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Director:

Steven Lisberger

Writer (WGA):

Tony Kayden (screenplay)
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Release Date:

22 June 1989 (Australia) more

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi more

Tagline:

From the depths of the earth. To the edge of existence... The hunt is on! more

Plot:

In the near future, where Earth has been devastated by man's pollution and giant winds rule the planet... more | add synopsis

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Cast

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Bob Peck ... Byron

Mark Hamill ... Will Tasker
Kitty Aldridge ... Belitski

Bill Paxton ... Matt Owens (at Cafe)
Susan Leong ... Abigail (at Cafe)
Alkis Kritikos ... Cook 'Petrois' (at Cafe)
Tony Alleff ... Bartender (at Cafe)

Ricco Ross ... 1st man at table (at Cafe)
George Camiller ... 2nd man at table (at Cafe)
Diana Defries ... Woman Construction Worker (at Cafe)
Gay Baynes ... Rosie (at Village)

Robbie Coltrane ... Montclaire (at Village)
Paul Reynolds ... Travis (at Village)
Eris Akman ... Blind Boy's Father (at Village)
Eleanor David ... Ariel (at Village)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Slipstream: Bounty Hunter 2000 (Philippines: English title)
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Runtime:

102 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Color (Rankcolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Filming Locations:

Cappadoccia, Turkey more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Byron's line "I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth - put out my hand and touched the Face of God," is taken from the poem High Flight by John Gillespie Magee, Jr., a British-American aviator who died in a mid-air collision during WWII. On his grave is inscribed the first and last lines from his poem. This line is a direct allusion to that poem and befitting the film's predominant theme of aviation. more

Quotes:

[first lines]
Will Tasker: It's over! It's finished! End of chase!
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Soundtrack:

Barefootin more


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Not so full of hot air, 29 July 1999
Author: Dodger-9 from York

To read some comments on this movie you'd think it was a 1989 version of The Avengers (ie, really bad). I saw it at the Odeon Leicester Square in London on the first (and probably only week) of release. With good stereo and in the right surroundings I thought it was a great, highly different vision of the future. Yes, there was a lot of Mad Max in there and okay some of the visual effects were a little ropey, but it did at least boast two of my fave actors - the late, great Bob Peck and a pre-Titanic Bill Paxton. The 10 years since it was made has seen scant screenings on British TV or otherwise. A pity as there are some great moments such as the scene where Paxton attempts to rescue Peck from a kite (I kid you not) and the moody finale which was intriguing. On the whole, well made, erratic entertainment that loses everything on the small screen but features some interesting ideas, even if not all of it works. And compared to The Avengers, it looks like the greatest movie ever made.

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