The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.
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Maximilian Schell
Dr. Hans Reinhardt
Anthony Perkins
Dr. Alex Durant
Robert Forster
Captain Dan Holland
Joseph Bottoms
Lieutenant Charles Pizer
Yvette Mimieux
Dr. Kate McCrae
Ernest Borgnine
Harry Booth
Tom McLoughlin
Captain S.T.A.R.
Roddy McDowall
V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)
Slim Pickens
B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)
Gary Nelson
Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)
Director
Gary Nelson
Screenplay
Jeb Rosebrook
Tagline
"A journey that begins where everything ends."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Budget
$20,000,000
Revenue
$35,841,901
Production
Walt Disney Productions
CinemaSerf
June 5, 2023
A little like the "Godi" in "Island at the Top of the World" I vividly recall the first time that I set eyes on "Maximilian" the menacing robot in this far darker Disney film from 1979. The "Palomino" discovers the long lost "Cygnus" on the precipice of a black hole and they board her. Once there, they discover that the captain - an excellently eerie Maximilian Schell ("Reinhardt") and our aforeme...
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