Science Fiction Cinema, Sa-

Sandkings * (aka The Outer Limits: Sandkings)
Director: Stuart Gillard
Teleplay: Melinda Snodgrass
Story Consultant: George R. R. Martin
Producer: Justis Greene
Music: Mark Mancina and John van Tongeren
Photography: Philip Linzey
Visual Effects: John Gajdecki and Paul Boyington
Special Effects: Bill Orr
Sandkings Digital Effects: C. O. R. E. Digital Pictures
Editor: Michael Robison
Cast: Beau Bridges (Dr. Simon Kress), Helen Shaver (Mrs. Kathy Kress), Dylan Bridges (Josh Kress), Kim Coates (Dave Stockley), Lloyd Bridges (Colonel Kress)
Released by: Trilogy Entertainment/Atlantis Films/MGM/UA
Date: 1995, 110 minutes. Color. M905523
Based on: Sandkings, by George R. R. Martin (Omni, August, 1979).

Scanners
Director: David Cronenberg
Screenplay: David Cronenberg
Producer: Calude Heroux
Music: Howard Shore
Photography: Mark Irwin
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jennifer O'Neill, Patrick McGoohan, Stephan Lack, Lawrence Dane, Michael Ironside
Released by: Filmplan International
Date: 1980, 103 minutes. COlor.

Scanners II: The New Order
Director: Christian Duguay
Screenplay: B. J. nelson
Producer: René Malo
Music: Marty Simon
Photography: Rodney Gibbons
Visual Effects: Michael Smithson
Editor: Yves Langlois
Cast: David Hewlett, Ivan Ponton, Deborah Raffin, Isabelle Majias, Raoul Trujillo, Tom Butler, Vlasta Vrana
Released by: Malofilm
Date: 1991, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on: Scanners, 1980.

Scanners III: The Takeover
Director: Christian Duguay
Screenplay: B. J. Nelson, Julie Richard, David Preston, Christian Duguay
Producer: René Malo
Music: Marty Simon
Photography: Hughes de Haeck
Visual Effects: Mike Maddi
Editor: Yves Langlois
Cast: Liliana Komorowska, Valerie Valois, Steve Parrish, Collin Fox, Daniel Pilon, Michael Perron, Harry Hill
Released by: Republic/Malofilm
Date: 1992, 101 minutes. Color.
Based on: Scanners, 1980.

Screamers
Director: Christian Duguay
Screenplay: Dan O'Bannon and Miguel Tejada-Flores
Producers: Tom Berry and Franco Battista
Music: Normand Corbeil
Photography: Rodney Gibbons
Digital Effects: Richard Ostiguy, Adrien Morot, Buzz Image Group
Visual Effects: Ernest Farino
Editor: Yves Langlois
Cast: Peter Weller (Colonel Joseph A. Hendricksson), Roy Dupuis (Becker), Jennifer Rubin (Jessica Hanson), Andy Lauer (Private Michael "Ace" Jefferson), Ron White (Chuck Elbarak), Charles Powell (Ross), Liliana Komorowska (Landowska), Michael Caloz (David), Jason Cavalier (Leone), Leni Parker (Corporal MacDonald), Sylvain Masse (New Economic Block Soldier), Bruce Boa (Secretary Green), Tom Berry (Technician)
Released by: Triumph Films/Fuji Eight Co., Ltd./Allegro Films
Date: 1995, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Second Variety, by Philip K. Dick (1953).
Reviewed by: SF Age, September, 1995.

Signs
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan
Producers: Frank Marshall, Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Music: James Newton Howard
Photography: Tak Fujimoto
Editor: Barbara Tulliver
Visual Effects: Joakim Arnesson, Industrial Light & Magic
Cast: Mel Gibson (Graham Hess), Rory Culkin (Morgan Hess), Abigail Breslin (Bo Hess), Merrill Hess (Joaquin Phoenix), Cherry Jones (Officer Paski), M. Night Shyamalan (Ray Reddy), Patricia Kalember (Colleen Hess), Ted Sutton (SFC Cunningham)
Released by: Touchstone Pictures/Blinding Edge Pictures/Buena Vista Pictures
Date: 2002, 106 minutes. Color.
Reviewed by: Newsweek, August 5, 2002.
Website: Signs

The 6th Day *
Director: Roger Spottiswoode
Screenplay: Cormac Wibberley and Marianne Wibberley
Producers: Jon Davison, Mike Medovoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, David Coatsworth, and Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Music: Trevor Rabin, Michael Wandmacher
Photography: Pierre Mignot
Editors: Michel Arcand, Mark Conte, Dominique Fortin
Visual Effects: Caleb J. Howard, Michael Lantieri
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Adam Gibson), Michael Rapaport (Hank), Tony Goldwin (Michael Drucker), Michael Rooker (Marshall), Sarah Wynter (Talia), Robert Duvall (Dr. Graham Weir), Wendy Crewson (Natalie Gibson), Rodney Rowland (Wiley), Jennifer Gareis (Virtual Girlfriend), Ian Alexander Martin (Syncorder Operator), Peter Kent (Sergeant Harrison), Deanna Milligan
Released by: Columbia/Phoenix
Date: 2000, 140 minutes. Color.
Novelization: The 6th Day, by Terry Bisson (2000).
Web Site: The 6th Day

Slaughterhouse Five
Director: George Roy Hill
Screenplay: Stephen Geller
Producer: Paul Monash
Music: J. S. Bach, performed by Glenn Gould
Photography: Miroslav Ondricek
Cast: Michael Sacks, Ron Leibman, Eugene Roche, Sharon Gans, Valerie Perrine, Sorrel Booke, John Dehner
Released by: Universal/Vanadas
Date: 1972, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on: Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1969).

Sleeper Hugo, Nebula.
Director: Woody Allen
Screenplay: Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman
Producer: Rollins-Joffe
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory, Don Keefer
Released by: United Artists
Date: 1973, 88 minutes. Color.
Based on: When the Sleeper Awakes, H. G. Wells (1899).

Solaris
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Screenplay: Steven Soderbergh
Producers: James Cameron, Jon Landau
Music: Cliff Martinez
Photography: Steven Soderbergh
Editor: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: George Clooney (Kris Kelvin), Natascha McElhone (Rheya Kelvin), Viola Davis (Helen Gordon), Jeremy Davies (Snow), Ulrich Tukur (Dr. Gibarian)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/USA Films/Section Eight Limited/Lightstorm Entertainment
Date: 2002, 99 minutes. Color.
Based on: Solaris, by Stanislaw Lem.
Reviewed by: F & SF, #616, April, 2003.

Somewhere in Time
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Screenplay: Richard Matheson
Producer: Stephen Deutsch
Music: John Barry
Photography: Isidore Mankofsky
Cast: Christopher Reeve (Richard Collier), Jane Seymour (Elise McKenna), Christopher Plummer (W. F. Robinson), Teresa Wright (Laura Roberts), Bill Erwin (Arthur), Bo Clausen (Man in Elevator), George Voskovec
Released by: Universal/Rastar
Date: 1980, 103 minutes. Color.
Based on: Somewhere in Time (aka Bid Time Return,) by Richard Matheson (1975, 1980, 1998).

Soylent Green Nebula
Director: Richard Fleischer
Screenplay: Stanley R. Greenberg
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotton, Paula Kelly
Released by: MGM
Date: 1973, 97 minutes. COlor.
Based on: Make Room! Make Room! by Harry Harrison (1966).

Sphere
Director: Barry Levinson
Screenplay: Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio, Barry Levinson
Producer:
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Dustin Hoffman (Norman), Sharon Stone (Beth), Samuel L. Jackson (Harry), Queen Latifah, Peter Coyote, Liev Schrieber (Ted)
Released by: Warner Brothers
Date: 1998, 128 minutes. Color.
Based on: Sphere, by Michael Crichton (1987).

Spider-Man
Director: Sam Raimi
Screenplay: David Koepp
Story: Stan Lee and Steve Ditko
Producers: Ian Bryce and Laura Ziskin
Music: Danny Elfman
Photography: Don Burgess
Special Effects: David Amborn
Cast: Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/Spider-Man), Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson), Willem Dafoe (Green Goblin/Norman Osborn), Cliff Robertson (Uncle Ben Parker), Rosemary Harris (Aunt Parker), James Franco (Harry Osborn), Bill Nunn (Joe Robertson), Stan Lee
Released by: Columbia/Sony/Entertainment Partners
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Novelization: Spider-man, by Peter David (2002).
Review: The New Yorker, May 13, 2002.

StarGate
Director: Roland Emmerich
Screenplay: Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin
Producers: Joel B. Michaels, Oliver Eberle, Dean Devlin
Music: David Arnold
Photography: Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Editors: Michael Duthie, Derek Brechin
Visual Effects: Patrick Tatopoulos, Jeffrey A. Okun, Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company, Cinema Researach Corporation, Available Light
Cast: James Spader (Daniel Jackson), Kurt Russell (Colonel Jack OĠNeil), Jaye Davidson (Ra), John Diehl, Viveca Lindfors, Mili Avital, Alexis Cruz, Leon Reppy,
Released by: MGM/Carolco/Le Studio Canal/Centropolis
Date: 1994, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, September, 1994.

Starship Troopers
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay: Ed Neumier
Producers: Alan Marshall and Jon Davison
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects: Scott E. Anderson, Mark Sullivan, Alex Funke
Special Effects: Phil Tippet, Craig Hayes
Cast: Casper Van Dien (Johnny D. Rico), Dina Meyer (Dizzy Flores), Denise Richards (Carmen Ibanez), Patrick Muldoon (Zander Barcalow), Jake Busey (Ace Levy), Michael Ironside (Lt. Jean Rasczak), Neil Patrick Harris (Carl Jenkins), Clancy Brown (Sergeant Zim)
Released by: TriStar Productions
Date: 1997, 129 minutes. Color.
Based on: A Starship Troopers, by Robert A. Heinlein. (as Starship Soldier, in F & SF, October, 1959 - November, 1959.)
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, November 7, 1997.
Web site: More Information
Magazine: Starship Troopers, Starlog Group, Inc.,
.....475 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10016.

Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Director: Robert Wise
Screenplay: Harold Livingston, Alan Dean Foster
Producer: Gene Roddenberry
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Richard H. Kline, Richard Yuricich
Editor: Todd Ramsey
Visual Effects:
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), Stephen Collins, Persis Khambatta
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1979, 132 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek, the television series, produced by Gene Roddenberry.
Sequels:
---Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, 1982.
---Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, 1984.
---Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986.
---Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, 1989.
---Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, 1991.
---Star Trek: Generations, 1994.
---Star Trek: First Contact, 1996.
---Star Trek: Insurrection, 1998.
---Star Trek: Nemesis, 2002.
Web site: Star Trek I

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Screenplay: Jack B. Sowards
Producer: Harve Bennett
Music: James Horner
Photography: Gayne Rescher
Visual Effects:
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Ricardo Montalban (Khan), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), Ike Eisenmann
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1982, 114 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek
Novelization: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Web site: Wrath of Khan

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
Director: Leonard Nemoy
Screenplay: Harve Bennett
Producer: Harve Bennett
Music: James Horner
Photography: Charles Correll
Visual Effects:
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Robert Hooks
Released by: Paramount/Cinema Group Venture
Date: 1984, 105 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek
Novelization: Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Web site: Search for Spock

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Director: Leonard Nimoy
Screenplay: Harve Bennett, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer
Producer: Harve Bennett
Music: Leonard Rosenman
Photography: Don Peterman
Editor: Peter E. Berger
Visual Effects:
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), James Doohan (Montgomery Scott), George Takei, Walter Koenig, Jane Wyatt, Catherine Hicks
Released by: Paramount/Harve Bennett
Date: 1986, 119 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek
Novelization: Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, by Vonda N. McIntyre.
Web site: Star Trek IV

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
Director: William Shatner
Screenplay: David Loughery
Story: William Shatner, Harve Bennett, and David Loughery
Producer: Harve Bennett
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Andrew Laszlo
Visual Effects:
Editor: Peter Berger
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), David Warner, DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), James Doohan (Montgomery Scott), Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Laurence Luckinbill
Released by: UIP/Paramount
Date: 1989, 107 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek
Web site: Star Trek V

Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Screenplay: Nicholas Meyer, Denny Martin Flynn
Story: Leonard Nimoy, Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Producers: Ralph Winter, Steven-Charles Jaffe
Music: Cliff Eidelman
Photography: Hiro Narita
Editors: Ronald Roose, William Hoy
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Cast: William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Leonard Nimoy (Spock), Christopher Plummer, David Warner, DeForest Kelley (Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy), James Doohan (Montgomery Scott), Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov), George Takei (Sulu), Christian Slater, Kim Cattrall, Mark Lenard
Released by: UIP/Paramount
Date: 1991, 110 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek
Web site: Star Trek VI

Star Trek: First Contact
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Screenplay: Brannon Braga and Ronald D. Moore
Story: Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, and Ronald D. Moore
Producer: Rick Berman
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Editor: John W. Wheeler
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic, H. R. Geiger
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Brent Spiner (Data), Alice Krige (Borg Queen), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William Riker), Michael Dorn (Worf), James Cromwell (Zefram Cochrane), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), Alfre Woodard
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1996, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series by Gene Roddenberry.
Novelization: Star Trek: First Contact, by J. M. Dillard (1996).
Reviewed by: Entertainment Weekly, November 29, 1996.
Web site: First Contact

Star Trek: Generations
Director: David Carson
Screenplay: Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga, and Rick Berman
Story: Rick Berman, Ronald D. Moore, and Brannon Braga
Producer: Rick Berman
Music: Dennis McCarthy
Photography: John A. Alonzo
Editor: Peter E. Berger
Visual Effects:
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), William Shatner (James T. Kirk), Malcolm McDowell (Dr. Tolian Soran), Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), Brent Spiner (Data), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), James Doohan (Montgomery Scott), Walter Koenig (Pavel Chekov), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Alan Ruck (Captain Harriman), Jacqueline Kim (Demora Sulu), Barbara March (Lursa), Gwynyth Walsh (B'Etor)
Released by: UIP/Paramount
Date: 1994, 118 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series by Gene Roddenberry.
Web site: Generations
Web site: TV series
Novelization: Star Trek: Generations, by J. M. Dillard (1994).

Star Trek: Insurrection
Director: Jonathan Frakes
Screenplay: Rick Berman and Michael Piller
Producer: Rick Berman
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Matthew F. Leonetti
Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel
Editor: Peter E. Berger
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (William T. Riker), Brent Spiner (Data), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), F. Murray Abraham (Ru'afo), Donna Murphy (Anij), Anthony Zerbe (Matthew Dougherty), Lorella Cuccarini (Perim), Mark Deakins (Tournel)
Released by: Paramount Pictures
Date: 1998, 100 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series by Gene Roddenberry.
Web site: Insurrection
Novelization: Star Trek: Insurrection, by J. M. Dillard (1998). ISBN: 0-671-02447-7

Star Trek: Nemesis
Director: Stuart Baird
Screenplay: John Logan, Rick Berman, and Brent Spiner
Story: John Logan
Producer: Rick Berman
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Jeffrey L. Kimball
Editor: Dallas Puett
Visual Effects: Digital Domain/Eden FX/RAG Inc./Tiger Hare Studios
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Jean-Luc Picard), Tom Hardy (Shinzon), Jonathan Frakes (William Riker), Brent Spiner (Data/B-4), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi), Dina Meyer (Romulan Star Empire Commander Donatra), Ron Perlman (Viceroy), Kate Mulgrew (Admiral Janeway), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Jude Ciccolella (Commander Suran), Alan Dale (Praetor Hiren), Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher), Michael Owen (Helm Officer Branson), Robertson Dean (Reman Officer)
Released by: Paramount Pictures
Date: 2002, 116 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Trek: The Next Generation, television series by Gene Roddenberry.
Web site: Nemesis

Star Wars: A New Hope Hugo
Director: George Lucas
Screenplay: George Lucas
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Gary Kurtz
Music: John Williams Oscar
Photography: Gilbert Taylor
Editors: Paul Hirsch, Marcia Lucas, Richard Chew Oscar
Visual Effects: John Stears, John Dykstra Oscar
Costumes: John Mollo Oscar
Cast: Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker), Harrison Ford (Han Solo), Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia), Peter Cushing, Alec Guinness (Ben Kenobi), Anthony Daniels (C3PO), Kenny Baker (R2D2), Dave Prowse (Darth Vader), James Earl Jones (voice of Darth Vader), Peter Mayhew, Dave Prowse
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/CBS FOX/Lucasfilm
Date: 1977, 121 minutes. Color. ISBN: 0-7939-1130-3
Based on: Star Wars, by George Lucas (1977).
Web site: Star Wars
Sequels:
---The Empire Strikes Back, 1980.
---The Return of the Jedi, 1983.
---Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, 1999.

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Director: George Lucas
Screenplay: George Lucas
Producer: Rick McCallum
Music: John Williams
Photography: David Tattersall
Editor: Paul Martin Smith
Visual Effects: Industrial Light and Magic
Special Effects: Dennis Muren, Scott Squires, John Knoll, Rob Coleman
Design: Doug Chiang
Cast: Liam Nesson (Qui-Gon Jinn), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Natalie Portman (Queen Amidala), Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker), Terence Stamp (Chancellor Valorum), Ray Park (Darth Maul), Ahmed Best (Jar Jar Binks), Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Kenny Baker (R2-D2), Frank Oz (Yoda), Hugh Quarshie (Captain Panaka), Pernilla August (Shmi Skywalker), Sofia Coppola (Saché), Roman Coppola (Guard), Warwick Davis, Rick McCallum
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Lucasfilm
Date: 1999, 130 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Wars, by George Lucas.
Novelization: Star Wars: Episode I - Phantom Menace, by Terry Brooks (1999).
Web site: Star Wars
Review: Entertainment Weekly, May 21, 1999.
Review: Premiere, May, 1999. (four different covers)
Commentary: The First Galactic Empire, in Brooklyn, by Oliver Morton, in The New Yorker, May 17, 1999.

Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones
Director: George Lucas
Screenplay: George Lucas and Jonathan Hales
Story: George Lucas
Producers: Rick McCallum and George Lucas
Music: John Williams
Photography: David Tattersall
Editor: Ben Burtt
Visual Effects: Industrial Light & Magic
Cast: Natale Portman (Senator Padmé Amidala), Ewan McGregor (Obi-Wan Kenobi), Hayden Christensen (Anakin Skywalker), Samuel L. Jackson (Mace Windu), Christopher Lee (Count Dooku), Frank Oz (Master Yoda), Pernella August (Shmi Skywalker), Temeura Morrison (Jango Fett/Clone Troopers)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox/Lucasfilm Ltd./JAK Productions
Date: 2002, 142 minutes. Color.
Based on: Star Wars: A New Hope, 1977.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, May 20, 2002.

Superman Hugo
Director: Richard Donner
Screenplay: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Robert Benton, Leslie Newman
Producer: Pierre Spengler
Music: John Williams
Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth
Editor: Stuart Baird
Visual Effects:
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Margot Kidder, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Phyllis Thaxter, Trevor Howard, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Susannah York, Valerie Perrine
Released by: Warner/Alexander Salkind
Date: 1978, 142 minutes. Color.
Based on: Superman, characters created by Jerome Siegel and Joe Shuster, first published in Action Comics, June, 1938.
Sequels:
---Superman 2, 1980.
---Superman 3, 1983.
---Superman 4: The Quest for Peace, 1987.

Superman 2
Director: Richard Lester
Screenplay: Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman
Producer: Pierre Spengler
Music: Ken Thorne
Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth, Robert Paynter
Visual Effects:
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, Terence Stamp, Jack OĠHalloran, E. G. Marshall
Released by: Warner/Alexander Salkind
Date: 1980, 127 minutes. Color.
Based on: Superman

Superman 3
Director: Richard Lester
Screenplay: David Newman, Leslie Newman
Producer: Pierre Spengler
Music: Ken Thorne
Photography: Robert Paynter
Visual Effects:
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder
Released by: Dovemead/Cantharus
Date: 1983, 125 minutes. Color.
Based on: Superman

Superman 4: The Quest for Peace
Director: Sidney J. Furie
Screenplay: Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal, Christopher Reeve
Producer:
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Sam Wanamaker, Mariel Hemingway, Margot Kidder
Released by: Cannon
Date: 1987, 89 minutes. Color.
Based on: Superman

Tank Girl
Director: Rachel Talalay
Screenplay: Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin
Producer: John Calley
Music:
Visual Effects: Stan Winston/Bob Skotak, Denny Skotak/4-Ward Productions
Cast: Malcolm McDowell (Kesslee), Lori Petty (Tank Girl), Naomi Watts (Jet Girl), Jeff Kober (Booga), Ice T, Iggy Pop, Dawn Robinson
Released by: MGM/UA
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: Tank Girl, comic strip by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin
Reviewed by: SF Age, March, 1995.
Newsgroup: alt.fan.tank-girl

Target Earth!
Director: Sherman A. Rose
Screenplay: William Raynor
Cast: Richard Denning, Virginia Grey, Kathleen Crowley, Richard Reeves
Released by: Abtcon Pictures/Allied Artists
Date: 1954, 75 minutes. B & W.
Based on: Deadly City, by Paul W. Fairman (1953).

The Tenth Victim (La Decima Vittima)
Director: Elio Petri
Screenplay: Tonino Guerra, Giorgio Slavioni, Ennio Flaiano, Elio Petri
Producers: Joseph E. Levine and Carlo Ponti
Music: Piero Piccioni
Visual Effects:
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Elsa Martinelli
Released by: Embassy
Date: 1965, 92 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Seventh Victim, by Robert Sheckley (in Galaxy, April, 1953 & Untouched by Human Hands, Galaxy, 1954).

The Terminator
Director: James Cameron
Screenplay: James Cameron and Gale Anne hurd
Producer: Gale Anne Hurd
Music:
Visual Effects: Stan Winston
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (The Terminator), Michael Biehn, Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Lance Henriksen, Paul Winfield
Released by: Thorn EMI
Date: 1984, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Soldier, by Harlan Ellison (on The Outer Limits, 1964).

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Hugo
Director: James Cameron
Screenplay: James Cameron and William Wisher
Story: James Cameron Bradbury Award from SFWA
Producer: James Cameron
Visual Effects: Thomas L. Fisher; Industrial Light and Magic; Fantasy II Film Effects, Inc.
Music: Guns 'N' Roses; George Thorogood; Dwight Voakam
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger (Terminator), Linda Hamilton (Sarah Connor), Edward Furlong (John Connor), Robert Patrick (T-1000), Joe Morton
Released by: Carolco/Tri-Star
Date: 1991, 139 minutes. Color. ISBN: 1-55658-573-X
Based on: Terminator, 1984.

They Live
Director: John Carpenter
Screenplay: Frank Armitage
Producer: Larry Franco
Music: John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
Photography: Gary B. Kibbe
Editors: Gib Jaffe, Frank E. Jiminez
Visual Effects:
Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George (Buck) Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques, Jason Robards III
Released by: Guild/Alive
Date: 1988, 94 minutes. Color.
Based on: Eight O'Clock in the Morning, by Ray Faraday Nelson (in F&SF November, 1963).

The Thing (From Another World)
Director: Christian Nyby/Howard Hawks
Screenplay: Charles Lederer
Producer: Howard Hawks
Music: Dimitri Tiomkin
Visual Effects: Donald Steward
Cast: Kenneth Tobey, Margaret Sheridan, James Arness
Released by: Wincheter Pictures/RKO
Date: 1951, 89 minutes. B&W.
Based on: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. (writing as Don A. Stuart, in Astounding, August, 1938).

The Thing
Director: John Carpenter
Screenplay: William Lancaster
Producer: David Foster and Lawrence Turman
Music: Ennio Morricone
Visual Effects: Roy Arbogast and Albert Whitlock
Cast: Kurt Russell (MacReady), A. Wilford Brimley (Blair), T. K. Carter (Nauls), David Clennon (Palmer), Keith David (Childs), Richard Dysart (Dr. Copper)
Released by: Universal
Date: 1982, 108 minutes. Color.
Based on: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. (writing as Don A. Stuart, in Astounding, August, 1938).

The Thirteenth Floor
Director: Josef Rusnak
Screenplay: Josef Rusnak and Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
Producers: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, and Marco Weber
Music: Harald Kloser
Photography: Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Editor: Henry Richardson
Visual Effects: Joe Bauer
Cast: Craig Bierko (Douglas Hall/John Ferguson/David), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Hannon Fuller/Grierson), Vincent D'Onofrio (Whitney/Ashton), Gretchen Mol (Jane Fuller/Natasha Molinaro), Dennis Haysbert (Detective Larry McBain), Steve Schub (Zev Bernstein), Jeremy Roberts (Tom Jones), Rif Hutton (Joe), Janet MacLachlan (Ellen), Leon Rippy (Jane's Lawyer), Tia Texada (Natasha's Roommate)
Released by: Columbia/Sony Pictures
Date: 1999, 101 minutes. Color.
Based on: Simulacron-3, by Daniel F. Galouye (1964).
Web Site: The Thirteenth Floor

This Island Earth
Director: Joseph Newman
Screenplay: Franklin Coen and Edward G. O'Callagan
Producer: William Alland
Music: Herman Stein
Visual Effects: Clifford Stine, David S. Horsley
Cast: Rex Reason, Faith Domergue, Jeff Morrow, Lance Fuller, Eddie Parker
Released by: Universal-International
Date: 1955, 87 minutes. Color.
Based on: This Island Earth, by Raymond F. Jones (1952).

THX 1138
Director: George Lucas
Screenplay: George Lucas, Walter Murch
Story: George Lucas
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Lawrence Sturhahn
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Photography: Dave Meyers, Albert Kihn
Visual Effects:
Cast: Robert Duvall (THX), Donald Pleasance, Don Pedro Colley, Maggie McOmie, Ian Wolfe
Released by: Warner/American Zoetrope
Date: 1970, 95 minutes. Color.
Based on: 1984, by George Orwell (1948)?

Time After Time
Director: Nicholas Meyer
Screenplay: Nicholas Meyer
Story: Karl Alexander, Steve Hayes
Producer: Herb Jaffe
Music: Miklos Rozsa
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen, Charles Cioffi, Kent Williams
Released by: Warner/Orion
Date: 1980, 112 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Time Bandits
Director: Terry Gilliam
Screenplay: Michael Palin and Terry Gilliam
Producer: Terry Gilliam
Music: Mike Moran
Photography: Peter Biziou
Visual Effects:
Cast: Craig Warnock (Kevin), John Cleese (Robin Hood), Sean Connery (Agamemnon), Shelley Duvall (Pansy), Ian Holm (Napolean), Ralph Richardson (Supreme Being), David Warner (Satan), Katherine Helmond, Michael Palin, Peter Vaughan, The Dwarfs: David Rappaport (Randall), Kenny Baker (Fidget), Jack Purvis (Wally), Mike Edmonds (Og), Malcolm Dixon (Strutter), Tiny Ross (Vermin)
Released by: HandMade Films
Date: 1981, 113 minutes. Color.
Based on:

Timecop
Director: Peter Hyams
Screenplay: Mark Verheiden, Mike Richardson
Producers: Moshe Diamant, Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert
Music: Mark Isham
Photography: Peter Hyams Visual Effects:
Cast: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver, Bruce McGill, Gloria Reuben, Jason Schombling, Scott Bellis, Scott Lawrence
Released by: UIP/largo/JVC/Signature/Renaissance/Dark Horse
Date: 1994, 98 minutes. Color.
Based on: Timecop comic book series.
Premise: Time travel mish mash mush

Timelock
Director: Robert Munic
Screenplay: Joseph Barmettler and J. Reifel
Producers: John Eyres and Barnet Bain
Music: Marco Marinangeli
Photography: Steve Adcock
Visual Effects: Electric Filmworks
Cast: Maryam D'Abo (Captain Teegs), Arye Gross (Jack Riley), Jeffrey Meek (Villum), Rico Ross (Tibuck), Jeff Speakman (McMasters), Thomas G. Waites (Warden Andrews), Martin Kove (Admiral Teegs), Nicholas Worth (Sullivan), J. Lamont Pope (Mike Wilson)
Released by: EGM Film International
Date: 1996, 100 minutes. Color.

The Time Machine
Director: George Pal
Screenplay: David Duncan, H. G. Wells
Producer: George Pal
Music: Russell Garcia
Photography: Paul C. Vogel
Visual Effects: Wah Chang and Gene Warren
Cast: Rod Taylor (George/H. G. Wells), Yvette Mimieux Weena), Alan Young (David Filby/James Filby), Sebastian Cabot (Dr. Philip Hillyer), Tom Helmore (Anthony Bridewell), Whit Bissell (Walter Kemp), Doris Lloyd (Mrs. Watchett)
Released by: MGM/Galaxy
Date: 1960, 103 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells (1895).
Related Website: Time Machine: The Journey Back

The Time Machine
Director: Simon Wells and Gore Verbinski
Screenplay: John Logan, David Duncan, H. G. Wells
Producers: Walter F. Parkes and David Valdes
Music: Klaus Badelt, James Michael Dooley, Geoff Zanelli
Photography: Donald McAlpine
Editor: Wayne Wahrman
Visual Effects: Stan Winston Studio, Digital Domain, Cinesite
Cast: Guy Pearce (Alexander Hartdegen), Jeremy Irons (Uber-Morlock), Sienna Guillory (Emma), Samantha Mumba (Mara), Omera Mumba (Kalen), Yancey Arias (Toren), Phyllida Law (Mrs. Watchit)
Released by: Dream Works SKG/Warner Brothers
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Time Machine, by H. G. Wells (1895).
Website: The Time Machine

Total Recall
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Screenplay: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Gary Goldman
Screen Story: Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, and Jon Povill
Producer: Buzz Feitshans and Ronald Shusett
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Visual Effects: Dream Quest (Thomas Fisher, Eric Revig)
Photography: Jost Vacano
Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox
Released by: Carolco
Date: 1989, 113 minutes. Color. ISBN: 1-55658-399-0
Based on: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, by Philip K. Dick (in F&SF,, April, 1966).

The Truman Show Hugo
Director: Peter Weir
Screenplay: Andrew Niccol
Producer: Scott Rudin
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Jim Carrey (Truman Burbank), Ed Harris (Christof), Laura Linney (Meryl), Noah Emmerich (Marlon), Holland Taylor (Mother), Brian Delate (Father), Blair Slater (Young Truman)
Released by: Paramount
Date: 1998, 104 minutes. Color.
Based on:
Web site: The Truman Show

The Tuxedo
Director: Kevin Donovan
Screenplay: Michael J. Wilson and Michael Leeson
Story: Phil Hay, Matt Manfredi, Michael J. Wilson
Producers: Adam Schroeder and John H. Williams
Music: Christophe Beck and John Debney
Photography: Stephen F. Windon
Editor: Craig P. Herring
Special Effects: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Cast: Jackie Chan (Jimmy Tong), Jennifer Ove Hewitt (Del Blaine), Jason Isaacs (Clark Devlin), Debi Mazar (Steena), Ritchie Coster (Diedrich Banning), Peter Stormare (Dr. Simms), Mia Cottet (Cheryl), James Brown
Released by: Blue Train Productions/Dream Works SKG/Vanguard Films Production/
Date: 2002, 120 minutes. Color.

12 Monkeys
Director: Terry Gilliam
Screenplay: David Peoples and Janet Peoples
Producer: Charles Roven
Music:
Visual Effects:
Cast: Bruce Willis (Cole), Madeleine Stowe (Dr. Kathryn Railly), Brad Pitt (Jeffrey Goines), Christopher Plummer (Dr. Leland Goines)
Released by:
Date: 1995, minutes. Color.
Based on: La Jetée, 1962 film by Chris Marker (Christian Francois Bouche-Villeneuve).
Reviewed by: Science Fiction Age, January, 1996.

Twilight Zone: The Movie
Directors: John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, George Miller
Screenplays: John Landis, George Clayton Johnson, Richard Matheson, Josh Rogan, Rod Serling
Producers: Steven Spielberg, John Landis
Music: Jerry Goldsmith
Photography: Stevan Larner, Allen Daviau, John Hora
Cast: Dan Aykroyd, Vic Morrow, Scatman Crothers, Bill Quinn, Kathleen Quinlan, Kevin McCarthy, John Lithgow, Burgess Meredith, Jeremy Licht, William Schallert, Albert Brooks, Billy Mumy, Myca Dinh Le, Renee Chen, Patricia Breslin, Buck Houghton, Patricia Barry
Released by: Warner
Date: 1983, 101 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Twilight Zone, television series of Rod Serling.
---Untitled disaster, by John Landis. (John Landis episode)
---Kick the Can, by George Clayton Johnson (1962). (Steven Spielberg episode)
---It's a Good Life, by Jerome Bixby (1953). (Joe Dante episode)
---Nightmare at 20,000 Feet, by Richard Matheson (1963). (George Miller episode)

2001: A Space Odyssey *** Hugo
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Screenplay: Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke
Producer: Stanley Kubrick
Music: Richard Strauss, Johann Strauss, Gyorgy Ligeti, Aram Khachaturyan
Visual Effects: Wally Veevers, Douglas Trumbull, Con Pederson, Tom Howard
Cast: Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, Douglas Rain
Released by: MGM/Polaris/United Artists
Date: 1968, 160 minutes. Color.
Based on: The Sentinel, by Arthur C. Clarke (1951).
Reviewed by: F & SF, August, 1968.

Unbreakable
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan
Producers: Barry Mendel, Sam Mercer, M. Night Shyamalan
Music: James Newton Howard, Stevie Ray Vaughn
Photography: Eduardo Serra
Editor: Dylan Tichenor
Visual Effects: The Secret Lab
Cast: Bruce Willis (David Dunn), Samuel L. Jackson (Elijah Price), Robin Wright (Audrey Dunn), Spencer Treat Clark (Joseph Dunn), Charlayne Woodard (Elijah's Mother)
Released by: Limited Edition Productions/Touchstone Pictures/Blinding Edge Pictures/Buena Vista Pictures
Date: 2000, 106 minutes. Color.

V - The Final Battle
Director: Richard T. Heffron
Screenplay: Brian Taggert and Peggy Goldman
Story: Lilian Weezer, Peggy Goldman, Faustus Buck, Diane Frolov, Harry Longstreet, and Renée Longstreet
Producers: Dean O'Brien and Patrick Boyriven
Executive Producer: Kenneth Johnson
Music: Barry de Vorzon and Joseph Conlan
Photography: Stevan Larner, A.S.C.
Edited by: Michael Anderson and Paul H. Dixon
Special Editing: Michael Eliot, A.C.E.
Cast: Marc Singer, Robert Englund, Michael Ironside, Denise Galik, Jane Badler, Michael Durrell, Faye Grant, Richard Herd, Thomas Hill, Peter Nelson, David Packer, Neva Patterson, Andrew Prine, Sandy Simpson, Blair Tefkin, Michael Wright
Released by: Warner Bros.
Date: 1984, 268 minutes. Color.
Based on: It Can't Happen Here, by Sinclair Lewis.

Vanilla Sky
Director: Cameron Crowe
Screenplay: Cameron Crowe, Alejandro Amenábar, and Mateo Gil Rodríguez
Producers: Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner
Music: Nancy Wilson
Photography: John Toll
Editor: Joe Hutshing
Special Effects: Digital Domain
Cast: Tom Cruise (David Aames), Cameron Diaz (Julie Gianni), Pen&eactue;lope Cruz (Sofia Serrano), Jason Lee (Brian Shelby), Kurt Russell (Dr. Curtis McCabe), Johnny Galecki (Peter Brown), Conan O'Brien, Alice Crowe (Lucid Dreamer), Alicia Witt (Libby), Mel Thompson (Life Extension Man)
Released by: Cruise-Wagner Productions/Paramount/Dream Works
Date: 2001, 135 minutes. Color.
Based on: Abre Los Ojos, written by Alejandro Amenábar and Mateo Gil Rodríguez (1997).
Web Site: Vanilla Sky

Village of the Damned
Director: Wolf Rilla
Screenplay: Stirling Silliphant, Wolf Rilla, Geoffrey Barclay
Producer: Ronald Kinnoch
Music: Ron Goodwin
Photography: Geoffrey Faithfull
Visual Effects:
Cast: George Sanders, Barbara Shelley, Michael Gwynn, Martin Stephens, Laurence Naismith
Released by: MGM
Date: 1960, 78 minutes. B & W.
Based on: The Midwich Cuckoos, by John Wyndham ().
Sequel: ---Children of the Damned, 1964.

Waterworld
Director: Kevin Reynolds
Screenplay: Peter Rader and David Twohy
Producers: Charles Gordon, John Davis, and Kevin Costner
Photography: Dean Semler, A.C.S.
Music: James Newton Howard
Editor: Peter Boyle
Visual Effects: Micheal J. McAlister
Cast: Kevin Costner (Mariner), Dennis Hopper (Deacon), Jeanne Tripplehorne (Helen), Tina Majorino (Enola)
Released by: Universal Pictures and Lawrence Gordon
Date: 1995, 136 minutes. Color.

The X-Files
Director: Rob Bowman
Screenplay: Chris Carter
Producer: Chris Carter
Music:
Photography:
Visual Effects:
Cast: David Duchovny (Fox Mulder), Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully), Martin Landau, Mitch Pileggi (Assistant Director Skinner), William B. Davis (Cigarette Smoking Man), John Neville (Well-Maincured Man), Dean Haglund, Tom Braidwood, Bruce Harwood
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 1998, 121 minutes. Color.
Based on: The X-Files, TV series, by Chris Carter.
Web site: The X-Files

The X-Men *
Director: Bryan Singer
Screenplay: David Hayter
Story: Christopher McQuarrie, Ed Solomon, Tom DeSanto, Bryan Singer, and Joss Whedon
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner
Music: Michael Kamen
Photography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Editor: Steven Rosenblum
Set Design: John Myhre
Visual Effects: Digital Domain, Cinesite, Matte World
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Professor Charles Francis Xavier), Ian McKellen (Erik Magnus Lehnsherr/Magneto), Hugh Jackman (Logan/Wolverine), Anna Paquin (Rogue), Famke Janssen (Jean Grey), James Marsden (Scott Summers/Cyclops), Halle Berry (Ororo Munroe/Storm), Tyler Mane (Victor Creed/Sabretooth), Ray Park (Moritmer Toynbee/Toad), Rebecca Romijn-Stamos (Raven Darkholme/Mystique), Bruce Davison (Senator Robert Jefferson Kelly), Matthew Sharp (NSC Agent Henry Peter Gyrich)
Released by: Twentieth Century Fox
Date: 2000, 120 minutes. Color.
Based on: X Men, comic book series created by Stan Lee for Marvel Comics.
Reviewed by: The New Yorker, July 24, 2000.
Reviewed by: Interzone, #161, November, 2000.
Reviewed by: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, #590, December, 2000. *
Web Site: Store
Novelization: X-Men, by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith (2000).