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Saturn 3 [DVD] [1980]
enlarge	Directors: John Barry, Stanley Donen Actors: Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas, Harvey Keitel, Ed Bishop, Roy Dotrice Studio: ITV DVD Category: DVD List Price: ~~£9.99~~ Buy New: £5.75 as of 21/11/2009 10:22 GMT details You Save: £4.24 (42%) New (5) Used (5) Collectible (2) from £3.98 Seller: krakianvideos Rating: 10 reviews Sales Rank: 27645 Format: PAL, Widescreen Languages: English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 84 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5037115005236 ASIN: B00004I9PJ Theatrical Release Date: February 15, 1980 Release Date: May 22, 2000 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next » Focus on the feeling November 18, 2006 Razer (United Kingdom) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful I was ten years old when this film was made. So, by the time I saw it, I was still relatively young. br / br /This film struck a chord with me that most sci-fi does and always did, that of alienation. The whole sense of this film is one of being utterly isolated. Not only is one (if it's possible to identify with any of the characters at all - which, being at least human, one should) so very far from home, but the whole environment is one of emotionally devoid, plastic inhumanity. br / br /We as people crave not only varied human contact, but contact with everything else about our world that is tactile and real. Plants, seas, trees, animals, air and skies. In the environment that the characters of this film inhabit, it is pre-eminently (outerspace) sci-fi, and so, devoid of these comforts. br / br /This all goes to giving the viewer the absolute sense of isolation, of inhumanity, of being set apart from all that we know, love and that makes us comfortable and settled. From this point of view, the film achieves it's objective of totally unsettling the viewer. Factor in then the absolute epitomy of that which is inhuman. A robot. Furthermore, a robot that is not only on a crash course of destruction, threatening to steal the human character's very humanity by making them slaves to it's will, but a robot whose 'controller' is himself seemingly as utterly inhuman as his machine. No matter where one looks, there is no escape, there is no mercy, there is no humanity. br / br /For me as a child, and for me as an adult now, the overriding sense of this film far outweighs any lack of quality acting or failings in the script that there may be. In fact, for me these things are irrelevant for what the film conveys emotionally. Hence, 4 stars. br / br /One final thing. The sight of a young Harvey Keitel in very tight leather, that surely could only be peeled off, is a true delectation to behold. Creepy and excellent sci-fi fun May 2, 2007 Michael Gerrard (Geneva) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful This film isn't to the standard of Alien or other sci-fi classics. But Saturn 3 is a good story that is creepy! Harvey Keitel is perfectly cast as the mad killer who visits a far off outpost. The robot he builds learns from Harvey Keitel's mind so it ends up pretty twisted. There's a fair bit of tension, mostly helped by the gripping music. You wonder what the whole point of this will be and what that robot might want with our Farrah... br / br /Some might say the special effects aren't all that great, well they aren't brilliant, certainly Alien (made a year or two earlier) has much better effects. With Saturn 3 you wish they'd more of an effort on the spaceships for sure. The films ending is also a little flat. But the build up is good. I recommend this film to anyone who likes a simple sci-fi story and of course anyone who likes Farrah Fawcett! br / Good Robot for early scfi July 8, 2000 2 out of 6 found this review helpful The Lost in space movie robot owes alot to hectorpFarrah Fawcett is gorgeouspKirk is dimpleypAnd the plot is great just forget about the poor special effect, cause the robot effect is worth seeing Old movie August 9, 2009 Paul Moortgat I've seen it when I was young and wanted to see it again. br /I've no complains. Just a movie of that time. An underrated gem December 10, 2000 maxillus@aol.com (Orkney, UK) 14 out of 15 found this review helpful When I first saw Saturn 3 on it's release I really enjoyed it. I seemed to be in a minority of one. It looks like I still am. For some reason everybody ignores the wonderfully understated Keitel in this. Also, for some reason, no-one appreciates one of the weirdest, most unhinged robots in movie history. It's a wonderful study of obsession run amok and it's all the more dangerous because the robot is completely warped. And, contrary to current opinion, Kirk Douglas and Farrah F. aren't as miscast as you might think. The whole point is he's a square-jawed hero and she's a screaming blonde. How do they cope when Hector (who's like an earlier incarnation of The Bad Lieutenant) turns up? They don't. It's Brad and Janet for real. I love it, I'm only sorry no-one else does. Showing reviews 1-5 of 10 1 2 Next »

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