Lifepod (1993)

Country of Origin: USA
Dates of Original Broadcast: 28 June 1993
Number of Seasons: n/a
Total Number of Episodes: 1
Average Episode Running Times: 89 mins
Format: colour     Panavision
Sound: Dolby

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Fox West Pictures Inc
Executive Producers: John Watson, Pen Densham, Richard Barton Lewis, Scott Brazil
Producers: Mark Stern, Robert Halmi Jr, Tim Harbert
Co-Producer: Jay Roach
Associate Producers: Bob Weber, Joseph Montrone
Production Coordinator: Jennifer Collins

SCRIPT
Script: M. Jay Roach, Pen Densham
Story: Pen Densham
Short Story: Alfred Hitchcock, Harry Sylvester

DIRECTION
Director: Ron Silver
1st Assistant Director: Scott Cameron
2nd Assistant Director: Jeff Shiffman
Additional 2nd Assistant Director: Stuart Hagen

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Robert Steadman
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Jon Kranhouse
Camera Operator: Guy Skinner
Focus Puller: Alessandro Zezza
Gaffer: John Bonfield
Key Grip: Scott C. Johnston
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Keylight; PSI

EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editor: Alan Baumgarten
1st Assistant Editor: Kevin D. Ross

MUSIC
Music: Mark Mancina
Music Supervisor: Mike Flicker

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Richard Lightstone
Sound Designers: Jon Johnson, Fury & Grace Digital
Sound Re-Recordists: Gary Bolger, Don Digirolamo, Larry Stensvold
Supervising Sound Editors: Ron Horwitz, Kevin Spears
ADR / Foley Mixer: Cecilia Perna

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up: Marvin Westmore
Key Hair: Jeri Baker
Costume Designer: Katherine Dover
Wardrobe Supervisor: Rebekah Alvi

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Lou Carlucci
Special Effects: James Ochoa
Mechanical Effects: David Kurush
Slow Motion Effects: Casey Wilson

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects: Stargate Films Inc
Visual Effects Supervisor: Sam Nicholson
Visual Effects Producer: Dan Schmit
Additional Visual Effects: Dave Johnson
Visual Effects Production Coordinator: Candy Brock
Models Supervisor: Dan Brown
Visual Effects Recording: Tech-FX

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Curtis A. Schnell
Art Director: Colin Irwin
Set Decorator: Bob Kensinger
Property Master: Ian Scheibel
Construction Coordinator: Doug Womack
Graphic Artist: Jim Carson

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: Lou Ann Quast
Program Advisor: Bret Plate
Production Administrator: Tim Harbert
Assistant To Producer: Terri Clark
Assistant To Ron Silver: Rochelle Gross
Transportation Coordinator: Larry Market
Attorney: Axel Rosenberg
Catering: Bruce's Catering

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Terry Leonard

CASTING
Casting: Jacklynn Briskey, Denise Chamian
Extras Casting: Cenex Casting

CAST
Robert Loggia (Director Banks)
Jessica Tuck (Claire St John)
Stan Shaw (Parker)
Adam Storke (Kane)
Kelli Williams (Rena Jahnusia)
Ed Gale (Q-Three)
CCH Pounder (Mayvene)
Ron Silver (Terman)
Lisa Waltz (woman with baby in hiberstasis)
Sam Whipple
Cork Hubbert (T-Nine)
John Mahon
Pat Destro

Stand In: Sean Michael Fish

PLOT SUMMARY

When the spaceship they are travelling on blows up, eight passengers escape in a lifepod.

AVAILABILITY

Brazil
Video Distributors: Look Filmes

USA
Television Distributors: Fox Network
Video Distributors: Cabin Fever Entertainment Inc

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Germany
Rating: 16

Iceland
Rating: 16

UK
Rating: 15

TIMELINE

1993
June
28: television broadcast (on Fox Network)

1995
January
30: UK - television broadcast (on Sky Movies)

1996
January
13: UK - television broadcast (on Sci-Fi Channel)

1997
January
1: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2000
February
19: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

2001
January
28: UK - television broadcast (on ITV)

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

2168 - Perigo no Espaço - Portuguese title
Capsula di salvataggio - Italian title
Lifepod - O 9º Passageiro - Brazilian title
Sabotage im All - German title
Die Terrorkapsel - German title

KEYWORDS

comets, cyborgs, dwarves, the future, neck breaking, radiation sickness, remakes, sabotage, spaceships

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008