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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century poster
Directed by
Daniel Haller
Genre
adventure film, action film, science fiction film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 103 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A NASA pilot from the 20th century wakes up 500 years in the future. He teams up with a colonel to defend Earth from an alien threat.

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What happens

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (also known as Buck Rogers) is a 1979 American science fiction adventure film directed by Daniel Haller. Starring Gil Gerard in the title role and Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering, it was produced by Glen A. Larson, who co-wrote the screenplay with Leslie Stevens, based on the Buck Rogers character created by Philip Francis Nowlan. It was originally made as a television pilot, but Universal Pictures opted to release it as a theatrical film almost six months before the subsequent television series premiered. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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