"Lexx: The Dark Zone" (1997) TV mini-series

Director:

Paul Donovan

Writers:

Paul Donovan (writer)
Lex Gigeroff (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

19 July 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A group of disparate fugitives from an interplanetary tyranny find themselves in control of a massively powerful starship.

Plot Keywords:

Anti Hero | Computer Animation | Spoof | Made For Cable TV | Crude Humor

Cast

Brian Downey	...	Stanley H. Tweedle (4 episodes, 1997)
Eva Habermann	...	Zev Bellringer (4 episodes, 1997)
Michael McManus	...	Kai (4 episodes, 1997)
Jeffrey Hirschfield	...	790 (4 episodes, 1997)
Tom Gallant	...	The Lexx (4 episodes, 1997)
Anna Cameron	...	The Time Prophet (3 episodes, 1997)
Ellen Dubin	...	Giggerota (2 episodes, 1997)
Walter Borden	...	His Divine Shadow (2 episodes)

Also Known As:

Lexx: The Dark Zone (Germany)
Lexx: The Dark Zone Stories (USA)
Lexx: The Movies (Europe: English title) (DVD box title)

MPAA:

Rated R for sci-fi violence and gore.

Runtime:

Germany:85 min | Russia:363 min (DVD version) | UK:90 min | USA:93 min

Country:

Canada | Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:16

Company:

Salter Street Films International

Quotes:

Kai: Are there other heretics with you?
Zev: Lots. They are coming up here now and they are heavily armed.
Kai: No. You are alone.
Stanley: [falls to his knees] We worship his divine Shadow and beg his forgiveness.
Zev: Don't Stan. Die with some dignity.
Stanley: [Gets up] I the, arch heretic, am reformer Stanley Tweedle. And though only an assistant deputy and back up courier, I did everything I could, I really tried!

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Lexx" (1997)

Soundtrack:

The Meltdown

A weird, twisted, totally enjoyable experience

The Lexx series is the next step in (d)evolution for those of us who love and miss Dr. Who and Red Dwarf. It contains all the quintessential characters, the cowardly and low-minded everyman, the aloof and mysterious dead guy that every girl *must* have, the beautiful and fierce heroine for the guys, and the biting wit of their robot companion. Not to mention the Lexx itself, most powerful ship in the Light or Dark Universe. Although often dismissed as hoky and low-budget (and it can be both), the Lexx series has strong characterizations, good solid writing with multiple story lines that always seem to come together seamlessly at the end (and that is NOT easy), and plenty of eye candy. I highly recommend it.