The Sky Calls (1959)
- Original title
- Небо зовёт
- Directed by
- Aleksandr Kozyr, Mikhail Karyukov
- Genre
- adventure film, science fiction film
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Rating
- 3.6 of 10 from 14 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Soviet astronauts race American astronauts to land on a distant planet. The film shows a space mission with political rivalry and a rescue.
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What happens
Nebo Zovyot (Russian: «Небо зовёт», lit. 'The Sky Beckons or The Heavens Beckon', Ukrainian: «Небо кличе», romanized: Nebo klyche) is a 1959 Soviet science fiction adventure film directed by Aleksandr Kozyr and Mikhail Karyukov. It was filmed at Dovzhenko Film Studios in 1959 and premiered September 12, 1959. In 1962, an Americanized edit was released entitled; Battle Beyond the Sun under the direction of Roger Corman in collaboration with recent film school graduate Francis Ford Coppola dubbed in English. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Everything Begins with Hitting the Road (1959)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.