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"The Silent Star (Der Schweigende Stern)" feature film [East Germany/Poland 1960]
U.S.A title "First Spaceship On Venus" [Crown Intl. Pictures Oct 1962]
 | An artifact discovered in Mongolia is determined to be from the planet Venus, and the source of the Tunguska meteor hit of 1908 is revised to be a spaceship explosion; a Russian mission to Mars is diverted to Venus . . .; German version 93 minutes, USA version 79 minutes; author Lem was unhappy with the movies, possibly due to propaganda elements (which were removed from the American release) • Co-written & directed by Kurt Maetzig; co-written by James Fethke; adapted from the 1951 novel "The Astronauts" by Stanislaw Lem; starring Yôko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michail N. Postni-kow, Kurt Rackelmann, Günther Simon, Hua-Ta Tang, Lucyna Winnicka
American Pop Classic 'FSOV' English (dubbed?) color DVD [2/2016] for $9.99 Desert Island Films 'FSOV' English (dubbed?) color DVD [2/2012] for $10.49 First Run Features 'TSS' subtitled color DVD [8/2005] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full 'FSOV' movie [1:18:31] online at Internet Archive |
"Fireball XL5" puppetry TV series [ATV & ITV U.K. 1962-63]
 | British b&w TV series filmed in Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation; follows the missions of spaceship Fireball XL5, commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac of the World Space Patrol; other regular characters include Doctor Venus, Commander Wilbur Zero, Lieutenant Ninety, copilot Robert the Robot, Prof. Matthew 'Matt' Matic, pet Zoonie the Lazoon; extras on the 2015 DVD include optional commentary, documentary "The Noble Art of Fireball XL5", photo gallery • Series created by Sylvia & Gerry Anderson; produced by Gerry Anderson & Reg Hill; featuring voices of Paul Maxwell, Sylvia Anderson, David Graham, John Bluthal, Gerry Anderson
Shout! Factory / Timeless Media b&w DVD set [3/2015] 5 disks for $19.99 A&E Home Video b&w DVD set [1/2003] 5 disks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • official series website • series entry at Wikipedia watch playlist of 20+ episodes [2012-2017 uploads] online at YouTube |
"Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon" animated sci-fi feature film
original title "Garibaa no Uchû Ryokô" [Toei Japan March 1965, USA July 1966]
  | A boy meets scientist Prof. Gulliver and they travel by rocket ship into space • Directed by Yoshio Kuroda; written by Shin'ichi Sekizawa, based on characters by Jonathan Swift; Japan music by Isao Tomita, USA music by Anne & Milton Delugg; animators included Hayao Miyazaki; featuring voices of Kyû Sakamoto, Seiji Miyaguchi, Chiyoko Honma, Shôichi Ozawa, Junko Hori, Makiko Ito, Yukiko Okada, Masao Imanishi, Akira Ôizumi; English voices by Stephen DeLugg, Robert Harter, Herb Duncan, Bob Haymes, Darla Hood •
full credits at IMDb •
movie entry at Wikipedia
Synergy Ent. color DVD dubbed in English [2/2011] for $9.99 Mainstream Records soundtrack vinyl LP album [1966] for $17.99 Mainstream Records soundtrack CD-R [7/2012] 11 tracks for $18.99 watch full movie w/English subtitles [8/2014 upload; 1:20:15] online at YouTube |
"Space Probe Taurus" sci-fi horror feature film [American Intl. Pictures 1965]
Written & directed by Leonard Katzman /tt0059743/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_R7LoJCR2E [1:20:47]
"Lost In Space" TV series [Fox TV/CBS-TV 1965-68]
The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 1965 and March 1968; the first season was filmed in black and white, with the
second & third seasons filmed in color. The mechanical Robot B-9 was a regular character; Robby the Robot appeared in two episodes.
series credits at IMDb •
series entry at Wikipedia
"Lost In Space Forever" TV documentary [Fox TV/New Line TV Nov 1998] /tt0244630/
see also the 1998 feature film and the Netflix TV series remake that is set for 2018 {both below}
The 'Star Trek' media franchise began in 1966 as a weekly television show on the NBC-TV network; it ran for three seasons (79 episodes)
until it was canceled because of poor ratings. Reruns of the series proved to be wildly successful in syndication during the 1970s,
which persuaded owner Paramount to expand the franchise; feature films and spinoff TV series followed.
more details (synopses, videos & DVDs, posters, books & ebooks, links, merchandise) on
Magic Lantern's Movie Series Page / 'Star Trek' Section
"2001: A Space Odyssey" [M.G.M. May 1968]
  | Based on Arthur C. Clarke's story "The Sentinel", the movie "2001" took sci-fi movies out of the drive-in theaters and into wide-screen movie palaces. Director Stanley Kubrick & special effects wizard Douglas Trumbull set the standard for space effects, which "Stars Wars" expanded upon nine years later. The movie is subjective – only 40 minutes of dialogue in its 139-minute general release version – and redefined the parameters of cinema. The "Also Sprach Zarathustra" theme has become a melodic icon, evoking images that are deeply part of the culture – the black monolith, the apes, the space station, HAL's red light, and the surreal ending • Co-written & directed by Stanley Kubrick; starring Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain & Gary Lockwood; won Oscar for Best Effects, nominated for Best Director, Script & Art Direction; also Hugo Award from W.S.F.S.
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2007] for $9.99 Warner Home Video Special Edition widescreen color DVD [10/2007] 2 disks for $13.49 Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2001] for $21.49 Warner letterbox color DVD [6/99] out of prodn/many used Warner color VHS [6/99] for $4.29 Warner widescreen VHS [6/99] for $4.98 11"x17" black/yellow poster from Amazon for $14.99 full credits from IMDb | theme music [1 minute] |
Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" [1968] Movie Page
"U.F.O." TV series [Century 21/I.T.C. Ent. U.K. 1970-73]
 | Space aliens are trying to invade and conquer planet Earth; the very secret Alien Defense Orgn. must repulse the invaders, while keeping the public from learning that such a threat is happening; twenty-six 45-minute color TV episodes filmed at MGM-British Studios in Borehamwood, then at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire Series created & produced by Gerry Anderson & Sylvia Anderson; starring Ed Bishop, Michael Billington, Gabrielle Drake, George Sewell, Grant Taylor, Wanda Ventham, Peter Gordeno, Dolores Mantez, Gary Myers, Keith Alexander, Ayshea Brough, Vladek Sheybal, Antonia Ellis, Norma Ronald, Harry Baird all 26 episodes: A&E Home Video color DVD set [9/2003] 8 disks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official promo [2/2007 upload; 1:05] online at YouTube |
 | "The Complete Book of Gerry Anderson's UFO" [2003] by Chris Bentley, Foreword by Ed Bishop (2003) or Donald James (2006) Reynolds & Hearn 10¾x8¼ pb [12/2003] out of print/used Reynolds & Hearn 10¾x8¼ hardcover [4/2006] out of print/used |
there are at least a dozen episodes uploaded to YouTube - here are several to get you started . . .
Episode 1 "Identified" [51:14] •
Episode 2 "Exposed" [49:25] •
Episode 3 "The Cat With Ten Lives" [49:22] •
Episode 4 "Conflict" [49:29]
"Silent Running" [March 1972] /tt0067756/
three very short worker robots named Huey and Dewey and Louie
http://www.amazon.com/Silent-Running-Bruce-Dern/dp/B000063UR1/
"The Making of Silent Running" [1972] /tt0196732/
"Space: 1999" TV series [ITC U.K. 1975-77 / RAI2-TV Italy 1976-80]
  | 48 episodes filmed at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England; an explosion on the Moon sends it hurtling thru space and the survivors on Moonbase Alpha encounter other planets and other species . . . • Series created by Gerry Anderson & Sylvia Anderson; co-produced by Gerry Anderson, Sylvia Anderson (season 1) & Fred Freiberger (season 2); starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton, Sarah Bullen, Barry Morse, Catherine Schell, Prentis Hancock, Clifton Jones, Anton Phillips, Tony Anholt, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Jeffery Kissoon, Albin Pahernik, Annie Lambert, Shane Rimmer, Robert Rietty, Stuart Damon, Sam Dastor, Alibe Parsons, Peter Porteous, David Jackson, Laraine Humphrys, Roy Dotrice, Isla Blair, Brian Blessed, Roy Marsden, Toby Robins, Jeremy Young, Laurence Harrington, Drewe Henley, John Judd, Patrick Westwood, Cher Cameron, Al Lampert, Billy J. Mitchell, Earl Robinson, Robert Sheedy, Nicholas Young, Marc Zuber, Jack Klaff, James Snell; guest actors included Ian McShane, Leo McKern, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Peter Bowles, Joan Collins, Gianni Garko, Judy Geeson, Julian Glover, Paul Jones, Richard Johnson, Jeremy Kemp, Margaret Leighton, Lynne Frederick, Freddie Jones, Guy Rolfe, Nadim Sawalha, Billie Whitelaw, Anouska Hempel, Chai Lee, Rula Lenska
The Complete Series: Shout Factory Blu-ray box set [7/2019] 10 disks for $80.29 A&E Home Video color DVD box set [9/2002] 16 disks for $269.95 A&E Home Video color DVD box set [9/2002] 16 disks for $250.00 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Space: 1899" silent short parody video [ElectrolumaLuxograph 2004] by Gareth Randall
credits at IMDb •
watch silent short [4/2007 upload; 3:36] online at YouTube
"Space: 1999 - Breakaway" [Sept 1975]
Season 1, Episode 1: The newly-arrived Commander of Moonbase Alpha starts to deal with an epidemic and then discovers new dangers that are much worse . . .
Directed by Lee H. Katzin
written by George Bellak & Christopher Penfold; starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice, Zienia Merton
full credits at IMDb •
watch full episode [9/2018 upload; 50:51] online at YouTube
"Space: 1999 - Face of Eden" [final unaired episode]
Season 3, Episode 49 : The members of Moonbase Alpha have landed on an Earth-like planet and start to settle in, but strange lights and energy waves
start killing crew members . . .; starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain & Catherine Schell
no entry at IMDb • watch full episode [4/2015 upload; 51:21] online at YouTube
 | "Space: 1999 / UFO: The Documentaries" [Kindred Prodns 1996] Info difficult to find: appears to contain 100-minute video documentary "The 'Space: 1999' Documentary" TV special [Bravo Channel UK Aug 1996] {IMDb credits}, a documentary on the "UFO" TV series {not found on IMDb}, and a fan film "Message From Moonbase Alpha" featuring Zienia Merton Region 1 DVD/Blu-ray not available |
Eagle Transporter Forum fansite [est. 2000] based in U.K.
 | "The Making of Space: 1999" [1976] by Tim Heald Ballantine Books mass pb [10/1976] out of print/used |
"Exploring Space: 1999: An Episode Guide and Complete History of the Mid-1970s Science Fiction Television Series" [4/2005] by John Kenneth Muir
http://www.amazon.com/Exploring-Space-1999-Mid-1970s-Television/dp/0786422769/
"To Everything That Was: Selected Remastered Works (Classic Space, 1999)" [9/2013]
http://www.amazon.com/Everything-That-Was-Selected-Remastered/dp/1936393956/
"Destination: Moonbase Alpha" [1/2015] by Robert W. Wood
http://www.amazon.com/Destination-Moonbase-Alpha-Robert-Wood/dp/1845839064/
"Space:1999 Year One Viewer's Guide" [9/2018] by Adrian Sherlock
http://www.amazon.com/Space-1999-Year-Viewers-Guide/dp/1726168859/
![banner from Star Wars Store at Amazon [first film May 1977]](images/starwars-banner.jpg "banner from Star Wars Store at Amazon [first film May 1977]"){kind=small}
official 'Star Wars' media franchise website
'Stars Wars' movies main entry at Wikipedia
official Star Wars® Store at Amazon
lots more details (synopses, books, toys, games, spinoffs, parodies, principals) on the
'Star Wars' Movies Page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"War of The Planets" [Italy Sept 1977]
original title: "Anno Zero - Guerra Nello Spazio (Year Zero - Space War)"
 | A strange signal arrives from space and disturbs all communications and a U.F.O. appears above Antarctica; a spaceship captain and his crew follow the signal outside the solar system and reach an unknown planet where a giant robot enslaves a whole population of humanoids by taking their psychic energies – the robot has his eyes on Earth, too . . . Co-written & directed by Alfonso Brescia/Al Bradley; co-written by Aldo Crudo/Al Crydo; starring Antonio Sabato • credits at IMDb
available on double-feature DVD as part of "The Italian Science Fiction Collection" with "War of The Robots" [Italy April 1978] { IMDb credits } color DVD [10/2002] 2 disks - out of prodn/used |
"Battlestar Galactica" media franchise [Disney Dec 1978] /tt0078869/
A cybernetic race known as the Cylons have decided to exterminate all humans; a massive attack wipes out the Twelve Colonies
and most of its starship fleet, with Battlestar Galactica the only major starship to survive . . .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica
"Battlestar Galactica: The Definitive Collection" DVD Box Set []
http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-Definitive-Collection-Blu-ray/dp/B00Q2OQNCM/
"Alien" movies franchise
'Alien' franchise entry at Wikipedia
"Alien" [1979]
Directed by Ridley Scott, starring Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm
"Aliens" sequel [1986]
Directed by James Cameron, starring Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Bill Paxton
"Alien 3" sequel [#3 = 1992]
"Alien: Resurrection" sequel [#4 = 1997]
"Alien vs. Predator" [2004]
"Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem" [2007]
fifth "Alien" film [#5 = in development for 2018?]
"Prometheus" prequel [Fox 2012] /tt1446714/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prometheus_(2012_film)
"Alien: Covenant" second prequel [Fox opening May 2017?]
directed by Ridley Scott; starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Danny McBride, Demián Bichir, Billy Crudup, Amy Seimetz,
Jussie Smollett, Carmen Ejogo, Callie Hernandez • watch 12/2016 official red-band trailer [2:13] online at YouTube
"The Shape of Things To Come" [Canada May 1979] /tt0079894/
Connected to the H.G. Wells book in name only (the book takes place on Earth); evil scientist sends robot-controlled spaceships to take over the last of human
civilization, colonies on the Moon; directed by George McCowan; starring Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, and a robot dog named Sparky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shape_of_Things_to_Come
http://www.amazon.com/Shape-Things-Come-Jack-Palance/dp/B000096IAF/
"The Black Hole" feature film [Disney Dec 1979] /tt0078869/
http://movies.disney.com/the-black-hole + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Hole
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Maximilian-Schell/dp/B0001I55SS/
"Saturn 3" feature film [Feb 1980] /tt0079285/
Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid fields of Saturn are intruded upon by a technocrat from Earth and a
malevolent 8-foot robot; written & directed by John Barry; starring Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel
http://www.amazon.com/Saturn-3-Farrah-Fawcett/dp/6305535264/
"Galaxina" feature film [Crown Intl. Pictures June 1980]
 | "In The 31st Century, Man Finally Created A Machine ... With Feelings" • Spoofy comedy: The crew of an interstellar police ship is sent to recover a mysterious crystal, the Blue Star; meanwhile, the ship's female android and a crew member fall in love, and an alien creature grows up on the ship thinking that the captain is its mother • Written & directed by William Sachs; introducing {Playboy Playmate} Dorothy Stratten as Galaxina {"The most heavenly body of them all"}; also starring Stephen Macht, Avery Schreiber, J.D. Hinton, Lionel Mark Smith, Tad Horino, Ronald Knight, Percy Rodrigues (voice), Herb Kaplowitz, Aesop Aquarian, Angelo Rossitto, Nancy McCauley, Fred D. Scott, David A. Cox, Peter Schrum, Susan Kiger, Marilyn Joi, Rhonda Shear, Bartine Burkett, Heather O'Connell, Michael D. Castle, George E. Mather, Hugh Warden, Frank Ferro, Jacqueline Jacobs
Mill Creek Ent. double feature on Blu-ray [3/2011] for $7.42 with "Crater Lake Monster" [2011] B.C.I./Eclipse 25th Anniv. Edition widescreen color DVD [8/2006] for $49.95 Rhino letterboxed color DVD [2/2000] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia • watch official VHS trailer [1/2016 upload; 2:13] at YouTube |
"The Space Movie" feature film [Nov 1980]
79min (USA)
Produced at the request of NASA to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, Tony Palmer directs this astonishing tribute to one of mankind'ss greatest achievements.
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Movie-Buzz-Aldrin/dp/B07SR2L9B3/ prime
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCyXitWxFzw 1.19.24
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079936/
The Space Movie is a musical journey through our solar system to the far reaches of the universe. Features breathtaking images and cutting edge moving music!
"Cherez Ternii k Zvyozdam" [Kinostudiya Gorkogo, Russia April 1981]
aka "Per Aspera Ad Astra (To The Stars By Hard Ways)"
  | Filmed in Ukraine, Russia, Crimea & Tajikistan in color and Sovscope; released in USA in 11/1982 as "Humanoid Woman"; 20th Anniversary Edition released in 12/2001 with director credit as 'Restoration by Nikolay Viktorov' and shortened by 25 minutes; story is what happens after a strange experiment in producing androids outside the womb . . . • Co-written & directed by Richard Viktorov; co-written by Kir Bulychyov [1934-2003]; starring Yelena Metyolkina (as Niyya}, Vadim Ledogorov, Uldis Lieldidzs, Yelena Fadeyeva, Vatslav Dvorzhetsky, Nadezhda Sementsova, Aleksandr Lazarev, Aleksandr Mikhaylov, Boris Shcherbakov, Igor Ledogorov, Igor Yasulovich, Gleb Strizhenov, Vladimir Fyodorov, Evgeniy Karelskikh, Valeriy Nosik, Lyudmila Nilskaya, Artyom Karapetyan, G. Ivchenko, Vladislav Kovalkov, K. Nikolaev, Kh. Osipyan, S. Padchenko, Nikolai Timofeyev, Aleksey Vanin
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website {Cyrillic font is broken} watch 1981 version in Russian, no subtitles [12/2016 upload; 2:20:09] online at YouTube watch 2001 version with English subtitles [5/2015 upload; 1:56:32] online at YouTube watch 2001 version in Russian, no subtitles [5/2015 upload; 1:56:32] online at YouTube |
"Android" [1982]
 | Tagline: "Much more than human" • Two fugitives land at a space laboratory run by a scientist and his android assistant, who wants to be like humans; a squad of Terrapol cops also arrive, looking for the two criminals . . .
Exec produced by Roger Corman; directed by Aaron Lipstadt; co-written by Don Keith Opper & James Reigle; starring Klaus Kinski, Don Keith Opper {as Max 404}, Brie Howard, Norbert Weisser, Crofton Hardester & Kendra Kirchner
Starz/Anchor Bay widescreen color DVD [10/2004] for $6.49 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 8/2006 official U.S. trailer [2:45] online at YouTube watch 1/2015 full movie [bothersome music; 1:20:17] online at YouTube |
"The Right Stuff" [The Ladd Company 1983]
full credits from IMDb
"Spaceballs" [1987] by Mel Brooks /tt0094012/
"Dune" [1984]
Directed by David Lynch; starring Kyle MacLachlan, Francesca Annis, Kenneth McMillan
"Dune" Novels & Movies Page at Spirit of America Bookstore
"Apollo 13" [1995]
full credits from IMDb
"Starship Troopers" feature film [1997]
Directed by Paul Verhoeven; based on the book by Robert A. Heinlein [1907-88]; starring Caspar Van Dien, Denise Richards, Michael Ironside
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starship_Troopers_(film)
"Lost In Space" feature film [New Line Cinema April 1998] /tt0120738/
William Hurt (Actor), Mimi Rogers (Actor), Stephen Hopkins (Director)
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Space-Blu-ray-Gary-Oldman/dp/B002HFWAXG/
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Space-William-Hurt/dp/0780622650/ dvd
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space_(film)
featuring the Rambler-Crane series Robot
"October Sky" [Universal Pictures Feb 1999]
 | Location filming in Tennessee; the locomotive used in this movie was Southern Railway #4501, owned by Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum. October 1957: Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite; a teenager in a small West Virginia town is inspired to build and launch his own rocket; he enlists three friends in his endeavour but they face stiff opposition, most of all from Homer's own father, the manager of the local coal mine. • Directed by Joe Johnston; adapted by Lewis Colick, from a memoir by Homer H. Hickam, Jr.; starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, Natalie Canerday, Scott Thomas/Scott Miles, Randy Stripling, Chris Ellis, Elya Baskin, Courtney Cole-Fendley, David Dwyer, Terry Loughlin, Kaili Hollister, David Copeland, Don Henderson Baker, Tom Kagy, Donald Thorne, Justin Whitsett, Larry Rue, Neva Howell, Terry Nienhuis, Brady Coleman, Rick Forrester, Terrence Gibney, Douglas Swander, Keeli Hale Kimbro, Mark Jeffrey Miller, Blaque Fowler, Don Tilley, Rockford Davis, John Bennes, Jonathan Fawbush, Larry Black, Frank Schuler, Ida Ginn, Richard Lumpkin, Mark W. Johnson, Don Taylor, Don G. Campbell, Frank Hoyt Taylor, Dave Hager, Ray Elder, Andy Stahl, Joe Digaetano {as Wernher von Braun}, O. Winston Link {as locomotive driver}
Universal Studios Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [2/2017] for $9.99 Universal Studios Home Ent. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [1/2005] for $6.99 Universal Studios Home Ent. Special Edition color VHS [2/2000] for $6.81 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [9/2011 upload; 2:47] online at YouTube |
 | "Rocket Boys" aka "October Sky" New York Times bestselling memoir [1998] by Homer H. Hickam, Jr. "October Sky" is the first memoir in a trilogy by American engineer Homer Hickam, Jr.; it was originally published in 1998 as "Rocket Boys"; the second book occurs in the same time frame, with less about rocketry and an emphasis on Homer's father's problems in keeping the mine open for as long as possible; in the third book, Homer's mother asks him to return home from college and help his father, who is being investigated because of a fatal mining accident and also under strike pressure from the miners union. author's official website • author entry at Wikipedia • Village of Coalwood official trilogy bookpage book entries at Wikipedia for: "October Sky" • "The Coalwood Way" • "Sky of Stone" "Rocket Boys": Kindle Edition from Dell/Random House [1999 edition] for $8.99 "Rocket Boys": Delta 8x5¼ pb [1/2000] for $8.29 "Rocket Boys": Delacorte Press 8¼x5½ hardcover [9/98] for $22.79 "October Sky": Dell mass pb [2/99] for $6.79 "October Sky": Dell mass pb [2/99] out of print/used "The Coalwood Way": Kindle Edition from Island Books/Random House [2007 edition] for $5.99 "The Coalwood Way": Island Books mass pb [9/2001] for $8.99 "The Coalwood Way": Island Books 8½x5½ pb [9/2001] out of print/used "The Coalwood Way": Delacorte Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2000] for $19.80 "Sky of Stone": Kindle Edition from Dell/Random House [2002 edition] for $8.99 "Sky of Stone": Dell mass pb [10/2002] for $9.66 "Sky of Stone": Delacorte Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/2001] for $12.26 |
"Farscape" TV series [Jim Henson Prodns 1999-2003]
 | An American astronaut blunders into a wormhole and lands on the sentient spaceship Mora with a multi-species bunch of rebels; most of the creatures are elaborately costumed, two are full Henson puppets. The protagonist has various adventures while trying to find a return wormhole. Total of 88 hour-long episodes first shown on Australia's Network Nine; originally set for five seasons, the last was cancelled leaving a cliffhanger ending (the 2004 mini-series resolved the cliffhanger). • Created by Rockne S. O'Bannon; starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Gigi Edgley, Wayne Pygram, Virginia Hey
New Video Group 15th Anniv Edition color Blu-ray set [11/2013] 20 disks for $93.10 New Video Group 15th Anniv Edition color DVD set [11/2013] 27 disks for $84.75 A&E Home Video Complete Series color DVD set [2009] 29 disks for $95.77 full credits at IMDb • official series website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2009 official trailer [1:00] online at YouTube |
 | "Farscape" Video Game [2002] voices of Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Virginia Hey, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy Vivendi Universal video game for PC [7/2002] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb "Farscape Role-Playing Game" [2002] by Rob Vaux Simon & Schuster Interactive 11x8¼ hardcover [8/2002] out of print/used |
 | "Farscape: The Illustrated Companion" [2002] by Paul Simpson & David Hughes Tor Books pb [9/2002] out of print/40+ used Tor Books pb [9/2002] out of print/used |
"Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars" 2-part TV mini-series
[Jim Henson Prodns/Hallmark Oct 2004]
 | "The thrilling finale to the Farscape saga!" in two 90-minute episodes; after the apparent death of American astronaut Chrichton on the water planet Qujaga (end of Season 4), the Scarran Empire decides to assault the Peacekeepers aboard Mora and take over the known universe . . .; DVD includes 'Making of...' featurette • Co-produced & directed by Brian Henson; co-produced & written by David Kemper & Rockne S. O'Bannon; starring Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Lani John Tupu, Jonathan Hardy, Gigi Edgley, Anthony Simcoe, Raelee Hill, Melissa Jaffer, Paul Goddard, Tammy Macintosh, David Franklin, Rebecca Riggs, Duncan Young, Francesca Buller, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Sandy Gore, Ron Haddrick, Linal Haft, John Bach, Stephen James King, Tim McCunn, John Adam, Kim De Lury, Judi Farr, Nathaniel Dean, Wayne Pygram, Fiona Gentle, Lee Perry
BIAvision/R.H.I. all-region color Blu-ray [4/2015] for $15.90 Lionsgate color DVD [1/2005] 2 disks - out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 2/2009 official trailer [1:55] online at YouTube watch Part 1 [2/2015 upload; 1:30:01] online at YouTube watch Part 2 [2/2015 upload; 1:33:10] online at YouTube |
 | "Farscape Forever!: Sex, Drugs And Killer Muppets" [21 essays 2005] Edited by Glenn Yeffeth Kindle Edition from Smart Pop [1/2015] for $9.99 Smart Pop 9x6 pb [8/2005] for $12.63 |
 | "Farscape" stories in comic book and-or Kindle format A comic book mini-series was released in December 2008 that was in continuity with both the series and the hoped-for webisodes. search books on keywords 'farscape comic' {returns 250 entries} at Amazon |
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"The Worlds of Farscape: Essays on the Groundbreaking Television Series" [2013] Edited by Sherry Ginn includes 15 essays, character list, full episode list, glossary, filmography, bibliography Kindle Edition from McFarland & Co. [8/2013] for $17.99 {sic} McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [8/2013] for $29.95 |
Farscape Canada fansite/weblog [last update 2011]
"Zathura: A Space Adventure" [Sony/Columbia Nov 2005]
 | "From the people who brought you Jumanji" • Two squabbling brothers find a boxed game called Zathura and when they start playing it, their house is transported to outer space . . . • Directed by Jon Favreau; written by David Koepp & John Kamps, based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg; music by John Debney; starring Jonah Bobo, Josh Hutcherson, Dax Shepard, Kristen Stewart, Tim Robbins, John Alexander, Frank Oz (voice of the robot), Derek Mears, Douglas Tait, Joe Bucaro III, Jeff Wolfe, with archive footage of Bill Fagerbakke (Sponge Bob) & Stuart Scott; Special Edition DVD has many extras
Sony Pictures Home Ent. 10th Anniv. Edition Blu-ray + Digital [9/2015] for $14.70 Sony Pictures Home Ent. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [2/2006] for $7.87 Varese Sarabande soundtrack CD [11/2005] 20 tracks for $17.01 full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [2/2017 upload; 2:33] online at YouTube |
 | "Zathura" [grades K-5; 2002] by Chris Van Allsburg
L'Ecole des Loisirs possibly French-language pb [12/2013] for $28.41 Houghton Mifflin 12x9 hardcover [10/2002] for $13.98 Scholastic 12x9 hardcover [2005] out of print/used author's official homepage • book entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Zathura: Adventure Is Waiting" board game [2005] from Pressman Toy Corp.
for 2 to 4 players, ages 7 & up; includes game board with molded track, spinner card ejector, game cards, rocket ship movers, tokens, labels, dice, instructions Pressman game in 10¾x15¾x3½-inch box [2005] out of prodn/used "Zathura: Adventure Is Waiting" video game for Xbox [2005] play as POV Walter, Danny, or a rampaging robot; 15 action-packed levels; over 36 dangerous alien adversaries, including lizard-like Zorgons, menacing robots, and other bizarre space creatures Columbia Pictures Games [10/2005] for $19.95 |
"Space Dogs" animated film series [est. 2010]
animated feature films based on true-life Russian space dogs Belka and Strelka
movie series entry at Wikipedia
 | "Space Dogs 1" [Russia March 2010, USA May 2012] Russian title: "Belka i Strelka. Zvezdnye sobaki."; street dogs Belka & Strelka and the rat Venya are captured and sent to space training camp; the trio is chosen for the first animal space flight, which is damaged by meteors; the animals fight an on-board fire and return to Earth, to acclaim as heroes. Strelka returns to live with her mother, rat Venya becomes a motivational speaker, Belka gets a job at a circus, and puppy Pushok is given by Kruschschev as a gift for Caroline Kennedy • Directed by Inna Evlannikova & Svyatoslav Ushakov; Russian voices of Belka & Strelka: Anna Bolshova & Elena Yakovleva; English voices of Belka & Strelka: Chloë Grace Moretz & Dorothy Elias-Fahn • full credits at IMDb • official website {in Russian} Phase 4 Films widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2012] for $30.69 Phase 4 Films widescreen color DVD [4/2012] out of prodn/used watch official 4/2012 trailer [1:03] online at YouTube watch full movie in Swedish [1:24:36] online at YouTube • watch full movie in Russian [1:24:52] online at YouTube |
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"Space Dogs 2: Adventure To The Moon" [Russia Feb 2014, USA Jan 2016] Pushok's father Kazbek is trapped on the moon, so Pushok visits Cape Canaveral to stow away aboard an American rocket . . . Directed by Inna Evlannikova, Aleksander Khramtsov & Vadim Sotskov; voices of Nonna Grishaeva {as Belka}, Maryana Spivak {as Strelka}, Evgeniy Mironov {as Venya}, Lev Akselrod {as Pushok} VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website watch 3/2016 official trailer [1:42] online at YouTube • watch full movie in Russian [1:15:01] online at YouTube |
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"Space Dogs 3: Moon Adventure" [USA Aug 2016] Aliens on the back side of the Moon are stealing monuments from Earth; when the Statue of Liberty disappears, Pushok enlists Belka & Strelka & Venya to fix the problem . . . • featuring voices by Alicia Silverstone, Ashlee Simpson not yet listed at IMDb • watch official trailer [1:17] online at YouTube |
"Lost Planet: Something Is Out There" [Germany July 2013]
working title "Off World"; USA release as "Dark Space"
 | A rocketship crashlands on a remote planet with six people aboard; they soon figure out that they are not alone; USA VOD release October 2013, USA DVD release August 2014 • Written & directed by Emmett Callinan; starring Keith Reay, Steve West, Alana Dietze, Tonya Kay, Joseph Darden, Avital Ash
"Dark Space": Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2014] out of prodn/many used "Dark Space": Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2014] out of prodn/used "Lost Planet": Krause & Schneider Multimedia Region 1 widescreen color DVD [2013] import/scarce full credits at IMDb • watch official German 'Off World' trailer [1:29] online at YouTube |
"Space Race" [National Geographic Channel June 2015]
Episode #7 of the "American Genius" TV mini-series
 | America and the Soviet Union set out to conquer the moon, but much more than space flight is at stake • Directed by Paul Abascal; written by Chelsea Coates; narrated by Jeff Wilburn; starring Corey Maher {as Werner Von Braun}, Tim Duquette {as Nikita Khrushchev}, Jon Boatwright {as Walt Disney [1901-66]}, Daniel Olson, Nicholas Augusta, Brandon deSpain, Daren Donofrio, Charles Green, John S. Howell Sr., Benjamin Loeh, Michael W. Powell, Russ Randall, Tim Ross, John Hawthorne Smith, Will Steckman, Eric Supensky, Mark Falvo, John A. Taylor
episode credits at IMDb • series credits at IMDb watch full episode [8/2015 upload; 47:41] online at YouTube Fox widescreen color DVD [10/2015] 2 disks - SOLD OUT ! Amazon Instant Video [2015] HD episode purchase $1.99 each, HD season purchase $11.99 {saves $3.93} |
"The Martian" [Fox Nov 2015]
 | Based on the book by Andy Weir; a N.A.S.A. astronaut on Mars is believed killed in a sandstorm, so the expedition returns to Earth without him. Directed by space movie veteran Ridley Scott; screenplay by Drew Goddard; starring Matt Damon DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • watch official trailer [0:59] at YouTube |
"Robot World" [Dec 2015]
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A space pilot is marooned on an alien planet and soon discovers that the only inhabitants are predatory machines that are designed to hunt down all animal life • Executive producer Jason Price; co-produced, written & directed by and starring Neil Rowe; co-produced, music by and starring Amanda Rowe; also starring Ian Rowe, Tamsyn Pickford, Jacob Peter Rowe, Claire Soper, Paul Soper, Lisa Mitchell, Tony Mitchell, Alex Soper, Izzy Soper, Olivia Mitchell
Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color DVD [8/2016] for $13.59 full credits at IMDb |
"Passengers" [Sony Pictures Dec 2016?]
Announced 9/2016: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are two passengers onboard a spaceship transporting them to a new life on another planet
latest info at IMDb •
watch 9/2016 official trailer [2:42] at YouTube
"Hidden Figures" [Fox Dec 2016]
 | A team of Afro-American women provide N.A.S.A. with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions. Co-produced, co-written & directed by Theodore Melfi; co-written by Allison Schroeder, based on a book by Margot Lee Shetterly; starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monáe, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, Mahershala Ali, Aldis Hodge, Glen Powell {as John Glenn}, Kimberly Quinn, Olek Krupa, Ken Strunk, Ariana Neal, Saniyya Sidney, Zani Jones Mbayise, Tre Stokes, Selah Kimbro Jones, Karan Kendrick, Corey Mendell Parker, Alkoya Brunson, Ashton Tyler, Lidya Jewett, Donna Biscoe, Jaiden Kaine, Gregory Alan Williams, Maria Howell, Arnell Powell, Ron Clinton Smith, Bob Bost, Crystal Lee Brown, Tequilla Whitfield, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Cullen Moss, Kurt Krause, John West Jr., Paige Nicollette, Kamryn Johnson, Amanda Dunn, Dane Davenport {as Alan Shepard}, Evan Holtzman {as Deke Slayton}, Travis Smith {as Scott Carpenter}, Devin McGee {as Gus Grissom}, Joe Hardy Jr. {as Gordon Cooper}, Glenn Allen {as Wally Schirra}
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 8/2016 official trailer [3:14] at YouTube |
 | "Hidden Figures: The American Dream and The Untold Story of The Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win The Space Race" [2016] by Margot Lee Shetterly
Kindle Edition from William Morrow/HarperCollins [9/2016] for $14.99 William Morrow 8x5¼ pb [12/2016] for $10.86 William Morrow 9x6 hardcover [9/2016] for $17.94 Young Readers' Edition [ages 8-12; 2016] Kindle Edition from HarperCollins Publrs [11/2016] for $7.99 HarperCollins 7½x5 pb [11/2016] for $6.64 HarperCollins 8¼x5½ hardcover [11/2016] for $16.99 |
"Space 1889: The Secret of Phobos" [Germany Feb 2018]
 | Victorian steampunk space movie based on the 1988 role-playing game by Frank Chadwick; crowdfunding at Kickstarter collected €28,000; run time 152 minutes; mankind has discovered a method for traveling the mysterious ether and conquered the jungle planet of Venus and the dwindling empire of the Martians; a young adventurer finds herself the center of a solar system wide plot that could destroy all of mankind • Produced, co-written, directed & filmed by Nicolas Mendrek; co-written by & starring Mháire Stritter; music by Jan Haak; also starring Anselme Champollion, Jarod De Maertelaere, Chris Fano, Hagen Grützmacher, Timo Hagemann, Jörg S. Haselmeyer {as Thomas Edison}, Armin Herbertz, Marco Klammer, Tommy Krappweis, Hannes Lechner, Frank Röhr, Bastian Sue, Stefan Tannert, Stefanie Tröndle {as Queen Victoria}, Robert Vogel
Region 1 Blu-ray/DVD not available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website at Vimeo • movie entry at Wikipedia indep soundtrack MP-3 album by Jan Haak [8/2018] for $9.49 watch official German-language trailer [7/2018 upload; 3:13] online at YouTube watch German-language 'first 50 minutes' [10/2018 upload; 50:25] online at YouTube watch English+subtitles teaser/promo [8:09] online at YouTube |
"Lost In Space" TV series (remake) [Legendary TV/Netflix May 2018?]
Announced 11/2016: Actress Parker Posey is signed for gender-swapped role of Dr. Smith in the Netflix remake of 1960s "Lost in Space";
the 10-episode series is set to debut sometime in 2018 • series credits at IMDb •
series entry at Wikipedia
"First Man" space movie [Universal Studios Oct 2018] 
Announced 2/2017: The Neil Armstrong biopic "First Man" will reteam "La La Land" director Damien Chazelle with actor Ryan Gosling and
'is set to land in theaters' in October 2018 • latest info at IMDb
"Lucy In The Sky" space movie [Fox Searchlight Pictures 2019?]
 | Upon returning to Earth from a life-changing mission in space, a female astronaut begins to slowly unravel and lose touch with reality • Co-produced by Reese Witherspoon; co-produced & co-written by Brian C. Brown & Elliott DiGuiseppi; co-produced, co-written & directed by Noah Hawley; starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Nick Offerman, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Ellen Burstyn, Colman Domingo, Tig Notaro, Jeremiah Birkett, Christopher Darga, Joe Williamson, Casey Adams, Cali DiCapo, Stella Edwards, Pearl Amanda Dickson, Diana DeLaCruz, Arlo Mertz, Rasha Goel, Harvey B. Jackson, Jonny Berryman, Shay Ali, Zylan Brooks, Lourdes Nadres, Khafre King, Tristan Henry, Eduardo Lezcano, Tobias Schönleitner, Nic Cornett, Rick L. Dean, with archive footage of TV newsman Kent Shocknek
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie website • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 3/2019 official trailer [2:35] online at YouTube |
"High Life" space movie [A24 Films April 2019]
 | A young man and his baby daughter struggle to survive in deep space where they live in isolation, the last survivors of a damned and dangerous mission to the outer reaches of the solar system • Co-written & directed by Claire Denis; co-written by Jean-Pol Fargeau, Geoff Cox, Andrew Litvack, Nick Laird; starring Robert Pattinson, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin, Mia Goth, Agata Buzek, Lars Eidinger, Claire Tran, Ewan Mitchell, Gloria Obianyo, Jessie Ross, Scarlett Lindsey, Victor Banerjee, Juliette Picollot, Mikolaj Gruss, Weronika Wachowska, Mikolaj Zeman, Ruslan Astraszewski, Magda Piotrowska, Dawid Gluchowski, Lukasz Osik, John Kimani Njeri, Ernest Lebouco
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 1/2019 official trailer [2:23] at YouTube |
"Ad Astra" space movie [New Regency/Fox Sept 2019]
 | An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of Planet Earth, uncovering secrets that challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
• Co-produced, co-written & directed by James Gray; co-produced by & starring Brad Pitt; co-written by Ethan Gross; music by Max Richter; also starring Liv Tyler, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga, Donald Sutherland, Anne McDaniels, Kimberly Elise, John Ortiz, Greg Bryk, Halszka Kuza, Loren Dean, Ravi Kapoor, Kimmy Shields, Kayla Adams, Ran Wei, LisaGay Hamilton, John Finn, Alyson Reed, Amanda Tudesco, Jen Morillo, Sasha Compère, Sean Blakemore, Justin Dray, Donnie Keshawarz, Nicholas Walker, Eliza Gerontakis, Vivian Fleming-Alvarez, Daniel Sauli, Mallory Low, Adinett Nsabimana, Alex Luna, Kento Matsunami, Elisa Perry, Bayardo De Murguia, Matthew Jones, Danny Hamouie, Bobby Nish, Luis Richard Gomez, Lisa Shows, James Dunn, Afsheen Olyaie, Valeri Ross, Georgia James Gray, Melvin Payne Jr., Lawrence Dex, Bayani Ison, Lorell Bird Dorfman, Sheila M. Lockhart, Terence Rivera, Jean-Pierre Mouzon, Eloy Perez, Zoro Saro Manuel Daghlian, Eleanor Goodall, Brynn Route
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch 6/2019 official trailer [2:32] at YouTube |
Documentary Films & TV About Space
 | "The IMAX Space Collection" DVD box set [2001]
Imax color DVD set [10/2001] 5 disks for $35.99 includes 37-min. "Hail Columbia!" [1982] narrated by James Whitmore; 37-min. "The Dream Is Alive" [1985] narrated by Walter Cronkite; 40-min. "Blue Planet" [1990]; 40‑min. "Destiny In Space" [1994] narrated by Leonard Nimoy; and 40-min. "Mission To Mir" [1997] narrated by August Schellenberg |
 | "A Century of Science Fiction" [Multicom Ent. Feb 2001] two-hour TV special plus 26 scintillating half-hour shows: After The End (post-apocalyptic pictures); Alien Life Forms; Amazing Inventions (time machines, disintegrator machines, shrinking rays); Artificial Intelligence; Dinosaurs; The End of The World; Final Frontier; Future Worlds; H.G. Wells (the brilliant Victorian mind that gave us 'The Invisible Man', 'The Time Machine', and 'The War of The Worlds'); Jules Verne (the 19th century French fantasist who gave us '20,000 Leagues Under The Sea' and 'From The Earth To The Moon'); Lost Worlds; Mad Scientists; Mutations; Powers of The Mind (ESP, mind control, and telekinesis); Queens of Sci-Fi; Ray Harryhausen (the king of stop-frame animation); Robots; Sci-Fi Heroes (and villains); The Serials (12- and 15-chapter cliffhangers, going back to the 1930s); Sexy Sci-Fi; Spawn of The Atom; Stars; Strange Invaders (a salute to the germs, blobs, viruses, and bacteria that sci-fi filmmakers have unleashed over the years); Time Travelers; U.F.O.s (all the sci-fi flicks concerned with flying saucers); and Weird Worlds (travel to other planets, as imagined by such early visionaries as Jules Verne, Georges Méliès, and H.G. Wells) • Written & directed by Ted Newsom; hosted by Christopher Lee; interviewees include Ray Bradbury, Kevin Costner, Charlton Heston, Val Kilmer, Eddie Murphy, Leonard Nimoy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, William Shatner, Charlie Sheen, Will Smith, Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Sigourney Weaver, and Raquel Welch, with archive footage of Yul Brynner, Burt Lancaster, Vincent Price Passport DVD box set [10/2006] 5 disks - out of prodn/used series or episode credits not found at IMDb "A Century of Science Fiction" two-hour star-studded TV special [Multicom Ent. 1996] 2-hour special: Passport Video DVD [3/98] out of prodn/used credits for special at IMDb • watch official trailer [5/2018 upload; 2:20] online at YouTube |
"Space Travelers" [July 2009] Carlo Burton aka Charles Evans /tt1479832/
A documentary on legendary aerospace pioneer & designer Burt Rutan
http://www.amazon.com/Space-Travelers-Rutan-George-Takei/dp/B00918ZV4C/
"Neil Armstrong: First Man On The Moon" TV documentary [Dec 2012]
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2625082/
"Armstrong" documentary [Gravitas Ventures July 2019]
 | A dramatic and emotional documentary chronicle featuring the words of U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong [1930-2012] and narrated by Harrison Ford, with never-before-seen footage and images • Directed by David Fairhead; narrated by Harrison Ford; featuring Dave Scott, Christopher Kraft, Gerry Griffin, and archive footage of Neil Armstrong
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • available on iTunes in June 2019 full credits at IMDb • movie homepage on Facebook watch 5/2019 official trailer [2:12] at YouTube |
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