Outland (1981)

Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1981
Running Times: 109 mins
Length: 9825 ft
Format: UK     Technicolor      Panavision (anamorphic)     35mm
Ratio: 2.35:1
Sound: Dolby

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Outland Productions / The Ladd Company
Executive Producer: Stanley O'Toole
Producer: Richard A. Roth
Associate Producer: Charles Orme
Production Manager: Denis Johnson
Production Co-Ordinator: Lorraine Fennell (uncredited)

SCRIPT
Script: Peter Hyams

DIRECTION
Director: Peter Hyams
1st Assistant Director: David Tringham
2nd Assistant Directors: Bob Wright, Waldo Roeg

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Stephen Goldblatt
Camera Operator: Freddie Cooper
Camera Grip: David Cadwallader
Focus Puller: Steve Claydon
Clapper Loader: Martin Hume
Gaffer: John May
Video Supervisor: Richard Hewitt
Video Operator: Michael Heaviside
Stills: George Whitear
Grip and Lighting Equipment: Lee Lighting Ltd

EDITING
Editor: Stuart Baird
Assistant Editor: Peter Watson
1st Assistant Editor: Russ Woolnough
2nd Assistant Editors: William J. Meshover, Paul Miller

MUSIC
Music: Jerry Goldsmith; Gerald Fried (one scene only - uncredited); Morton Stevens (final battle - uncredited)
Leisure Club Music: Richard Rudolph, Michael Boddicker
Music Performed By: The National Philharmonic Orchestra
Leisure Club Music Performed By: Ganymede
Music Recordist: Eric Tomlinson
Music Re-Recordist: Robert W. Glass Jr
Music Editor: Leonard Engel, George Korngold

SOUND
Sound Recordist: Robin Gregory
Supervising Sound Editor: Gordon Davidson
Sound Editor: David M. Horton, Chester L. Slomka, Neil Burrow, Richard Oswald
Dialogue Re-Recordist: John K. Wilkinson
ADR Editor: Jay Engel
Sound Effects Re-Recordist: Robert M. Thirlwell

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Peter Robb-King, Alan Boyle
Hair: Colin Jamison
Costume Designer: John Mollo
Costume Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls
Wardrobe: Jackie Cummins

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: John Stears
Special Effects Technicians: Jonathan Angell, Herbert Hamilton Smith, Mick Minjoodt, Richard Roberts
Special Effects Technicians / Engineers: Peter White, Anthony Fox
Special Effects Specialist: Bob Harman
Special Effects Designer: John Markwell
Wire Effects: Bob Harman

VISUAL EFFECTS
Introvision Supervisor: William Mesa
Introvision Unit Supervisor: John Eppolito
Introvision Crew: Roger Lee, Anne Flagg, Tom Naud III
Introvision Matte Artist: Tim Donahue
Travelling Matte Consultant: Martin Shortall
Matte Camera Operator: Martin Body
Special Optical Effects Supervisor: Roy Field
Optical Printer: Richard Dimbleby
Models: Martin Bower, Bill Pearson
Model Engineers: Roy Scott, Robert Scott
Model Unit Assistant Director: Russell Lodge
Model Unit Camera Operator: Robert Kindred
Laser Effects: Holoco
Titles: Cinema Research, Peter Donen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Philip Harrison
Art Director: Malcolm Middleton
Set Decorator: Stuart Rose
Production Buyer: Peter Dunlop
Sculptor: Andrew Holder

MISCELLANEOUS
Continuity: June Randall
Production Accountant: Fred Harding
Production Assistant: Lorraine Fennell
Unit Publicist: Lynda Levy
Choreographer: Anthony Van Laast

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Alf Joint

CAST
Sean Connery (Marshal William T. O'Neil)
Peter Boyle (Station Manager Mark B. Sheppard)
Frances Sternhagen (Lazarus)
James Sikking (Security Sergeant Montone)
Kika Markham (Carol O'Neil)
Clarke Peters (Ballard)
Steven Berkoff (Sagan)
John Ratzenberger (Tarlow)
Nicholas Barnes (Paul O'Niel)
Manning Redwood (Lowell)
Pat Starr (Mrs Flo Spector)
Hal Galili (Security Officer Nelson)
Angus MacInnes (Security Officer Hughes)
Stuart Milligan (Walters)
Eugene Lipinski (Cane)
Norman Chancer (Security Officer Slater)
Ron Travis (Fanning)
Anni Domingo (Morton)
Bill Bailey (Security Officer Hill)
Chris Williams (Caldwell)
Marc Boyle (Nicholas P. Spota)
Richard Hammatt (Russell B. Yario)
James Berwick (Rudd)
Gary Olsen (worker no. 1)
Isabelle Lucas (nurse)
Sharon Duce (prostitute)
P.H. Moriarty (man no. 1)
Angelique Rockas (maintenance woman)
Judith Alderson (female prostitute in leisure club scene)
Rayner Bourton (male prostitute in leisure club scene)
Doug Robinson (man no. 2)
Julia Depyer, Nina Francoise, Brendan Hughes, Philip Johnston, Norri Morgan (dancers in leisure club scene)

A veteran marshal arrives on Io, one of the moons of Jupiter, to take up a new assignment keeping law and order in a mining colony. When some ofthe miners wind up dead after taking an illegal drug designed to increase their productivity, he finds himself crossing the paths of the colony's ruthless manager. A team of assassins are sent to kill the marshal, who finds himself alone and fighting for his life.

High Noon in space it might be, but this is a fun piece nontheless, mainly thanks to the gravitas it gains from Connery's excellent performance. As the clock ticks away to the arrival of the killers, Hyams racks up the tension well. No masterpiece, but very watchable all the same.

USA
Theatrical Distributor: Warner Brothers

Australia
Rating: M

Finland
Rating: K-16

Norway
Rating: 15

Sweden
Rating: 15

UK
Rating: AA; 15

USA
Rating: R

1981
October
15: West Germany - theatrical release
30: Finland - theatrical release

December
25: Sweden - theatrical release

1982
January
8: Norway - theatrical release

Even in space, the ultimate enemy is man.

On Jupiter's moon he's the only law.

Atmosfera zero - Italian title
Io - working title
Outland - Planet der Verdammten - German title

SEE ALSO
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

MAGAZINES

Correio da Manha, TV 21 August 1998 p.31
review

TV Times 21-27 November 1987 p.53
credits, synopsis

space travel, police, io, mining, decompression, vacuums, suicide, drugs, dancing, prostitutes, corporations

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008