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Bookmark this pageSaturn 3 (1980)
Director: Stanley Donen
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From Time Out Film Guide
Some handy tips on how to enjoy Saturn 3 One, you can play 'Spot the Rip-off', a game requiring only a cursory knowledge of successful sci-fi/horror movies. Watch for the Star Wars special effects, the claustrophobic chase scenes from Alien, the rampant robots of Dark Star. Or you can while away the credibility gaps by guessing how much Kirk Douglas got paid for not cracking up over lines like 'I guess I'm near abort-time', or how much Martin Amis got paid for writing them. Alternatively, try to figure out whether Harvey Keitel's baddie talks in such a clipped monotone because he's a baddie, or because he's gritting his teeth. And if all else fails, you can ponder the absurd central premise: could any biped - let alone the film's Meccano-built robot - be driven blood-lust crazy for Farrah Fawcett's fanny? Just another miserable muddle from the Lew Grade empire; there's more fun to be had cleaning out your cat litter tray.Author: FL
User reviews of this film
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- Two Mules said...
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Posted on Aug 27 2008 23:22
"Mutch"? Does anyone from Time Out Online read customer reviews and, you know, edit them a bit so that it doesn't seem like their readership are all morons?
Saturn 3: nice production design, good exploitation premise, one memorably nasty death very early on. And that's it. Textbook example of how interesting ideas on the page die in the making. It would be nice to know M. Amis's thoughts on this little number, other than his observations on movie people in "Money".. - Report as inappropriate
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- baha said...
- Posted on Jul 25 2008 13:59 thank you very mutch
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Cast & crew
Director: Stanley Donen
Producer: Stanley Donen
Cast: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Douglas Lambert, Ed Bishop full cast
Genre(s): Science Fiction
Duration: 87 mins
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