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Outland is a 1981 action, science fiction, and adventure film directed by Peter Hyams, who also wrote the screenplay. The movie stars Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen, and Kika Markham, with cinematography by Stephen Goldblatt and a score by Jerry Goldsmith. Produced by The Ladd Company, Outland Productions, and Warner Bros. Pictures, the film was shot at Pinewood Studios. Its narrative takes place on Io, Jupiter’s moon, where a marshal enforces the law.
The film has a runtime of 109 to 110 minutes and was released in the United Kingdom and the United States. It received an R rating and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound. Review scores include a 5.8/10, 48/100, and 59% rating, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.6 from 34,522 votes. The production budget was $18,000,000, resulting in a box office revenue of $17,374,595. It is available via video on demand.
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6.4On the sunless moon Io, Marshall William T. O’Niel goes toe-to-toe with the corrupt manager of a mining colony and his gang of roughnecks while investigating a rash of worker suicides.
Cast
- Sean Connery as Marshal William T. O'Niel
- Peter Boyle as Mark Sheppard
- Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lazarus
- James B. Sikking as Sgt. Montone
- Kika Markham as Carol O'Niel
- Clarke Peters as Sgt. Ballard
Themes
- husband wife relationship
- jupiter
- wife
- marshal
- mining
- space western
- space centre
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Ratings
IMDb
6.6/10
34,522 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
59%
Metacritic
48/100
- Year
- 1981
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Action, Crime, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 7 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- adventure film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Peter Hyams
- Screenwriter
- Peter Hyams
- Cast member
- Angelique Rockas
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production company
- The Ladd Company
- Cinematographer
- Stephen Goldblatt
- Narrative location
- Io
- Filming location
- Pinewood Studios
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 291796
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Outland costume.JPG
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- publication date
- 1983-08-11
- film editor
- Stuart Baird
- title
- Outland
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Sound
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 59%
- box office
- 17374595
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