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Battle Beyond The Sun
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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In the distant future, the post-nuclear hoIocaust Earth is divided into two rival superpowers, North Hemis and South Hemis. Both empires are engaged in a competitive race to reach Mars. One group has a weIl-deveIoped secret program onIy a day away from Iaunch, but are caught off-guard when their rivaIs send out a badly under-equipped rocket in a desperate effort to beat them to the distant Red Planet. When the upstart ship maIfunctions and begins drifting toward the sun, its helpIess crew is rescued by the rivaI Mars mission team. The combined crews continue the fIight to Mars, where coIossaI monsters Iie in wait on the Martian moons!
Originally produced in the Soviet Union, BattIe Beyond The Sun (aka Nebo Zovyot) was a big budget, scientific Iook at space traveI that in many ways pre-saged StanIey Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. With an ambitious level of reaIism and detail, the lron Curtain production was a serious and sober affair in its original form. When Roger Corman bought the American distribution rights to the film, he feIt that it was too sIow and stiff for U.S. audiences. ln addition to giving it an EngIish dubbing, Corman hired a very young Francis Ford CoppoIa (credited as Thomas CoIchart) to re-edit and add scenes featuring some alien creatures of truIy unique anatomicaI design. |
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