Outland (1981) UK
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Director:Peter Hyams
Studio:Warner Home Video
Producer:Charles Orme, Richard A. Roth, Stanley O'Toole
Writer:Peter Hyams
Rating:3.5
Rated:R
Date Added:2007-03-06
Purchased On:2007-06-03
ASIN:6304698674
UPC:0085391498223
Price:$14.98
Awards:Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations
Genre:Sci-Fi Action
Release:1997-11-18
IMDb:0082869
Duration:109
Picture Format:Widescreen
Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English, Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish, Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles:English, Spanish, French
Features:Full Screen
Letterboxed
Peter Hyams  ...  (Director)
Peter Hyams  ...  (Writer)
 
Sean Connery  ...  O'Niel
Peter Boyle  ...  Sheppard
Frances Sternhagen  ...  Lazarus
James Sikking  ...  Montone (as James B. Sikking)
Kika Markham  ...  Carol
Clarke Peters  ...  Ballard
Steven Berkoff  ...  Sagan
John Ratzenberger  ...  Tarlow
Nicholas Barnes  ...  Paul O'Niel
Manning Redwood  ...  Lowell
Pat Starr  ...  Flo Spector
Hal Galili  ...  Nelson
Angus MacInnes  ...  Hughes
Stuart Milligan  ...  Walters
Eugene Lipinski  ...  Cane, Suicide in Elevator
Norman Chancer  ...  
Ron Travis  ...  
Anni Domingo  ...  
Bill Bailey (II)  ...  
Chris Williams  ...  
Stephen Goldblatt  ...  Cinematographer
Stuart Baird  ...  Editor
Comments: On Jupiter's moon something deadly is happening

Summary: Outland is another in a long line of Westerns retooled for science fiction. Writer-director Peter Hyams (Capricorn One, 2010, Timecop) restages High Noon in outer space, with Sean Connery as O'Neil, the marshal for a settlement on one of Jupiter's moons. While investigating the deaths of some miners, O'Neil discovers that mine boss Peter Boyle has been giving his workers an amphetamine-like work-enhancing drug that keeps them productive for months--until they finally snap and go berserk. When Boyle sends killer henchmen to neutralize the lawman, O'Neil is unable to get the miners to back him up. Outland is no classic, but it offers solid suspense in an otherworldly atmosphere. Also starring Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking (Howard on television's Hill Street Blues), and John Ratzenberger (later to become famous as Cliff on the sitcom Cheers). --Jim Emerson