Science Fiction & Fantasy
Alien Invaders and other Things From Byond
Men and Women in Space / Other Worlds
Animals and the Environment Gone Wild
Dystopias and other Future Worlds
Time Travel
Cyborgs, Androids, Evil Computers, and Sundry Robots
Clones and other Unnatural Bodies
Prehistoric / Prehuman / Evolution and De-evolution
It Came from the 1950s! (50s Science Fiction Films)
Super Heroes
Miscellaneous Science Fictions
Fantasy
- Alien Nation (1988)
- Directed by Graham Baker. Cast: James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, Kevyn Major Howard. Science fiction drama set in Los Angeles in the 1990's about a whole culture of aliens called "Newcomers" who land in the Mojave Desert and are allowed refuge by the U.S. government. In L.A. alone there are 300,000 Newcomers, and Detective James Sykes, a veteran police officer, is out to avenge the death of his partner who was killed by one of the extra-terrestrials. Sykes' new partner turns out to be the force's first Newcomer, and together they uncover a trail of murder leading to the worst drug epidemic ever to hit Planet Earth. 90 min. DVD 2943
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database - Andromeda Strain (1971)
- Directed by Robert Wise. A remote village in New Mexico is contaminated by an alien germ from a crashed satellite. Scientists fight the clock trying to analyze the lethal organism and discover the nature of the deadly microbe before it starts a world wide epidemic. 130 min. DVD 6422; vhs 999:1213Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Alterman, Peter S. "Neuron and Junction: Patterns of Thought in The Andromeda Strain." In: The Mechanical God: Machines in Science Fiction / edited by Thomas P. Dunn and Richard D. Erlich. pp: 109-115.: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1982. Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy; no. 1 (Main Stack PN3433.6.M4 1982; Moffitt PN3433.6.M4 1982)
Georgios, P. et al. "Infectious Diseases in Cinema: Virus Hunters and Killer Microbes." Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37:939-942
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No cure for the future : disease and medicine in science fiction and fantasy / edited by Gary Westfahl and George Slusser. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.
Contributions to the study of science fiction and fantasy; no. 102 (Main Stack PR830.S35.N6 2002)
- The Astounding She-Monster (1958)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Atomic Rulers of the World (Japan, 1964)
- Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka, Teruo Ishii, and others. Cast: Nakayama, Kan Hayashi, Minoru Takada, Utako Mitsuya.
A hero from the deepest reaches of space arrives on planet Earth to save mankind from atomic destruction in this feature film comprised of episodes of the popular Japanese sci-fi series Super Giant. As the citizens of the distant planet Emerald watch over Earth, they are shocked to discover that the rouge nation of Mirapolia has distributed atomic weapons all over the planet. Though the Mirapolians have vowed to destroy Earth if they cannot rule over it, the arrival of space savior Starman provides the frightened citizens of the endangered planet a ray of hope in what may be their darkest hour. In English ; dubbed from the original Japanese.
76 min. DVD 7732
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- Battlefield Earth: a Saga of the Year 3000 (2000)
- Directed by Roger Christian. Cast: John Travolta, Barry Pepper, Forest Whitaker, Kim Coates, Richard Tyson, Sabine Karsenti. Science fiction film set in the year 3000 when a race of Psychlos have conquered the Earth. Loaded with edge-of-your-seat action and extreme special efffects, the film forges new ground as a totally new style of science fiction filmmaking. Based on the novel "Battlefield Earth," by L. Ron Hubbard. 119 min. DVD 6070
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- The Blob (1958)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Brother From Another Planet (1987)
- Directed by John Sayles.
A sci-fantasy adventure about a black visitor from outer space. Fleeing earth to escape slavery on a distant world, he spashes down in New York harbor and makes his way to Harlem, where he's accepted by the regulars at a local bar, and persued by two alien bounty hunters. 109 min. DVD 1820; vhs 999:1470
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- Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Roy Neary witnesses the arrival of flying saucer from an alien world. Thus begins an incredible series of events, culminating in the ultimate encounter with other-worlders as Neary is led aboard the awesome Mothership. This special edition, first released in 1980, is an expanded version of the original 1977 movie which includes newly filmed scenes and previously cut material. 132 min. DVD 8801; vhs 999:1289
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- Contact (1997)
- Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Cast: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughy, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett. Astronomer Dr. Ellie Arroway discovers an encrypted message, apparently from a solar system many light-years away. She and her fellow scientists are able to decipher the message which contains detailed instructions for building a mysterious machine. Now Dr. Arroway must decide whether she should play it safe or risk her life to contact the aliens. 150 min. DVD 1472
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- The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
- Directed by Robert Wise. A visitor from outer space comes with the warning that unless war is abolished, Earth will be destroyed by the more advanced planets of the universe. 92 min. DVD 1595; vhs 999:873 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
"Gort, Klaatu barada nikto"
(.wav sound file) - Destroy all Planets (Gamera tai uchu kaijû Bairasu) (Japan, 1968)
- Directed by Noriaki Yuasa. Cast: Kojiro Hongo, Toru Takatsuka, Kurl Crane. Earth is invaded by evil aliens. The prehistoric monster, Gamara, stops the attack. Through mind control, the monster ravages the cities of Japan until it is freed to fight the final battle against the aliens. 91 min. DVD 7725 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Devil Girl From Mars (1954)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Eolomea (1972, East German)
- Directed by Herrmann Zschoche. Cast: Cox Habbema, Ivan Andonov, Sanajev Vsevolod, Rolf Hoppe, Wolfgang Greese. A mysterious message--'Eolomea'-- is received on Earth from a sector of space. Within three days, eight cargo ships disappear from the sector and an entire space station goes quiet. What is "Eolomea"-- and who on Earth knows about it? 80 min. DVD 6363 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Directed by Steven Spielberg. Cast: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Drew Barrymore, and Henry Thomas as Elliott.
A moving story of a lost little alien who befriends a 10-year-old boy named Elliott. While E.T. learns about life on Earth, Elliott learns that friendship knows no earthly bounds. 115 min. DVD 8967; vhs 999:1633 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Evil Brain from Outer Space(Japan, 1964)
- Directors: Koreyoshi Akasaka,
Teruo Ishii, and others. Cast: Ken Utsui, Sachihiro Ohsawa, Junko Ikeuchi, Minako Yamada, Shoji Nakayama, Kan Hayashi, Minoru Takada, Utako Mitsuya.
From a Japanese television series complete with corny costume, super strength, and the ability to fly from planet to planet, Starman clobbers the bad guys with a frenzied fighting style that looks like a cross between martial arts and a berserk ballet. "The most brilliant mind in the universe" tries to conquer the earth with an army of mutants, monsters, mad doctors, and a "super germ" that turns into a white-faced-witch-like woman with killer-claws. 78 min. DVD 7740
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- The Fifth Element (France, 1997)
- Director, Luc Besson. Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich. Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. 126 min. DVD 1339 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within (USA / Japan, 2001)
- Directors, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Moto Sakakibara. Voices: Ming-Na, Alec Baldwin, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Peri Gilpin, Donald Sutherland, James Woods, Keith David, Jean Simmons, Matt McKenzie. In this film Cast: computer animated and live action, the Earth is infested with alien spirits, and mankind faces total extinction in the year 2065 A.D. Led by a dream and guided by a mentor, a scientist struggles to collect eight good spirits to create a powerful source strong enough to destroy the alien presence, but is it pure enough to protect the planet. The Earth must be saved from its darkest hate and unleash the final spirit. Special features: (Disc 2): original interactive documentary: "The making of Final fantasy"; dig deeper and ink-out to information pods which spotlight: Final fantasy thriller music video, alternate opening sequence, Mini-movie: Aki's dream, trailer explorations; multiple workshop including: 7 in-depth character files; 3 vehicle scale comparisons, 2 face wraps, character morphs, compositing builds, matte art explorations, sets & props; Final fantasy shuffler; Interactive film explorations includes complete screenplay, virtual tour of Square Pictures. 106 min. DVD 4398
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- I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Independence Day (1996)
- Director, Roland Emmerich. Cast: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein. Massive spaceships appear in Earth's skies and wonder turns to terror as the ships blast destructive beams of fire down on cities all over the planet. The world's only hope lies with a determined band of survivors. 152 min. DVD 1012 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Invaders from Mars (1953)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Invasion (2007)
- Director, Oliver Hirschbiegel. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jeremy Northam, Jeffrey Wright, Jackson Bond.
Tells the story of a mysterious epidemic that alters the behavior of human beings. When a Washington D.C. psychiatrist discovers the epidemics origins are extraterrestrial, she must fight to protect her son, who may hold the key to stopping the escalating invasion. Special features: "We've been snatched before: invasion in Media History" documentary; featurette "The invasion: a new story"; featurette "The invasion: on the set"; featurette "The invasion: snatched." 99 min. DVD 9159
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- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
- Directed by Don Siegel. Cast: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Caolyn Jones, Ralph Dumke, Jean Willes.
Plant-like extraterrestrials have invaded Santa Mira, a small town in California, replicating the villagers in giant seed "pods" and taking possession of their souls while they sleep. In a terrifying race for his life, Dr. Bennell escapes to warn the world of the deadly invasion of the pod people. Based on the novel "The Body Snatchers" by Jack Finney. 80 min. DVD 466; VHS 999:150
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- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Directed by Philip Kaufman. Cast: Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright.
Filmy spores fall from space over San Francisco, and the city blossoms with beautiful new flora. People take the flowers home and as they sleep, the plants creep over them, devouring their bodies and stealing their identities--everything except their emotions, their uniqueness, their souls. Special DVD features: Disc 1: Commentary by director Philip Kaufman ; Disc 2: "Re-visitors from outer space or How I learned to stop worrying and love the pod" featurette; inside the pods: examining the Invasion: "Practical magic," "The man behind the scream" and "The invasion will be televised." 117 min. DVD 8104; vhs 999:2322 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Invisible Adversaries (Unsichtbare Gegner) (Austria, 1987)
- Directed by Valie Export. Anna, a Viennese photographer, discovers that extra-terrestrial beings are colonizing the minds of her fellow citizens by raising the human aggression level. The outer world immediately becomes disjointed, but the inner world, too, as Anna and her lover try to hang on to their deteriorating relationship. 112 min. 999:1567Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- It Came From Outer Space (1953)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Man Who Fell to Earth (UK, 1976)
- Directed by Nicolas Roeg. Cast: David Bowie, Rip Torn, Candy Clark, Buck Henry. An alien, on a mission to obtain water, becomes a head of a large corporation. Ultimately, he is overwhelmed by American capitalism and a relationship with a women. 139 min. DVD 4449 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Milne, T. "The man who fell to earth." Sight & Sound v. 45 no. 3 (Summer 1976) p. 145-7
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- Director, Tim Burton. Cast: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, Sylvia Sidney. Mean, green invaders from the angry red planet attempt to take over the Earth ... armed with insta-fry ray guns, endowed with slimy, humungous brains, and enlivened with state-of-the-art special effects. Thrill!... as Earth fights back with an unexpected weapon. 106 min. DVD 1013
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- MIB, Men in Black (1997)
- Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld. Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Linda Fiorentino, Vincent D'Onofrio, Rip Torn. New York City is being threatened by a villainous bug who has inhabited the body of a farmer. The mission assigned to the agents is to locate and exterminate the bug before it destroys the planet. At their disposal is an arsenal of weapons and the assistance of an alien arms dealer. 98 min. DVD 7361; 999:3055Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Kermode, Mark. "Men in Black." Sight and Sound 7.n8 (August 1997): 47(2).
Leach, Joan. "Here come the men in black: technology and anxiety in the postmodern age.(Special Issue: Fictions and Futures)('Men in Black' deconstructed)." Futures 30.10 (Dec 1998): 10
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- The Monolith Monster (1957)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Mysterians (Chikyû Bôeigun) (Japan, 1957)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Phantom from Space (1953)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Radar Men from the Moon (1952)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
- Directed by Kerry Conran. Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Angelina Jolie, Giovanni Ribisi, Michael Gambon, Bai Ling, Omid Djalili, Sir Laurence Olivier. Circa 1939 ace city reporter Polly Perkins has noted the sudden disappearances of many of the world's most famous scientists. After the city falls under attack of giant flying robots, she decides to team up with her ex-boyfriend, aviation officer Joe 'Sky Captain' Sullivan and flys around the world in search of the evil mastermind, Dr. Totenkopf, whose plan it is to create a new world by destroying the one of today. 106 min. DVD 6072 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Magid, Ron. "Building the Retro World of Tomorrow." Animation Magazine v. 18 no. 8 (August 2004) p. 18-20UC users only
Probst, Christopher. "A Retro Future." American Cinematographer v. 85 no. 10 (October 2004) p. 32-6, 38-43UC users only
Walters, B. "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow." Sight & Sound v. ns14 no. 11 (November 2004) p. 67-8UC users only
- Target Earth (1954)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- They Live (1988)
- Directed by John Carpenter. Cast: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George "Buck" Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques.
One man discovers that aliens are masquerading as humans while they lull the public into submission through subliminal advertising messages. Only specially made sunglasses make the deadly truth visible. 95 min. DVD 7518
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- Boulenger, Gilles. John Carpenter : the prince of darkness Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, 2003. (PFA PN1998.3.C375.B68 2003)
The Cinema of John Carpenter: the technique of terror Edited by Ian Conrich & David Woods. London : Wallflower, 2004 (Main Stack PN1998.3.C38.C56 2004)
Cumbow, Robert C. Order in the universe : the films of John Carpenter Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000. (MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 2000; MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 1990 [earlier edition])
- The Thing (The Thing From Another World) (1951)
- Directed by Christian Nyby. Cast: James Arness (as the Thing), Margaret Sheridan, Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Bill Self, Dewey Martin.
A team of scientists, investigating a magnetic disturbance near the North Pole, discovers a disc-shaped object and some sort of man-like creature frozen beneath the ice. Based on the story "Who goes there?" by John W. Campbell, Jr. 80 min. DVD 9158; vhs 999:774 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Crogan, Patrick. "Things Analog and Digital." Senses of Cinema
Katovich, Michael A. and Kinkade, Patrick T. "The Stories Told In Science Fiction And Social Science: Reading The Thing And Other Remakes From Two Eras." Sociological Quarterly 1993 34(4): 619-637.
White, Eric. "The Erotics of Becoming: Xenogenesis and The Thing." Science-Fiction Studies, vol. 20 no. 3 (61). 1993 Nov. pp: 394-408. UC users only
- The Thing (1982)
- Director, John Carpenter. Cast: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David, Richard Dysart, Charles Hallahan. Set in the winter of 1982 at a research station in Antarctica, a twelve man research team finds an alien being that has fallen from the sky and has remained buried in the snow for over 100,000 years. Unfrozen and unleashed, the THING creates havoc and terror as it changes forms and becomes one of them. Special features: Running commentary with Kurt Russell and director John Carpenter; John Carpenter's The Thing: Terror takes shape, an 80 min. original documentary; stop motion animation footage cut from the film; exclusive work-in-progress visual effects footage; behind-the-sceens location footage; original theatrical trailer; outtakes from the film; behind-the-scenes photographs; storyboards and conceptual art; annotated production archive.
109 min. DVD 896 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Boulenger, Gilles. John Carpenter : the prince of darkness Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, 2003. (PFA PN1998.3.C375.B68 2003)
The Cinema of John Carpenter: the technique of terror Edited by Ian Conrich & David Woods. London : Wallflower, 2004 (Main Stack PN1998.3.C38.C56 2004)
Crogan, Patrick. "Things Analog and Digital." Senses of Cinema
Katovich, Michael A. and Kinkade, Patrick T. "The Stories Told In Science Fiction And Social Science: Reading The Thing And Other Remakes From Two Eras." Sociological Quarterly 1993 34(4): 619-637.
Cumbow, Robert C. Order in the universe : the films of John Carpenter Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000. (MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 2000; MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 1990 [earlier edition])
White, Eric. "The Erotics of Becoming: Xenogenesis and The Thing." Science-Fiction Studies, vol. 20 no. 3 (61). 1993 Nov. pp: 394-408.UC users only
- This Island Earth (1955)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Twenty Million Miles to Earth (1957)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- War of the Worlds (The Orson Welles Collection) [Sound Recording]
- Originally aired on the radio program Mercury Theatre on the Air on the CBS System in 1938. Sound/D 94 (also on Sound/D 96, Sound/D 98 and Sound/C 1109)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Director, Steven Spielberg. Cast: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Justin Chatwin, Miranda Otto, Tim Robbins, Rick Gonzalez, Yul Vazquez. Ray Ferrier is a working class man living in New Jersey. He has become estranged from his family and his life isn't in order. His small town life is shaken violently by the arrival of destructive intruders: Aliens which have come up from the ground, en masse, to destroy Earth and all the humans living on it. As the aliens plow through the country in a wave of mass destruction and violence, Ray must put aside thoughts of himself and come to the defense of his children. As the world fends for itself, it's inhabitants must save humanity from a far greater force that threatens to destroy it. 117 min. DVD 4723 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseSpielberg bibliography
- War of the Worlds (1952)
- Director, Byron Haskin. Produced by George Pal. Cast: Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne. H.G. Wells' chilling story of the invasion of Earth by Martians. Mass evacuation begins in panic as nations unite in an effort to repel the aliens. Special DVD features: Commentary tracks by cast members, the director, and film historian Bob Burns and Bill Warren, author of Keep watching the skies!; The sky is falling (making of the film); The war of the worlds (Mercury Theatre on the Air radio broadcast). DVD 9185; vhs 999:514 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseH.G. Wells and the Movies
- Wild Blue Yonder (UK / USA / France / Germany, 2005)
- Director, Werner Herzog. Cast: Brad Dourif, Martin Lo, Roger Diehl, Ted Sweetser, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley.
A science-fiction fantasy film with a serious message from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog: As humans search for a new planet to colonize, aliens attempt to settle on the nearly uninhabitable earth. Herzog worked with NASA and musician/photographer Henry Kaiser to create incredible documentary images from outer space and beneath the Antarctic Ocean, and combined these with Brad Dourif's performance as an alien interviewing real-life respected scientists -- culminating in a personal plea to save our planet. 81 min. DVD 6918
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Men and Women in Space / Other Worlds
- Aelita: the Queen of Mars (Soviet Union, 1924)
- Directed by Yakov Protazanov. Los, an engineer living in Moscow, dreams of Aelita, the Queen of Mars, and builds a spaceship to take him to her. They fall in love, but Los soon finds himself embroiled in the planet's proletarian uprising. Based on a novella with the same title by A. Tolstoy. 98 min. DVD 84
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- Christensen, Peter G. "Aelita, Individual Psychology, and the Soviet State." In: Holding the vision : essays on film : proceedings of the First Annual Film Conference of Kent State University, April 21, 1983 (MAIN: PN1995 .F4577 1983; Storage Info: C 2 843 031)
Christensen, Peter G. "Women as Princesses or Comrades: Ambivalence in Yakov Protazanov's Aelita." New Zealand Slavonic Journal, pp. 107-22, 2000
Christie, Ian. "Down to Earth: Aelita Relocated." In: Inside the film factory : new approaches to Russian and Soviet cinema / edited by Richard Taylor and Ian Christie. London; New York, NY : Routledge, 1991. (Main Stack PN1993.5.R9.I57 1991; Moffitt PN1993.5.R9.I57 1991)
- Alien Quartet
- Alien (1979)
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto. Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left. 116 min. DVD 2180; vhs 999:410
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Aliens (1986)- Directed by James Cameron. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser. Ripley is recovering from her first encounter with the deadly alien. Her account of that event is received with skepticism, but transmissions from a colony later established on the Alien's planet abruptly cease. Burke, an up-and-coming company man, talks Ripley into going back with a squad of colonial Marines. Of course the Marines do not take her warnings seriously either, until they comeface-to-face with the awesome alien spawn. 154 min. DVD 2181; vhs 999:2114
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Alien 3 (1992)- Directed by David Fincher. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Lance Henriksen. Lt. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) crash lands on Fiorina 161, a desolate planet populated by interplanetary ex-cons. Ripley's fears that an Alien was aboard her craft are confirmed when the mutilated bodies start appearing. She soon discovers a horrifying fact about her link with the Alien, a realization that may compel Ripley to try destroying not only the creature, but herself as well. 115 min. DVD 2182; vhs 999:2115
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Alien Resurrection (1997)- Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Dan Hedaya, J.E. Freedman, Brad Dourif. Ellen Ripley died fighting the perfect predator. Two hundred years and eight horrific experiments later, she's back. A group of scientists has cloned her - along with the alien queen inside her - hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. 108 min. DVD 2183; vhs 999:2116
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Alien Quadrilogy: Supplemental Disc (c2003)- Presents supplemental features to the four films "Alien, Aliens, Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection plus an "Alien Evolution" documentary, and Ridley Scott interview. DVD 2184
- Directed by Ridley Scott. Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto. Terror begins when the crew of a spaceship investigates a transmission from a desolate planet and discover a life form that is perfectly evolved to annihilate mankind. Each crew member is slain until only Ripley is left. 116 min. DVD 2180; vhs 999:410
- The Angry Red Planet (1960)
- Directed by Ib Melchior. In this sci-fi thriller the four people who are the first humans from Earth to land on Mars find that they are not welcome as horrifying, gigantic creatures try to kill them, including an enormous breathing amoeba. 84 min. 999:2518
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- Assignment: Outer Space (aka Space Men) (Italy, 1960)
- Directed by Antonio Margheriti. Cast: Rik Von Nutter, Gaby Farinon, David Montresor, Archie Savage, Alain Dijon.
Astronauts on a secret mission to Mars discover that an unstoppable renegade space station is speeding toward a defenseless Earth on a deadly collision course. The scientists are faced with a horrific choice - watch helplessly as their planet is destroyed or risk their lives on a million-to-one chance to stop the impact. When every option seems exhaused, a heroic reporter makes a final attempt to save the Earth. A showcase for the groundbreaking special effects work of Caesar Peace. 79 min. DVD 7734
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- Barbarella (France / Italy, 1968)
- Directed by Roger Vadim. Cast: Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, Marcel Marceau, Claude Dauphin, David Hemmings. An erotic science fiction fantasy in which a female adventurer travels through space vanquishing evil in the forms of robots and monsters and rewarding the men who assist her. 98 min. DVD 8662; vhs 999:998 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Black Hole (1979)
- Directed by Gary Nelson. Cast: Maximillan Schell, Anthony Perkins, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms.
Scientists are on board an Earth discovery vessel on a fruitless search for life in space when they encounter a lost spaceship perched on the event horizon of the universe's most powerful phenomenon, a black hole. 98 min. DVD 7642 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Buck Rogers (1939)
- Directed by Ford I. Beebe. Featuring: Buster Crabbe, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran, Jack Mulhall, Anthony Warde, Guy Usher, C. Montague Shaw, Henry Brandon, Wheeler Oakman, Philson Ahn. In this action packed science fiction serial in 12 chapters, Buck Rogers and young Buddy Wade, preserved in a state of suspended animation for 500 years, are brought back to life by future Earth scientists. They awaken in the year 2500 A.D. to find planet Earth in a state of emergency being ruled by Killer Kane and his super gangsters. Buck and Buddy solicit the help of the planet Saturn to rid the universe of this sinister tyrant. Thus, the spectacular intergalactic battles begin. Contents: Tomorrow's world -- Tragedy on Saturn -- The enemy's stronghold -- The sky patrol -- The phantom plane -- The unknown command -- Primitive urge -- Revolt of the zuggs -- Bodies without minds -- Broken barriers -- A prince in bondage -- War of the planets. 108 min. (241 min. total) DVD 318
- Dark Star (1974)
- Directed by John Carpenter. Cast: Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon. Dark Star is a futuristic scoutship traveling far in advance of colony ships. Armed with Exponential Thermostellar bombs, it prowls the unstable planets. But there is one obstacle that its' crewmembers did not count on -- one of the ship's thinking and talking bombs is lodged in the bay, threatening to destroy the entire ship and crew. 83 min. DVD 2779 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Boulenger, Gilles. John Carpenter : the prince of darkness Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, 2003. (PFA PN1998.3.C375.B68 2003)
The Cinema of John Carpenter: the technique of terror Edited by Ian Conrich & David Woods. London : Wallflower, 2004 (Main Stack PN1998.3.C38.C56 2004)
Cumbow, Robert C. Order in the universe : the films of John Carpenter Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000. (MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 2000; MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 1990 [earlier edition])
- Cat-women of the Moon (1953)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Destination Moon (1950)
- Directed by Irving Pichel. Co-scripted by Robert A. Heinlein from his novel, Rocketship Gallileo. An American inventor gets private backing to build a rocket so that the United States can reach the moon before the Russians. 91 min. 999:123 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Doctor Who (TV Show)
- See TV videography
- Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century
- Animated short. Directed by Chuck Jones. Warner Brothers. Space hero Duck Dodgers, along with Eager Young Space Cadet Porky, travel to Planet X in search of Illudium Phosdex, the shaving cream atom. Unfortunately, Commander X-2 arrives in his "Martian Maggot" spaceship with his own designs on the place.
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- Dune (1984)
- Directed by David Lynch. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Jose Ferrer, Max Von Sydow, Linda Hunt, Sting. Paul Atreides, son of Duke Leto, struggles with native inhabitants of the dry planet Arrakis (Dune) to overthrow the terrible Baron Barkonnen and his family and control the special product of the planet, a mind-altering spice produced by giant sand worms. Based on the novel by Frank Herbert. 137 min. DVD 469 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
Movie Review Query Engine - Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage) (Czechoslovakia / France, 1973)
- Director, Rene Laloux. Written by Rene Laloux and Roland ToporVoices: Jean Topart, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin, Jean Valmont. In this animated sci-fi masterpiece tiny humanoid creatures called Oms living on distant planet live in fear of the Draags, blue-skinned, red-eyed creatures standing over 40 feet tall. When a Draag child casually kills a human mother with a flick of her finger, she makes amends by adopting the dead woman's child as a pet. However, the new pet quickly figures out the secret of Draag brainpower and escapes to share his knowledge with a band of humans. Together, the humans make plans to bring down the reign of the Draags.
Special features: "Les escargots:" a short by Rene Laloux; "Fantastic Laloux:" an interview with Rene Laloux; trailer; photo gallery; music video "Would I be the one" by Sean Lennon (inspired by Fantastic planet). Based on the novel "Oms en serie" by Stefan Wul. 72 min.
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- Fascisti su Marte (Fascists on Mars)(2006)
- Directed by Corrado Guzzanti
Igor Igor Skofic. Cast: Corrado Guzzanti, Marco Marzocca, Lillo Petrolo, Andrea Blarzino.
Imagines a 1939 expedition to Mars intent on turning the Red Planet to Fascist black. Led by Mussolini acolyte Barbagli, the group overcomes the Martian atmosphere and battles rocks they've determined are enemies. 100 min. DVD 9567
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- First Man into Space (1959)
- Directed by Robert Day. Cast: Marshall Thompson, Marla Landi, Robert Ayers, Bill Nagy, Carl Jaffe, Bill Edwards, Roger Delgado, John McLaren.
In this interstellar cautionary tale, brash U.S. Navy test pilot Dan Prescott, hungry for fame, rockets himself beyond Earth's atmosphere, only to become encrusted with cosmic dust and return a blood-drinking monster. 77 min. DVD 9116
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- First Men in the Moon (UK, 1964)
- Directed by Nathan Juran. Cast: Edward Judd, Martha Hyer, Lionel Jeffries. Visual effect, Ray Harryhausen. As a team of United Nations astronauts prepares for a moon mission, they are confused by a man who claims he, his fiancee and a scientist journeyed to the moon 65 years ago and were attacked by grotesque, human-like forms that live in immense crystal caverns. From H.G. Wells' "Account of Life on the Moon". Special DVD features: Photo gallery; This is dynamation; Harryhausen chronicles. 103 min. DVD 3297
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- Harryhausen, Ray. Ray Harryhausen : an animated life New York : Billboard Books, 2004. (MAIN: NC1766.U52 H374 2004)
Mandell, P. "Of genies and dragons: the career of Ray Harryhausen." American Cinematographer v. 73 (December 1992) p. 77-81
- Flash Gordon
- Based on the comic strip by Alex Raymond.
Fiery Planet(1934)
- Director, Frederick Stephani. Cast: Larry "Buster" Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Priscilla Lawson, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon. Flash Gordon battles Ming the Merciless and other terrible aliens. 999:1366
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe(1940)- Directed by Ford Beebe and Ray Taylor. Cast: Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Carol Hughes, Anne Gwynne, Charles Middleton. The earth is dying! A rocket over the planet is dropping a purple dust into the atmosphere, causing instant death! Flash Gordon and his companions head back to Mongo, the source of the plague. Upon landing, Flash discovers that none other than their arch enemy, Ming the Merciless, is the madman behind the carnage. He also learns of Polarite--the antidote which can only be found in Frigia. Flash and his companions head for Frigia pursued by Ming's soldiers. Contents: 1. The purple death -- 2. Freezing torture -- 3. Walking bombs -- 4. The destroying ray -- 5. The palace of terror -- 6. Flaming death -- 7. The land of the dead -- 8. The fiery abyss -- 9. The pool of peril -- 10. The death mist -- 11. Stark treachery -- 12. Doom of the dictator. 234 min. DVD 6957
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon's Trip to Mars(1938)- Directed by Ford Beebe and Robert Hill. Cast: Larry (Buster) Crabbe, Jean Rogers, Charles Middleton, Frank Shannon, Beatrice Roberts. To save the earth from destruction by a giant ray lamp, Flash Gordon and friends travel to Mars, where they battle and eventually overcome their mortal enemy, Ming the Merciless. This early science fiction film features flying Martians, spaceship battalions, clay people who ooze from cave walls, a light bridge, and other special effects. 299 min. DVD 6958
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon: Space Soldiers(1938)- Directed by Frederick Stephani and Ray Taylor Cast: Frank Shannon, "Buster" Crabbe, Charles Middleton, Jean Rogers, Priscilla Lawson. A mysterious planet comes hurtling through space and threatens to destroy the Earth. Flash Gordon blasts off to the planet Mongo with Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden, where he battles Ming the Merciless, Hawkmen, Lionmen, sacred Gockos, orangaphoids, melting rays, sky cities, rocket fleets, atom furnaces, and tournaments of death in order to rescue the world from impending doom. Contents: The planet of Peril -- The tunnel of terror -- Captured by Shark Men -- Battling the sea beast -- The destroying ray -- Flaming torture -- Shattering doom -- Tournament of death -- Fighting the fire dragon -- The unseen peril -- In the claws of the tigron -- Trapped in the turret -- Rocketing to Earth. In 1951, Flash Gordon reverted to King Features which produced a short-lived TV series (1953-1954). King Features renamed the 1936 motion picture from "Flash Gordon" to "Space soldiers" to avoid confusion. 245 min. DVD 6959
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie DatabaseFlash Gordon (TV, 1953-1965)- Based on Alex Raymond's legendary sci-fi comic strip hero, these vintage television episodes present the journeys of space hero Flash Gordon (Steve Holland). Along with Dale Arden (Irene Champlin) and the brilliant Dr. Zharkov (Joe Nash), Flash struggles to keep the cosmos safe. 3 episodes, 30 min. each. DVD 2860
Flash Gordon (TV, 1954)- Cast: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin, Joe Nash. Vintage television episodes from the science fiction serial of the adventures of space hero Flash Gordon who battles an ongoing quest to keep the cosmos safe. 90 min. DVD 7741
- Barshay, R. "Ethnic stereotypes in Flash Gordon." Journal of Popular Film and Television Vol III nr 1 (Winter 1974); p 15-30
Kinnard, Roy. "The Flash Gordon serials." Films in Review Vol XXXIX nr 4 (Apr 1988); p 194-203
Tracey, Grant. "Flash Gordon." Images, 4
Turner, George. "Making the Flash Gordon serials." American Cinematographer Vol LXIV nr 6 (June 1983); p 56-62,117-122
- Flash Gordon (1980)
- Director, Mike Hodges. Cast: Sam J. Jones, Melody Anderson, Ornella Muti, Max Von Sydow, Topol, Timothy Dalton. An outer space fantasy adventure based on the comic strip Flash Gordon. When energy waves pull the moon out of orbit, threatening destruction of Earth, Dr. Zarkov, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden go to the planet Mongo, the source of these energy waves. Ruling over Mongo is Ming the Merciless, who must be destroyed. 111 min. 999:3094 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Forbidden Planet (1956)
- Directed by Fred Wilcox. Cast: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson, Earl Holliman.
After traveling to another planet in the year 2257 in search of survivors of an earlier expedition, a group of scientific explorers encounter one of the missing scientists and his daughter, and are terrorized by an unknown menace that threatens to destroy everybody. Special features on DVD 8617 only: Deleted scenes and lost footage; 2 follow-up vehicles starring Robby the Robot: feature film "The invisible boy" ; "The thin man" TV series episode Robot client; 3 documentaries: TCM original "Watch the skies!: science fiction, the 1950's and US" ; The all-new amazing! "Exploring the far reaches of Forbidden planet" ; "Robby the Robot: engineering a sci-fi icon" ; excerpts from "The MGM parade" TV series; science-fiction movie trailer gallery.
99 min.DVD 8617 (digitally transferred and restored); DVD 502; VHS 999:79 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Electronic effects from Forbidden Planet (.wav sound file) All sounds © 1956 MGM/-UA
- Gattaca (1997)
- Directed by Andrew Niccol. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean. Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel. 107 min. DVD 6079; vhs 999:2036 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- G.O.R.A.: A Space Movie (Turkey, 2004)
- Directed by Omer Faruk Sorak. The life of a Turkish bloke selling carpets to tourists in an Anatolian town takes an unexpected turn when aliens abduct him and take him to their own planet. While his primary goal is to escape from the planet and come back home, he finds himself waging a war against the alien human-hating commander who is struggling to take control of the planet. Non-US format DVD (PAL). 123 min. DVD 4201 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- In the Dust of the Stars (Im Staub der Sterne) (East Germany, 1976)
- Directed by Gottfried Kolditz. Cast: Jana Brejchova, Alfred Struwe, Ekkehard Schall, Milan Beli, Sylvia Popovici, Violeta Andrei. The spaceship Cyrno and her crew travel six years to respond to an urgent message for help, but when they arrive at planet TEM 4, the "Temers" deny having sent the message. 95 min. DVD 6364 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Martian Chronicles (TV, 1980)
- Director, Michael Anderson. Cast: Rock Hudson, Gayle Hunnicutt, Roddy McDowall, Darren McGavin, Bernadette Peters. In this television mini-series based on the novel by Ray Bradbury, Earth is on the verge of extinction. To survive, mankind must find another place to live. And when three expeditions to Mars, headed by Col. John Wilder find suitable conditions for relocation, humans pour in by the shipload, bringing the old evils of Earth with them! As Wilder begins to heed the lessons of the dying Martian civilization, can he save humanity from repeating its doom? Based on the novel by Ray Bradbury. 293 min. DVD 6123
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- Outland (1981)
- Directed by Peter Hyams. Cast: Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, James B. Sikking, Kika Markham.
A future cop probes some mysterious deaths among the workers in a mining colony on one of Jupiter's innermost moons. 110 min. DVD 7643 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Queen of Outer Space (1958)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger Menace from Outer Space (TV, 1956)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Screamers (Canada / USA / Japan, 1996)
- Director, Christian Duguay. Cast: Peter Weller, Roy Dupuis, Jennifer Rubin, Andy Lauer. The rebel Alliance on the planet Sirius 6B fighting against the vicious New Economic Block has developed state-of-the-art weaponry known as Screamers and programmed them to eliminate all enemy life forms. The problem is, somehow the Screamers are mutating--self-replicating into human form, and slaughtering every beating heart on the planet. 108 min. DVD 6104 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Silent Running (1971)
- Directed by Douglas Trumbull. Cast: Bruce Dern, Cliff Potts, Ron Rifkin, Jesse Vint. A botanist has spent three years aboard the space freighter "Valley Forge" preserving the only botanical specimens left from Earth under huge geodesic domes. When he receives orders to destroy the project and return home, he rebels and hijacks the space craft, killing his fellow crewman and injuring himself. He plunges the ship into the gaseous Rings of Saturn, where he embarks on the loneliest adventure of all with only two drone robots to keep him company. Film is notable for its special effects.
90 min. DVD 376 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Silent Star (Der schweigende Stern) (East Germany / Poland, 1960)
- Directe by Kurt Maetzig. Cast: Yoko Tani, Oldrich Lukes, Ignacy Machowski, Julius Ongewe, Michal N. Postnikow, Kurt Rackelmann, Gunther Simon, Tang Hua-ta, Lucina Winnicka. When an unusual rock with a cylinder inside is found in the Gobi Desert, scientists determine its origin as the planet Venus. A crew of astronauts is sent there to learn more. Meanwhile experts attempt to decode the message that was encoded on the spool within and determine why Venus is utterly silent. Based on the novel "Astronauci" (The Astronauts) by Stanislaw Lem; adapted to film by J. Fethke, W. Kohlhaase, G. Reisch, G. Rucker, and A. Stenbock-Fermor. Special features: Historical essay "Socialists in outer space," by Stefan Soldovieri; biographies of director, set designer and special effects artist; newsreels about the film; East Germany sci-fi trailers; gallery of set design. 95 min. DVD 6362 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Solaris (Solyaris) (Soviet Union, 1972)
- Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Ground control has been receiving strange transmissions from the three remaining residents of the Solaris space station. When cosmonaut and psychologist Kris Kelvin is sent to investigate, he experiences the strange phenomena that afflict the Solaris crew, sending him on a voyage into the darkest recesses of his own consciousness. On the water planet Solaris human space explorers encounter a unique and radical intelligence. Contact between man and this entity stretches the limits of reason and insanity, knowledge and comprehension. 67 min. DVD 6406; vhs 999:850 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Solaris (2003)
- Directed by Steven Soderbergh. Cast: George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis, Ulrich Tukur. On a space station orbiting the mysterious planet Solaris, terrified crew members are experiencing a host of strange phenomena, including eerie known visitors who seem all too human. 99 min. DVD 5773
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- Star Trek (TV show)
- Star Trek, The Motion Picture (1980)
- Directed by Robert Wise. Cast:William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Deforest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Majel Barrett, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Persis Khambatta, Stephen Collins. When an unidentified alien destroys three powerful Klingon cruisers, Captain James T. Kirk and his crew return to the newly-transformed U.S.S. Enterprise to stop the alien intruder on its flight toward Earth. 143 min. 999:2362 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
- Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Cast:William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Merritt Butrick, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley, Ricardo Montalban. In the 23rd century, the Federation Starship U.S.S. Enterprise is on routine training maneuvers, but Admiral James T. Kirk seems resigned that this inspection may be the last mission of his career. But Khan, the brilliant renegade of 20th century Earth, is back with his exiled band of genetic supermen and setting a deadly trap for his old enemy Kirk... with the threat of a universal Armageddon! 113 min. 999:2364 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984)
- Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Merritt Butrick, Nichelle Nichols, Christopher Lloyd. Spock is dead and McCoy is being driven insane. Spock's father reveals that McCoy is harboring Spock's living essence. Kirk therefore decides to steal the Enterprise and defy Starfleet's Genesis planet quarantine. However, the Klingons have also learned of Genesis and race to meet Kirk in a deadly rendezvous. 105 min. 999:2365 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
- Directed by Leonard Nimoy. Cast:William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks. A mysterious alien power is threatening Earth in the 23rd century by evaporating oceans and destroying the atmosphere. Kirk and his crew must time travel back to 1986 San Francisco where they encounter the alien life of punk, pizza, and exact-change busses while trying to capture two almost-extinct humpback whales to take back with them. 119 min. 999:2366
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- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989)
- Directed by William Shatner. Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, David Warner, Laurence Luckinbill. Vacationing Captain Kirk faces two challenges: climbing Yosemite's El Capitan and teaching campfire songs to Spock. But vacations are cut short when a renegade Vulcan hijacks the Enterprise, and pilots it on a journey to uncover the universe's innermost secrets. 107 min. 999:2367 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
- Directed by Nicholas Meyer. Cast:William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Kim Cattrall, David Warner, Christopher Plummer. After years of conflict, the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon Empire embark on a new policy of detente, but when a Klingon ship is attacked and the U.S.S. Enterprise is blamed, the galaxy finds itself on the brink of a final, deadly war. 113 min. 999:2368 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Star Wars Double Trilogy
- Star Wars, Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
- Directed by George Lucas. As imminent conflict brews between the powerful Trade Federation and the peaceful planet of Naboo, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi travel to Naboo to warn the Queen of the galactic fallout which is to follow. Eventually, Naboo is invaded forcing the Jedis to evacuate the planet with the Queen and her court. They travel to the desert planet of Tatooine where they meet a slave boy called Anakin Skywalker who is evidently one with the Force. They enlist his help in fighting the war, while the Jedis confront one of the Dark Jedis behind the invasion, Darth Maul, while his master Darth Sidious continues to lead the invasion as a "phantom" behind the scenes. 133 min. DVD 3947; vhs 999:2457
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)- Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz. Ten years after the events of Phantom menace, Senator Padme Amidala survives an assassination attempt. The Jedi Council send Obi-Wan Kenobi and Annikin Skywalker to protect her. After tracking the assassin, Obi-Wan is sent to Kamino to continue investigating while Annikin is sent with Amidala to Naboo, where they begin to fall in love. Obi-Wan's investigation leads to a connection between the assassination attempt and a separatist movement, which could bring the Republic to the brink of civil war. 143 min. DVD 3948
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ian McDiarmid, Samuel L. Jackson, Christopher Lee, Anthony Daniels, Kenny Baker, Frank Oz. Torn between loyalty to his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the seductive powers of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker ultimately turns his back on the Jedi. This begins his complete journey to the dark side and his transformation into Darth Vader. Special features: Feature-length audio commentary; exclusive deleted scenes with introductions; "The chosen one" featurette; It's all for real: the stunts of Episode III; web documentaries; "Star wars" Battlefront II trailer and Xbox game demo; "Star wars empire at war" trailer; "A hero falls" music video; poster and print campaign; trailers and TV spots; never-before-seen production photo gallery. 140 min. DVD 4687
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode IV: A New Hope (1977) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Billy Dee Williams, Alec Guinness, Peter Cushing. The first of the initial science/fiction, space/adventure trilogy of the Star Wars films. Set in the future, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial army led by Darth Vader. 124 min.DVD 2993; vhs 999:731:1
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Directed by George Lucas. Cast: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Billy Dee Williams, Anthony Daniels, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, Peter Mayhew, Frank Oz. The second of the initial science/fiction, space/adventure trilogy of the Star Wars films. Set in the future, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial army led by Darth Vader. 128 min. DVD 2994; vhs 999:731:2
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database Star Wars, Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) - Directed by George Lucas. The third of the initial science/fiction, space/adventure trilogy of the Star Wars films. Set in the future, they relate the adventures of Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and Han Solo as they battle the forces of the evil Imperial army led by Darth Vader. 134 min. DVD 2995; vhs 999:731:3
Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database- Sammons, Todd H. "Return of the Jedi: Epic Graffiti." Science-Fiction Studies, vol. 14 (3) no. 43. 1987 Nov. pp: 355-371.
Star Wars Trilogy (Episodes IV-VI): Bonus Materials (2004)- Go behind the scenes, and experience the journey from the earliest versions of the script to the blockbuster debut of the films that changed the face of cinema. Explore the creation of the Star Wars films, the development of the classic characters, and the birth of the lightsaber, through documentaries, featurettes, interviews, rare footage, theatrical trailers, stills collections and poster art. Contents include the documentary "Empire of Dreams: the Story of the Star Wars trilogy", and 3 featurettes: "Characters of Star Wars," "Birth of the Light Saber," "The Force is With Them: the Legacy of Star Wars." Also included are Trailers and TV spots, a video game and still galleries, and the Episode III preview for "The Return of Darth Vader". 236 min. DVD 2996
[Star Wars] A Galaxy Far, Far Away - Star Wars movies have sold more tickets and made more money than any other films in history. This documentary goes deep into what drives this phenomenon through interviews with fans, movie executives, producers and other celebrities to shed new light on the film trilogy that has captivated generations of moviegoers, offering new insight into why these fast-paced science fiction films struck such a powerful chord that crossed race, gender and age lines. 2000. 62 min. Video/C 8491
- Total Recall (1990)
- Director, Paul Verhoeven. Cast: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox. A worker leaves Earth for the mind-bending nightmarish reality of a Martian mining colony filled with rebellious mutants, an alluring and mysterious woman and ruled over by a dictator who can alter reality to suit his whims. 113 min. DVD 870; VHS 999:3066 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Voyage to the Moon (1902)
- Directed by George Meliès. DVD 277; also on tape 999:1006 and 999:603 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- 2001: A Space Odyssey (UK / USA, 1968)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick. A journey to Jupiter by two austronauts and a computer named HAL becomes a vehicle for a metaphorical journey in which mankind moves from the pre-historic birth of intelligence toward the emergence of man as pure thought somewhere in the future.
- 139 min. DVD 92 VHS 999:187
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- A Primer for 2001: A Space Odyssey.
- Narrator: Keir Dullea. Produced in 1971 for broadcast on the television program Camera Three. A critique and critical commentary on the science fiction film 2001: a Space Odyssey, which spans four million years of human development. 28 min. Video/C 4653
- 139 min. DVD 92 VHS 999:187
- Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)
- Director,Curtis Harrington. Cast: Basil Rathbone, Faith Domergue, Marc Shannon, Christopher Brand, John Bix, Lewis Keane, Robert Chantal, Kurt Boden.
In 2020 scientists land on Venus and find it populated with such alien creatures as tentacled carnivorous plants, lizard men, and dinosaurs. Special effects and action sequences acquired from the Soviet science fiction film Planeta Burg. 77 min. DVD 7727 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Wild Blue Yonder (UK / USA / France / Germany, 2005)
- Directed by Werner Herzog. Cast: Brad Dourif, Martin Lo, Roger Diehl, Ted Sweetser, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley.
A science-fiction fantasy film with a serious message from legendary filmmaker Werner Herzog: As humans search for a new planet to colonize, aliens attempt to settle on the nearly uninhabitable earth. Herzog worked with NASA and musician/photographer Henry Kaiser to create incredible documentary images from outer space and beneath the Antarctic Ocean, and combined these with Brad Dourif's performance as an alien interviewing real-life respected scientists -- culminating in a personal plea to save our planet. 81 min. DVD 6918
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- Woman in the Moon (Frau im Mond) (Germany, 1929)
- Directed by Fritz Lang. Science fiction describing journey by rocket ship to the moon. In many respects technically accurate. 146 min. DVD 3171; vhs 999:681
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Animals and the Environment Gone Wild
- The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Deadly Mantis (1957)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Fly (1958)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Return of the Fly (1959)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Fly (1986)
- Directed by David Cronenberg. Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Geena Davis. Seth Brundle develops a system to transport objects in a matter of seconds, but when he tries it on himself, Seth's genes and molecules are accidentally fused with those of a fly. Seth's excitement over his new physical abilities turns into a nightmare as his insect half begins to take over. 96 min. DVD 4013; vhs 999:2011
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- Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth (Japan, 1992, dubbed in English)
- Director, Takao Okawara. In this sci-fi thriller eathquakes unearth a gigantic orb, which turns out to be the egg of Mothra. When explorers try to bring the egg back to the mainland, Godzilla attacks the party, causing the egg to hatch and forcing the newborn larvae to fend off the reptile. The larvae holds its own until Bothra and Battra arrive to battle Godzilla. 102 min. 999:3088 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Godzilla King of the Monsters (Gojira) (1954, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Morse & Honda. (Starring: Raymond Burr.) A radioactive monster, Godzilla, attacks Tokyo and terrifies the world. 79 min. DVD 6378; vhs 999:809 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidora (Japan, 1991, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Kazuki Omori. A UFO is sighted over present day Tokyo; in reality, it is a time travel device carrying representatives from the 23rd century with an urgent message about the future of Japan: there is no future. Godzilla is about to destroy the whole nation. To stop the birth of Godzilla, the travellers return to the past, where they are confronted by an even greater threat, King Ghidra, a horrific three-headed reptile with breath of fire. 103 min. 999:3089 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Godzilla vs. Mothra (Japan, 1964, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Akira Takarada, Hiroshi Koizumi, Yuriko Hoshi, Yoshibumi Tajima, Kenji Sahara, Emi & Yumi Ito, Yu Fujiki, Jun Tazaki, Kenzo Tadake, Susumu Fujita, Yoshio Kosuge, Yutaka Sada. A giant egg washes ashore in Japan and becomes an instant tourist attraction. The only problem is, it belongs to a giant butterfly-like creature from Monster Island named Mothra - and she wants it back! 87 min. DVD 6379 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Godzilla's Revenge (Japan, 1969, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Tomonori Yazaki, Kenji Sahara, Eisei Amamoto, Sachio Sakai, Kazuo Suzuki. Little boy Ichiro is tired of being beat up by the local bully and imagines what Godzilla's son Minilla would do in the same situation, so he imagines traveling to Monster Island where he's befriended by Minilla in person! 70 min. DVD 6381 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- [Godzilla] Terror of Mechagodzilla (Mekagojira no gyakushu) (Japan, 1975, dubbed in English)
- Directed by Ishiro Honda. Cast: Akihiko Hirata, Tomoko Ai, Katsuhiko Sasaki, Katsumasa Uchida, Goro Mutsumi. Aliens from a dying galaxy construct a robot, Mechagodzilla, armed with lasers and guided missles to conquer Earth. Godzilla's strength is no match for Titanosaurus and Mechagodzilla until Interpol agents discover a weakness that gives Godzilla a chance to save the world. 78 min. DVD 6380
- It Came From Beneath the Sea (1955)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Rodan (Sora no daikaiju Radon) (1956)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
- Them! (1954)
- See 1950s Science Fiction
Dystopias, Post-Apocalyptic Societies, and other Future Worlds
- AeonFlux (2005)
- Directed by Karyn Kusama. Cast: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Pete Postlethwaite, Amelia Warner, Caroline Chikezie, Paterson Joseph, Frances McDormand.
400 years in the future, after a virus kills off 99% of the world population, only one city on Earth remains. Ruled by the Goodchild dynasty, it is a perfect society of peace and prosperity - except that its citizens keep mysteriously disappearing. A secret agent/assassin/warrior has been given the mission to bring down the regime. But as she goes deeper into her mission, Aeon uncovers some shocking secrets that put the mission, not to mention her life, in danger. 92 min. DVD 7521
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- Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville) (1965)
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. A story which unfolds in a utopian world of the future. Alphaville is governed by a totalitarian system in which the individual counts for almost nothing, and an alienated society has no use for art, poetry, love, or even thought. People are reduced essentially to the level of robots. 98 min.DVD 86; VHS 999:73
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- Battle Royale (Batoru rowaiaru) (Japan, 2000)
- Directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando.
Sometime in the near future, near anarchy has broken out in Japan. The government responds by passing the Battle Royale Act, a piece of legislation mandating that a group of young people - and only young people - are forcibly marooned together on an island, and forced to kill each other until one survivor is left. If more than one is still alive after three days, every survivor will be killed. The film follows a class of 14-year-olds who believe they're on a school trip, when they are drugged. They wake up, in a derelict building on a deserted island; they're each given enough provisions for three days, a weapon, and the ultimatum. Based on a novel by Takami Koshun.
Special features: TV spots, The making of Battle Royale, Battle Royale press conference, instructional video: birthday version, audition and rehearsal footage, special effects comparison featurette, Tokyo International Film Festival 2000, Battle Royale documentary, basketball scene rehearsals, behind-the-scenes featurette, filming on-set, original theatrical Trailer, director's Statement, filmographies. 122 min.DVD 86; VHS 999:73
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- Born in Flames (1983)
- Directed by Lizzie Borden. Cast: Honey, Adele Bertei, Jeanne Satterfield, Flo Kennedy, Ron Vawter, Eric Bogosian. A futuristic fable of feminist turmoil still brewing ten years after the Second American Revolution. When Adelaide Norris, the black radical founder of the Woman's Army, is mysteriously killed, a diverse coalition of women - across all lines of race, class, and sexual preference - emerges to blow the System apart. With their fury growing and all peaceful options exhausted, women overcome divisions of race, class, and sexual orientation to form a guerilla movement to take over control of the media. 80 min. DVD 6007; vhs 999:1837
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- Friedberg, Anne. "An Interview with Filmmaker Lizzie Borden." Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 37-45, Winter 1984.
Lane, Christina. Feminist Hollywood : from Born in flames to Point break. Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2000. (MAIN: PN1998.2 .L35 2000)
Lucia, Cynthia. "Redefining Female Sexuality in the Cinema: An Interview with Lizzie Borden." Cineaste: America's Leading Magazine on the Art and Politics of the Cinema, vol. 19, no. 2-3, pp. 6-10, 1992.
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- A Boy and His Dog (1974)
- Directed by L. Q. Jones. Cast:Don Johnson, Tim McIntire (dog voice), Susanne Benton, Alvy Moore, Jason Robards. This science fiction film follows the exploits of a young man and his telepathic dog as they struggle to survive in a post atomic universe following World War IV when the survivors must battle for food and shelter in a desert-like wasteland. Based on the novella by Harlan Ellison. 90 min. DVD 463Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Hall, Peter-C.; Erlich, Richard D. "Beyond Topeka and Thunderdome: Variations on the Comic-Romance Pattern in Recent Science-Fiction Film." Science-Fiction-Studies, 1987 Nov., 14 (3):43, 316-325.
- Brazil (UK, 1985)
- Directed by Terry Gilliam. In this surrealistic nightmare vision of a "perfect" future where technology reigns supreme, a daydreaming bureaucrat who is involved with an underground superhero and a beautiful mysterious woman becomes the tragic victim of his own romantic illusions.
- 142 min. DVD 101; DVD 1072 (the final cut, with audio commentary by Terry Gilliam).
- 131 min. VHS 999:1435
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- Brazil: The Production Notebook
- Two documentary films on the making of Brazil plus a production notebook of special features: Screenwriters illuminate the script's development through three drafts and three treatments; the production designer displays his designs for the films unique sets; the costume designer discusses the couture of fantasy and fascism; includes storyboards for original dream sequences many of which didn't make it into the film; the composer unveils the sources of his score; includes special effects study with raw footage of unfinished effects; theatrical trailer, and publicity and production stills. Contents: What is Brazil? - Rob Hedden (1985, 30 min.) -- The Battle of Brazil: a Video History - Jack Mathews (1995, 56 min.) 86 min. DVD 102
- Brazil: The "Love Conquers All" Version
- This 94 minute version of Brazil, rearranged in the hope of making the film commercial, stands as a fascinating document to the power of editing to change a picture. Everything is different in this version, the only Brazil not cut by the director, Terry Gilliam. Sometimes known as the syndicated television version or the Sheinberg Edit (from Universal's then boss Sid Sheinberg), it includes all the cuts and changes Gilliam refused to make, from the alternate opening to the infamous happy ending. 94 min. DVD 103
- Clockwork Orange (UK, 1971)
- Directed by Stanley Kubrick. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Warren Clarke. Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future world of decaying cities, murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. 137 min. DVD 574; VHS 999:715
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- Children of Men (2006)
- Directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Cast: Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Charlie Hunnam. London, 2027. Humanity has become infertile and no child has been born for 18 years. Science is at loss to explain the reason. Immigration is a crime and refugees are caged like animals. African and East European societies have collapsed and their dwindling populations are migrating toward England and other wealthy nations. Torn apart by nuclear fallout, rampant terrorism and political rebellion. In this climate of nationalistic violence, a London peace activist turned bureaucrat Theo Faron, joins forces with Julian, his revolutionary ex-wife, in order to save mankind by protecting a woman who has mysteriously became pregnant. These three set out on a desperate struggle to deliver the world's only pregnant woman to the Human Project with hope that they can discover the cure for global infertility. As they carefully navigate between the battling forces of military police and a pro-immigration insurgency this small group must endure a death-defying ordeal of urban warfare. Special features: 'The possibility of hope' : Alfonso Cuaron's documentary on how the revolutionary themes in 'Children of men' relate to our modern-day society ; 'Under attack' : discover how the filmmakers created the film's most dangerous scenes ; 'Children of men' comments by Slavoj Zizek ; Deleted scenes; 'Theo & Julian' : get the inside story from Clive Owen and Julianne Moore ; Futuristic design : from concept to creation, see how director Alfonso Cuaron's dynamic vision of the future was brought to life. 110 min. DVD 8189
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- Code 46 (UK, 2003)
- Directed by Michael Winterbottom. Cast: Tim Robbins, Samantha Morton, Jeanne Balibar, Essie Davis, Nabil Elouahabi, David Fehm, Shelley King, Natalie Mendoza.
In the near future, privileged classes live and work "Inside" cities, while non-citizens scratch out a miserable existence "Outside" in a vast desert. People cannot leave their designated zones without special visas known as "papelles." When fraudulent papelles surface, Seattle fraud investigator William Geld travels to Shanghai to ferret out the culprit and meets Maria Gonzalez ... a woman with whom he has a passionate affair which breaks one of society's harshest laws: Code 46. 93 min. DVD 7605 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
- Directed by Roland Emmerich. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders, Sela Ward, Austin Nichols, Arjay Smith, Tamlyn Tomita.
When global warming triggers the onset of a new Ice Age, tornadoes flatten Los Angeles, a tidal wave engulfs New York City and the entire Northern Hemisphere begins to freeze solid. Now, climatologist Jack Hall, his son Sam, and a small band of survivors must ride out the growing superstorm and stay alive in the face of an enemy more powerful and relentless than anything anyone has ever encountered: Mother Nature. 123 min. DVD 7478 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
- Directed by Val Guest. Cast: Janet Munro, Leo McKern, Edward Judd. When the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously set off nuclear explosions, the London Daily Express begins to report on bizarre weather changes around the world. But when the reporters dig deeper, they discover that the blasts have knocked Earth off its axis and sent it hurtling towards the sun. Now, as scorching heat and devastating floods plague the planet, cites explode in chaos and mankind is left with one last hope: a final massive detonation that will either re-balance Earth's orbit or destroy our world forever. 90 min. DVD 933 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Demolition Man (1993)
- Directed by Marco Brambilla. Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne. The year is 2032 and archcriminal Simon Phoenix has emerged from a 35-year deep freeze in CryoPrison to find a serene, violence-free Southern California ready for the taking. Ill-equipped to deal with Phoenix's psychopathic 1990s style, city officials decide they need Spartan, an old-fashioned cop to fight old-fashioned crime. 115 min. DVD 6101Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Atkinson, M. "Demolition man." Sight & Sound v. ns3 (December 1993) p. 44-5
- District B13 (Banlieue 13) (France, 2004)
- Directed by Pierre Morel. Cast: David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, Tony D'Amario, Larbi Naceri, Dany Verissimo, Francois Chattot, Nicolas Woirion, Patrick Olivier, Samir Guesmi, Gadner Jerome, Tarik Boucekhine. "In the near future, the worst ghettos of Paris, France are literally walled off and among the worst is District B13. Controlled by the ruthless crime lord, Taha, a young righteous punk named Le?to is determined to bring him down. When the boss retaliates by kidnapping his sister, Lola, a rescue attempt by Le?to is destroyed by betrayal that gets him arrested and Lola kept in the clutches in Taha. Six months later, a crackerjack undercover cop named Damien is given a urgent mission: a neutron bomb has been stolen by Taha in District B13 which has an automatic timer function engaged and set to detonate in less than 24 hours. Now with time running out, Damien and Le?to must work together to find and stop the bomb, but there is far more to this crisis than any of the field players realize." [Internet Movie Database] 85 min. DVD 7651 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- DOA Final (Japan, 2002)
- Director: Takashi Miike. Cast: Show Aikawa, Riki Takeuchi, Richard Chen, Maria Chin.
In Yokohama, AD 2346, a multiethnic melting pot is ruled by cruel Dictator Woo. Woo and his agenda are resisted by underworld rebels and enforced by super-cops.
DVD. 88 min. DVD 8356
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- The End of August at the Hotel Ozone (Konec srpna v Hotelu Ozon) (Czechoslovakia, 1967)
- Directed by Jan Schmidt. Cast: Beta Ponicanova, Magda Seidlerova, Vanda Kalnova, Alena Lippertova, Ondrej Jariabek.
Director Jan Schmidt paints a chilling, bleak picture of the future. Nuclear war has destroyed almost all of civilization. A group of women has gone to primal barbarity to survive. They go in search of men to help them have children. 67 min. DVD 7676 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Equilibrium (2002)
- Directed by Kurt Wimmer. Cast: Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Angus MacFadyen, Sean Bean, Sean Pertwee, Matthew Harbour, William Fichtner. In the future, after a Third World War has decimated much of the Earth's population, a new nation arose. Believing human emotions and their expression were to blame for the failings of past societies, it is decreed that all citizens must take a daily dose of a drug which levels out the emotional landscape, and that all forms of creative expression are against the law. An elite law enforcement officer who tracks down and punishes "sense offenders" one day, accidentally, fails to take his drug, and for the first time begins experiencing emotions himself. 107 min. DVD 6103 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Escape from L.A. (1996)
- Directed by John Carpenter. Cast: Kurt Russell, Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda.
In this chilling vision of the future, the year is 2013 and an earthquake has separated Los Angeles from the mainland. In the New Moral America, all citizens not conforming to the new laws (no smoking, no red meat, no Muslims in South Dakota) are deported to L.A., now a penal colony. The President's daughter has stolen a doomsday device and has fled to L.A. Now It's up to Snake Plissken to find the President's daughter and retrieve the doomsday device before its too late. 101 min. DVD 7519 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Escape from New York (1981)
- Directed by John Carpenter. Cast: Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Season Hubley, Harry Dean Stanton, Adrienne Barbeau. In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a prison which houses the world's most brutal inmates. And when the President of the United States crash lands inside, only one man can bring him back: Snake Plissken, a notorious outlaw and former Special Forces war hero who, in exchange for a full pardon, descends into the decayed city and wages a blistering war against the captors. But time is short: in 24 hours, an explosive charge planted inside Snake's body will end the mission - and his life - unless he succeeds! 99 min. DVD 887 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Boulenger, Gilles. John Carpenter : the prince of darkness Los Angeles : Silman-James Press, 2003. (PFA PN1998.3.C375.B68 2003)
The Cinema of John Carpenter: the technique of terror Edited by Ian Conrich & David Woods. London : Wallflower, 2004 (Main Stack PN1998.3.C38.C56 2004)
Cumbow, Robert C. Order in the universe : the films of John Carpenter Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2000. (MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 2000; MAIN: PN1998.3.C38 C8 1990 [earlier edition])
- The Fifth Element (France, 1997)
- Director, Luc Besson. Cast: Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Milla Jovovich. Two hundred and fifty years in the future, life as we know it is threatened by the arrival of Evil. Only the fifth element can stop the Evil from extinguishing life, as it tries to do every five thousand years. 126 min. DVD 1339 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Buckland, Warren. "Video Pleasure and Narrative Cinema: Luc Besson's The Fifth Element and Video Game Logic." In: Moving images: from Edison to the webcam / edited by John Fullerton and Astrid Soderbergh Widding. Sydney, Australia: John Libbey & Co., c2000. (Main Stack TR846.M68 2000)
Hawk, Byron. "Hyperrhetoric and the Inventive Spectator: Remotivating The Fifth Element." In: The terministic screen : rhetorical perspectives on film / edited by David Blakesley. pp: 70-91. Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2003.
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Ott, Brian L.; Aoki, Eric. "Counter-Imagination as Interpretive Practice: Futuristic Fantasy and The Fifth Element." Women's Studies in Communication, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 149-76, Summer 2004.
- Fahrenheit 451 (UK, 1966)
- Directed by François Truffaut. Cast: Julie Christie, Oskar Werner, Cyril Cusack, Anton Diffring, Jeremy Spenser, Alex Scott.
Montag, a regimented fireman in charge of burning the forbidden volumes, meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Suddenly he finds himself a hunted fugitive, forced to choose not only between two women, but between personal safety and intellectual freedom. Special DVD features: The novel, a discussion with author Ray Bradbury; the making of Fahrenheit 451; feature commentary with Julie Christie; the music of Fahrenheit 451; the original title sequence of feature; photo poster gallery; theatrical trailer.
112 min. DVD 6087; vhs 999:860 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- Fortress (Australia / USA, 1992)
- Directed by Stuart Gordon. Cast: Christopher Lambert, Kurtwood Smith, Loryn Locklin, Lincoln Kilpatrick.
Set in the year 2017, elements of Orwellian science-fiction and old-fashioned prison dramas are combined in this futuristic action film, as an unjustly imprisoned couple attempts to escape from a high-tech jail known as The Fortress. 110 min. DVD 7603
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- Freejack (1992)
- Directed by Geoff Murphy. Cast: Emilio Estevez, Mick Jagger, Rene Russo, Anthony Hopkins, Jonathan Banks, David Johansen.
Bounty hunters from the future raid the present to provide new bodies for the super rich in this science-fiction thriller. Race car driver Alex Furlong is snatched from his cockpit and hurled into the future. Dead and running for his life, he's a "freejack," a stranger in the strangest of lands, and a relentless "bonejacker" can collect millions by bringing Alex in. 110 min. DVD 7520
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- From Agnes, With Love(Twilight Zone, TV, 1964)
- Wally Cox as a computer technician must deal with the queen of all femme fatales: a computer named Agnes who wreaks havoc on his love life. DVD 2622
- Futurama
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- Gattaca (1997)
- Directed by Andrew Niccol. Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Alan Arkin, Jude Law, Loren Dean. Story about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Vincent is an "In-Valid," who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleague he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent's dreams steadily unravel. 107 min. DVD 6079; vhs 999:2036 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Girl From Monday (2005)
- Directed by Hal Hartley. Cast: Bill Sage, Sabrina Lloyd, Tatiana Abracos, Leo Fitzpatrick.
In the future the Human Values Reform Act renders citizens' bodies as public options on the stock exchange. The author of the law is filled with remorse after havoc ensues and goes underground to fix things. 84 min. DVD 7619
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- The Handmaid's Tale (USA / Germany, 1990)
- Directed by Volker Schlondorff. Cast: Natasha Richardson, Faye Dunaway, Aidan Quinn, Elizabeth McGovern, Victoria Tennant, Robert Duvall. Set in the near future, the handmaids are women who can still bear children after the ravages of war caused wide-spread sterility. One of the handmaids, Kate, is caught trying to escape the Republic of Gilead and sent to the prison-like training center. She is sent from there to the home of the commander to bear his child, but revolutionary forces have other plans for her! 109 min. DVD 5459
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- Hard Drive (1997)
- Directed by David Fox. Cast: Antony Sprung, John Zerzan, Stephen Dunnifer. Hard Drive is a fictional road-movie in which a man running from technology hits the highways to meet with anarchists, hackers, cyber warriors and the boys from the Pentagon before joining the combatants in the information war. With paranoia spreading like a virus, the U.S. prepares to dominate the international brave new digital age. For many it is a step to far, and the threat is that businesses will use their power to suppress dissenting voices under the guise of protecting national interests. The question is who will win the cyber war? 54 min. Video/C 999:2125
- The Hole (Dong) (Taiwan, 1998)
- Directed by Ming-liang Tsai. Seven days into the 21st century the rain will not let up in Taiwan and a strange disease reaches epic proportions. Tenants of a run-down apartment refuse to leave. The plumber comes to fix a leak and leaves a gaping hole through which the tenant spies on his neighbor. 95 min. DVD 2799
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- The House of Tomorrow(1949); The Car of Tomorrow (1951)
- Animated shorts by Tex Avery. Videodisc 152
- Idiocracy (2006)
- Directed by Mike Judge. Cast: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, Anthony Campos.
Joe Bowers is an average Joe. He is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He becomes part of a government experiment to go into hibernation. The experiment goes awry and Bowers awakens in the year 2505 to find a society so dumbed-down by mass commercialism and mindless TV programming that he's become the smartest guy on the planet. Now it's up to this average Joe to get human evolution back on the right track. 87 min. DVD 7604 Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- La Jetée (1962)
- Directed by Chris Marker. After the destruction of WWIII a desperate band of survivors, living underground, uses their remaining scientific resources to draw upon the future for the means of survival by perfoming experiements in time travel. The hero voyages into the past, falls in love and tries to remain with her, but one cannot escape time...
29 min. DVD 1917 PAL format. French or English soundtrack. Special features: original advertisements for La jetee from l'Armee des douze Singes by Terry Gilliam; an excerpt from Court-Circuit, le magazine: presentation of a clip of David Bowie's Jump they say directed by Mark Romanek; a portrait of Chris Marker by Chris Darke for Channel Four.
30 min. DVD 6:1:2- (Packaged in Short Cinema Journal: 1.2 Issue on Dreams (English voice over))
30 min. 999:1437 - (Packaged with Buck Rogers in the 25th century, 1934, 9 min. and Bambi meets Godzilla, 1969, 3 min.)
30 min. 999:778 - (Packaged with Seashell and the Clergyman, 1928, and Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra.)
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- The Jetsons
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- Jubilee (UK, 1977)
- Directed by Derek Jarman. Cast: Jenny Runacre, Richard O'Brien, Little Nell, Toyah Willcox, Wayne County, Adam Ant, Jordan, Hermine Demoriane, Ian Charleson, Karl Johnson, Linda Spurrier, Neil Kennedy, Orlando. When Queen Elizabeth I asks her court alchemist to show her England in the future, she's transported 400 years to a post-apocalyptic wasteland of roving girl gangs, an all-powerful media mogul, fascistic police, scattered filth, and twisted sex. 106 min. DVD 3613Credits and other information from the Internet Movie Database
- The Last Man in Brooklyn(2006)
- Director: Roberto Bentivegna. Cast: Christopher Jensen, Bill Weeden, Star E. Knight (Star E. Knight inflatable "love doll" as Daisy). The year is 2092. The world has torn itself apart with nuclear weapons. In what's left of Brooklyn, New York, two men live a lonely coexistence. One is scarred by the searing radiation of atomic bombs, the other a miraculously unscathed drifter bent on cruelty for his own foul pleasure. Then, she comes along... 9 min. DVD 7914
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- Lathe of Heaven (USA / West Germany, 1986)
- Directed by David Loxton and Fred Barzyk. In this science fiction film George Orr is haunted by dreams that become reality. In a world where pollution has destroyed the ice caps and plagues rage unchecked, a psychiatrist sees Orr's power as a way for humanity to escape its bleak fate. But as each attempt to direct Orr's dreaming ends in failure, the d
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