Outland
Crime, Science Fiction
Warner Bros.  (1981) 109 mins NR

6.4 (6,898 votes)
Io, Jupiter's innermost moon, hosts mining colony Con-Am 27, a high-tech hellhole. There a veteran marshal (Sean Connery) probes some mysterious deaths of miners. In pursuit of the truth, he's alone. In Outland, writer/director Peter Hyams (Timecop, 2010) depicts a chilling extension of today's corporation-driven world. Dehumanization is vividly evoked in Philip Harrison's striking production design and two-time Academy Award winner John Stears' special effects. The spellbinding result is "a movie of unexpected pleasures" (Vincent Canby, The New York Times).

***The widescreen transfer on this disc is not anamorphic, contrary to what the box art says.***...

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Cast and Crew
Sean Connery  ......  O'Niel
Frances Sternhagen  ......  Lazarus
Kika Markham  ......  Carol
Peter Boyle  ......  Sheppard
James B. Sikking  ...... 
James Sikking  ......  Montone
Director  .....  Peter Hyams
Producer  .....  Richard Roth; Charles Orme; Stanley O'Toole; Richard A. Roth
Writer  .....  Peter Hyams
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: In the opening scenes in the mining levels, human voices are heard through the radio links, but ambient industrial noise is heard "in the clear". In a vacuum there would be no such noise. If the noise were heard from the miners' perspective (as was the radio chatter) it would have been low frequency noise from mechanical contact with the ground and manual equipment only. (more)

Trivia:
The role of Dr. Lazarus was first offered to Colleen Dewhurst. (more)

Filming Locations:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Quotes:
Station Manager Sheppard: If you're looking for money, you're smarter than you look. If you're not, you're a lot dumber.
Marshal William T. O'Neil: Then I'm probably a lot dumber.
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 6 nominations (more)