Outland (1981)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Peter Hyams

Writer:

Peter Hyams (written by)

Release Date:

22 May 1981 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Thriller | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

On Jupiter's moon something deadly is happening

Plot:

In the distant future, a police marshal stationed at a remote mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy, and gets no help from the populace when he later finds himself marked for murder.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Marshal | Mining | Miner | Moon

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations

Cast

Sean Connery	...	O'Niel
Peter Boyle	...	Sheppard
Frances Sternhagen	...	Lazarus
James Sikking	...	Montone (as James B. Sikking)
Kika Markham	...	Carol
Clarke Peters	...	Ballard
Steven Berkoff	...	Sagan
John Ratzenberger	...	Tarlow
Nicholas Barnes	...	Paul O'Niel
Manning Redwood	...	Lowell
Pat Starr	...	Flo Spector
Hal Galili	...	Nelson
Angus MacInnes	...	Hughes
Stuart Milligan	...	Walters
Eugene Lipinski	...	Cane, Suicide in Elevator
Norman Chancer	...	Slater
Ron Travis	...	Security Officer Fanning
Anni Domingo	...	Morton
Bill Bailey	...	Hill
Chris Williams	...	Caldwell
Marc Boyle	...	Spota
Richard Hammatt	...	Yario
James Berwick	...	Rudd
Gary Olsen	...	Worker #1
Isabelle Lucas	...	Nurse
Sharon Duce	...	Prostitute
P.H. Moriarty	...	Man #1
Angelique Rockas	...	Maintenance Woman
Jude Alderson	...	Female Prostitute in Leisure Club (as Judith Alderson)
Rayner Bourton	...	Male Prostitute in Leisure Club
Doug Robinson	...	Man #2
Julia Depyer	...	Leisure Club Dancer
Nina Francoise	...	Leisure Club Dancer
Brendan Hughes	...	Leisure Club Dancer
Philip Johnston	...	Leisure Club Dancer
Norri Morgan	...	Leisure Club Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Cannon	...	Barman (uncredited)
Maurice Roëves	...	First victim (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Hyams

Writing credits
Peter Hyams		(written by)

Produced by
Charles Orme	....	associate producer
Stanley O'Toole	....	executive producer
Richard A. Roth	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography by
Stephen Goldblatt

Film Editing by
Stuart Baird

Casting by
Mary Selway

Production Design by
Philip Harrison

Art Direction by
Malcolm Middleton

Set Decoration by
Stuart Rose

Costume Design by
John Mollo

Makeup Department
Colin Jamison	....	hair stylist
Peter Robb-King	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Denis Johnson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Russell Lodge	....	assistant director: model unit
David Tringham	....	first assistant director
Bob Wright	....	second assistant director
Michael Murray	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Albert Blackshaw	....	construction manager
Peter Dunlop	....	production buyer
Danny Skundric	....	property master
Andrew Ackland-Snow	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
John Chisholm	....	props (uncredited)
Paul Laugier	....	draftsman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Neil Burrow	....	sound editor
Scott Burrow	....	assistant sound editor
Gordon Davidson	....	supervising sound editor
Jay Engel	....	adr editor
Robin Gregory	....	sound mixer
David M. Horton	....	sound editor
Jeffrey Landgren	....	assistant sound editor
Clyde McKinney	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Richard Oswald	....	sound editor
Terry Sharratt	....	boom operator
Chester Slomka	....	sound editor (as Chester L. Slomka)
Robert Thirlwell	....	sound effects dubbing mixer (as Robert M. Thirlwell)
John Wilkinson	....	dialogue dubbing mixer (as John K. Wilkinson)
John Roesch	....	foley artist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
John Stears	....	special effects
Terence J. Cox	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Martin Body	....	optical matte camera operator
Martin Bower	....	supervising model maker
Barry Brown	....	model unit focus puller
Douglas Dawson	....	stills photographer: model unit
Richard Dimbleby	....	optical printer
Tim Dodd	....	clapper loader: model unit
Tim Donahue	....	introvision matte artist
Roy Field	....	special optical effects supervisor
Bob Kindred	....	model unit camera operator (as Robert Kindred)
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor
Bill Pearson	....	supervising model maker
Roy Scott	....	model engineer
Martin Shortall	....	traveling matte consultant
Jimmy Spoard	....	model unit camera grip
Janice Body	....	optical assistant (uncredited)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	visual effects still photographer (uncredited)
Jon Sorensen	....	visual effects camera (uncredited)

Stunts
Alf Joint	....	stunt coordinator
Marc Boyle	....	stunts (uncredited)
Clive Curtis	....	stunts (uncredited)
Richard Hammatt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Doug Robinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Kiran Shah	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Colin Skeaping	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Cadwallader	....	camera grip
Steve Claydon	....	focus puller
Freddie Cooper	....	camera operator
Martin Hume	....	clapper loader
John May	....	gaffer
George Whitear	....	still photographer
John M. Heller	....	special photographer (uncredited)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	still photographer: special art (uncredited)
Chris Warren	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jackie Cummins	....	wardrobe mistress
Tiny Nicholls	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
William J. Meshover	....	second assistant editor
Paul Miller	....	second assistant editor
Peter Watson	....	assistant editor
Russ Woolnough	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Michael Boddicker	....	music producer: "Leisure Club" music
Leonard A. Engel	....	music editor
Ganymede	....	music performer: Leisure Club Music
Robert W. Glass Jr.	....	music dubbing mixer
George Korngold	....	music editor
Dick Rudolph	....	music producer: "Leisure Club" music (as Richard Rudolph)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Peter Donen	....	title designer
John Eppolito	....	introvision unit supervisor
Anne Flagg	....	introvision crew
Fred Harding	....	production accountant
Robert Harman	....	wire effects (as Bob Harman)
Richard Hewitt	....	head of video department
Roger Lee	....	introvision crew
Lynda Levy	....	unit publicist
Tom Naud III	....	introvision crew
June Randall	....	continuity
Anthony Van Laast	....	choreographer
Lorraine Fennell	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Mike Sudrow	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Ladd Company, The
• Outland Productions

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Norway (1982) (Norway) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1991) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (198?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (1999) (Argentina) (VHS) (re-release)
• Canal Film (2009) (Norway) (TV)
• Ladd Company, The
• Warner Bros. Pictures (through)
• Warner Bros. (1999) (Argentina) (all media) (re-release)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Holoco (laser effects)
• Introvision International

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Cinema Research  titles
• Crypto Peerless  kitchen equipment and appliances
• Ganymed  music performance: Leisure Club Sequence
• Golfomat  Golfomat game equipment courtesy of
• Lee Lighting  grip and lighting equipment
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Stott Benham  kitchen equipment and appliances
• Technicolor  color
• Warner Bros. Records  soundtrack (as Warner Bros. Records and Tapes)

Also Known As:

Io (UK) (working title)

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (MegaSound encoding) (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (MegaSound encoding) (70 mm prints)

Certification:

Argentina:13 (re-rating) | Argentina:18 (original rating) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Germany:12 (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | UK:AA (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Ladd Company, The

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Peter Hyams]a character named Spota.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Concerning the incident where the worker descends in the depressurizing elevator, without a full pressure suit - surely there would be a manual override for the elevator controls, or an Emergency Power Off button to press, in order to save him!

Quotes:

Marshal William T. O'Neil: I'd like a report of all the incidents in the last six months. I'd like it soon, or I might just kick your nasty ass all over this room. That's a marshal joke.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Moon (2009)

not underrated, but rather ignored

I first watched this movie not expecting much as i had never really heard much about it and it didn't seem to be particularly acclaimed, but I was pleasantly surprised by it, Connery's performance is solid and the rest of the cast do a good job, there are some exciting scenes in this movie and the settings (outer space,mining colony) are convincing enough to keep you emersed in the story, the story is like a western in space, (which is about all I heard of this before I saw it),though its not particularly original and doesn't try to be spectacular, it is an entertaining way to spend a couple of hours and good fun for Connery fans to see him kicking arse back in the days.