Outland

1981
AA
1h 49m

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6.6/10

34K

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Conspiracy Thriller Action Crime Sci-Fi Thriller Western

A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked fo... Read allA federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

34K

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 7 nominations total

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Writer-director Peter Hyams handled the cinematography for most of this movie, while Stephen Goldblatt usually worked when there was something Hyams did not know how to do. Goldblatt was misleadingly hired by Hyams, who really wanted him to stand aside and do nothing, and to use him as a scapegoat for the Ladd Company in case anything went wrong while using the new IntroVision process. He was furious at being lied to and wouldn't have taken the job if he'd known Hyams' intentions at the outset, but stayed on in order to learn how to use IntroVision, and because as a young cinematographer with a sole prior feature credit, quitting the movie could have ruined his career. It is the only one of his movies whose wrap party he skipped.

Goofs
Several times during the first half hour of the movie, O'Niel's uniform name tag changes spelling from "O'Niel" to "O'Neil" and back again.

Quotes
Dr. Marian Lazarus: You know, if you're the kind of guy you're supposed to be, you wouldn't stick around. That's why they sent you here.
Marshal William T. O'Niel: Maybe they made a mistake.
Dr. Marian Lazarus: I was afraid you'd say something like that. You really think you're making a difference?
[O'Neil is silent]
Dr. Marian Lazarus: Then why, for god's sake?
Marshal William T. O'Niel: Because... maybe they *are* right. They send me here to this pile of shit because they think I belong here. I want to find out if... well, if they're right. There's a whole machine that works because everybody does what they're supposed to. And I found out... I was supposed to be something I didn't like. That's what's in the program. That's my rotten little part, in the rotten machine... I don't like it. So I'm... going to find out if they're right.

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Featured in Sneak Previews: The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Outland, Death Hunt, Take This Job And Shove It (1981)

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Awesome sci-fi thriller

One of the best, if not the only, space opera thriller ever, directed by a very sci-fi oriented film director Peter Hyams, remember him with the terrific CAPRICORNE ONE and the lesser 2010, plus several films made decades later: STAY TUNED, END OF DAYS, A SOUND OF THUNDER.... Plus many films with nothing to do with science fiction, thrillers for most of them. So here, Sean Connery is excellent in the marshall role for this HIGH NOON in outer space. Very well done, very exciting. That's one of the best of the director, besides CAPRICORNE ONE, before he loses most of his ambition with the likes of JCVD for instance.