evans (Fog)
Released by: Columbia
Date: 1997, 126 minutes. Color.
Novelization: The Fifth Element, by Terry Bisson (1997).
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, May 16, 1997.
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Director:
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Voices of Animated Cast:
Released by:
Date: 2001, 106 minutes. Color.
Based on:
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: Twentieth 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 ().
The Forbidden Planet
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Screenplay: Cyril Hume
Producer: Nicholas Nayfack
Music: Louis and Bebe Barron
Photography: George Folsey
Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens,
Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Hoffman
Released by: MGM
Date: 1956, 98 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Tempest, by William Shakespeare.
Web site: The Forbidden Planet
Frankenstein Unbound (aka Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound)
Director: Roger Corman
Screenplay: Roger Corman and F. X. Feeney
Producers: Roger Corman, Thom Mount, and Kobi Jaeger
Music: Carl Davis
Photography: Armando Nannuzzi and Michael Scott
Editors: Jay Cassidy and Mary Bauer
Visual Effects: Bill Taylor, Syd Dutton, Fantasy II Film Effects
Special Makeup Effects: Nick Dudman
Cast: John Hurt (Dr. Joseph Buchanan), Raul Julia (Dr. Victor Frankenstein),
Bridget Fonda (Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley), Catherine Rabett (Elizabeth LaVenza),
Jason Patric (Lord Byron), Michael Hutchence (Percy Shelley),
Catherine Corman (Justine Moritz), Terri Treas (Computer Voice)
Released by: 20th Century Fox/Mount Company Productions
Date: 1990, 85 minutes. Color.
Based on: Frankenstein Unbound, by Brian W. Aldiss.
Compare: Back to the Future, 1985.
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 ().
Frequency
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Screenplay: Toby Emmerich
Producer:
Music:
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Cast: Dennis Quaid (Frank Sullivan), Jim Caviezel (Detective John Sullivan)
Released by:
Date:
Based on:
Web site:
Reviewed by: F & SF, #588, September, 2000.
Galaxy Quest ** Hugo, Nebula
Director: Dean Parisot
Screenplay: Robert Gordon and David Howard Nebula
Producer: Suzann Ellis
Music: David Newman
Photography: Jerzy Zielinski
Visual Effects: Stan Winston
Cast: Tim Allen (Jason Nesmith/Commander Peter Qincy Taggart), Sigourney Weaver (Gwen DeMarco/Lt. Tawny Madison),
Tony Shalhoub (Fred Kwan/Tech Sargeant Chen), Alan Rickman (Alexander Dane/Dr. Lazarus of Tev'Meck),
Daryl Mitchell (Tommy Webber/Lt. Laredo), Enrico Colantoni (Mathesar),
Sam Rockwell (Guy Fleegman), J. P. Manoux
Released by: DreamWorks
Date: 1999, 102 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek, TV series.
Novelization: Galaxy Quest, by Terry Bisson (1999).
Web site: Galaxy Quest
Web Site: Official Site
Ghosts of Mars
Director: John Carpenter
Screenplay: Larry Sulkis, John Carpenter
Producer: Sandy King
Music: Anthrax, John Carpenter
Photography: Gary B. Kibbe
Special Effects: Hunter Gratzner Industries, O'Connor FX , Shadow Caster, KNB EFX Group
Visual Effects: Don Baker
Cast: Natasha Henstridge (Melanie Ballard), Ice Cube (James Desolation Williams),
Richard Cetrone (Big Daddy Mars), Jason Statham (Jericho Butler), Pam Grier (Helena),
Clea Du Vall (Bashira Kincaid), Joanna Cassidy (Whitlock), Lobo Sebastian (Dos),
Liam Waite (Descanso), Danielle Burgio (Local Cop), Wanda De Jesus
Released by: Screen Gems/Storm King Productions/Columbia TriStar
Date: 2001, 110 minutes. Color.
Godzilla (aka Gojira)
Director: Inoshira Honda
Screenplay: Takeo Murato and Inoshira Honda
Producer: Tomoyuki Tanaka
Music: Akira Ifukube
Photography: Masao Tamai
Visual Effects:
Cast: Raymond Burr, Takashi Shimura, Momoko Kochi
Released by: Toho
Date: 1955, 80 minutes. B & W
Sequels:
--Godzilla vs. the Thing,
--King Kong vs. Godzilla,
--Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster,
--Godzilla vs. the Smog Monster,
--Destroy All Monsters,
--Godzilla versus Monster Zero, 1967. (aka Invasion of the Astro-Monsters
/ Invasion of Planet X)
--Godzilla versus Gigan, 1972.
--Godzilla versus Megalon, 1976.
--Godzilla, 1998.
Godzilla
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin
Producer: Dean Devlin
Music:
Photography: Ueli Steiger
Creature Effects: Patrick Tatopoulos
Visual Effects: Volker Engel
Editors: Peter Amundson, David Siegel, Peter Elliot
Cast: Matthew Broderick (Nick Tatopoulos), Jean Reno (Philippe Roche),
Maria Pitillo (Audrey Timmonds), Hank Azaria, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field
Released by: Sony
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Godzilla, 1955.
Web site: Godzilla
Good Will Hunting
Director: Gus Van Sant
Screenplay: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck Oscar
Producer: Lawrence Bender
Music: Danny Elfman
Photography: Jean-Yves Escoffier
Editor: Pietro Scalia
Cast: Matt Damon (Will Hunting), Ben Affleck (Chuckie), Robin Williams (Sean Maguire),
Minnie Driver (Skylar), Casey Affleck (Morgan), Cole Hauser (Billy), Colleen McCauley (Cathy)
Released by: Be Gentlemen Limited Partnership/Lawrence Bender Productions/Buena Vista
Date: 1997, 126 minutes. Color.
Groundhog Day
Director: Harold Ramis
Screenplay: Danny Rubin, Harold Ramis
Producers: Trevor Albert, Harold Ramis
Music: George Fenton
Photography: John Bailey
Released by: Columbia TriStar/Columbia
Date: 1993, 101 minutes. Color.
Premise: Time Loop
Based on: It's a Wonderful Life, 1945.
