Marooned (1969)
- Directed by
- John Sturges
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 113 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
Three astronauts are stranded in orbit when their spacecraft's propulsion system fails. With their oxygen running out, a rescue mission becomes a desperate race against time.
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What happens
Marooned is a 1969 American science fiction film directed by John Sturges and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, and Gene Hackman about three astronauts who are trapped and slowly suffocating in space. It was based on the 1964 novel Marooned by Martin Caidin. While the original novel was based on the single-pilot Project Mercury, the film depicted an Apollo command and service module with three astronauts and a space station resembling Skylab. Caidin acted as technical adviser and updated the novel, incorporating appropriate material from the original version. The film was released less than four months after the Apollo 11 Moon landing, attracting enormous public attention. It was nominated for three Oscars and won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Robbie Robertson. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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