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| Year: | 1981 |
| Rating: | 6.3(10689) |
| Listed in: | Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi |
| Directed by: | Gerald Potterton |
| Actors: | Rodger Bumpass John Candy Joe Flaherty Don Francks Martin Lavut Jackie Burroughs |
| "A Step Beyond Science Fiction" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
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| Gerald Potterton | |
| Actors | |
| Rodger Bumpass | as Hanover Fiste (segment "Captain Sternn")/Dr. Anrak (segment "So |
| John Candy | as Desk Sergeant (segment "Harry Canyon")/Dan (segment "Den")/Den |
| Joe Flaherty | as Lawyer (segment "Captain Sternn")/General (segment "So Beautifu |
| Don Francks | as Grimaldi (segment "Grimaldi")/Co-Pilot (segment "B-17")/Barbari |
| Martin Lavut | as Ard (segment "Den") |
| Eugene Levy | as Sternn (segment "Captain Sternn")/Male Reporter (segment "So Be |
| Harold Ramis | as Zeke (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") |
| August Schellenberg | as Norl (segment "Den")/Taarak (segment "Taarna") |
| Richard Romanus | as Harry Canyon (segment "Harry Canyon") |
| John Vernon | as Prosecutor (segment "Captain Sternn") |
| Zal Yanovsky | as Navigator (segment "B-17")/Barbarian (segment "Taarna") |
| Al Waxman | as Rudnick (segment "Harry Canyon") |
| Harvey Atkin | as Alien (segment "Harry Canyon")/Henchman (segment "Harry Canyon" |
| Douglas Kenney | as Regolian (segment "Captain Sternn") |
| George Touliatos | as Pilot (segment "B-17")/Barbarian (segment "Taarna") |
| Warren Munson | as Senator (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") |
| Vlasta Vrana | as Barbarian Leader (segment "Taarna") |
| Mavor Moore | as Elder (segment "Taarna") |
| Thor Bishopric | as Boy (segment "Taarna") |
| Len Doncheff | as Barbarian (segment "Taarna") |
| Cedric Smith | as Bartender (segment "Taarna") |
| Joseph Golland | as Councilman (segment "Taarna") |
| Charles Jolliffe | as Councilman (segment "Taarna") |
| Ned Conlon | as Councilman (segment "Taarna") |
| Percy Rodrigues | as Loknar |
| Actresses | |
| Jackie Burroughs | as Katherine (segment "Den") |
| Marilyn Lightstone | as Whore (segment "Harry Canyon")/Queen (segment "Den") |
| Alice Playten | as Gloria (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") |
| Susan Roman | as Girl (segment "Harry Canyon")/Satellite (segment "Harry Canyon" |
| Caroline Semple | as Girl (segment "Grimaldi") |
| Glenis Wootton Gross | as Whore (segment "Harry Canyon") |
| Patty Dworkin | as Woman Reporter (segment "So Beautiful and So Dangerous") |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Budget: | USD 9,300,000 |
| Plot: | An astronaut brings home a glowing green orb for his daughter. However, the orb kills him and corners the girl for its purposes. Claiming to the embodiment of all evil, the malevolent sphere, known as the Loc-Nar, terrorizes the little girl by showing a series of bizarre and fantastic tales it has influenced. The first is "Harry Canyon," a cynical taxi driver in a squalid futuristic New York who finds himself involved with a damsel in distress who is relentlessly pursued by murderous thugs who desire the Loc-Nar her archaeologist father found. The second is "Den" which chronicles the adventures of a nerdish boy who is thrown into the fantasy world of Neverwhere, where he is transformed into a studly naked muscle-man, desired by beautiful women, who must get involved in a conflict revolving around possession of the Loc-Nar. The third is "Captain Sternn" where the title character is a handsome but irredeemable scoundrel who stands accused in a trial that Loc-Nar throws into chaos. The fourth is "B-17", where a World War II bomber plane limps home after a bombing run, only to have the Loc-Nar ram into it and revive the dead crew members as murderous zombies. The next is "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" where a buxom secretary at the Pentagon is abducted by stoned alien wastrels and a oversexed robot. The final story is "Taarna", where the Loc-Nar has to come to a future Earth and changes a peaceful people into a horde of murderous barbarians who rampage with genocidal zeal. Only the last Tarackian, a silent swords-woman known as Taarna, can avenge the victims and stop the Loc-Nar. |
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"Radar Rider" Performed by Riggs Written by Jerry Riggs, Marc Jordan Publisher: Mr. Sunshine Inc, BMI "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" Performed by Blue Öyster Cult Written by Eric Bloom , Michael Moorcock Publisher: B.O. Cult Songs, ASCAP "True Companion" Performed by Donald Fagen Composed and Arranged by Donald Fagen Publisher: Freejunket Music, ASCAP "Heartbeat" Performed by Riggs Written by Jerry Riggs Publisher: Mr. Sunshine Inc, BMI "Blue Lamp" Performed by Stevie Nicks Written by Stevie Nicks Publisher: Welsh Witch music, BMI "Open Arms" Performed by Journey Written by Steve Perry , Jonathan Cain Publisher: Weedhigh/Nightmare Music, BMI "Reach Out" Performed by Cheap Trick Written by Robert Jones, Pete Comita Publisher: Adult Music, BMI "Taking A Ride (On Heavy Metal)" Performed by Don Felder Written by Don Felder Publisher: Fingers Music, ASCAP "Queen Bee" Performed by Grand Funk Railroad Written by Mark Farner Publisher: Cran Renraff Co, BMI "I Must Be Dreamin'" Performed by Cheap Trick Written by Rick Nielson Publisher: Adult Music, BMI "Crazy? (A Suitable Case For Treatment)" Performed by Nazareth Written by D. McCafferly, P. Agnew, M. Charlton, D. Sweet Publisher: Panache Muisc Inc, BMI "All of You" Performed by Don Felder Written by Don Felder Publisher: Fingers Music, ASCAP "Heavy Metal" Performed by Sammy Hagar Written by Sammy Hagar, Jim Peterik Publisher: Nine Music/Warner Bros Music ASCAP Bald Medusa/Warner Bros Music ASCAP "Prefabricated" Performed by Trust Written by Bernie Bonvoisin, Norbert Krief, Jimmy Pursey (English Version) Publisher: April Music CBS Disques "The Mob Rules" Performed by Black Sabbath Written by Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi Publiser: TRD Essex ASCAP/Muggins Music Inc. BMI "Through Being Cool" Performed by Devo Written by Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald V. Casale, Robert Mothersbaugh Publisher: Devo Music/Nymph Music, BMI "Workin' In A Coal Mine" Performed by Devo Written by Allen Toussaint Publisher: Marsaint Music/Warner Bros Music, BMI "E5-150" By Black Sabbath |
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Continuity: SPOILER: When Taarna kills the barbarian leader, her hand becomes drenched in green blood. In the very next shot, the blood is gone and her hand is dry. Continuity: The color of the Queen's hair and robe. GEOG: When the pilot lands on the South Seas island, Howler Monkeys can be heard in the background. They are native to South America, not the South Pacific. Continuity: In the Den segment, when Katherine is first going to be sacrificed, she goes from being tied up to untied and struggling to tied up again. Continuity: In the "Den" story, the Queen gets up nude after sex, then is suddenly wearing a blue loincloth-type garment. Revealing mistakes: The two final scenes of "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" are reversed. The robot and the secretary exit the ship onto the space station before the ship lands. If you look closely at the lower right corner of the screen as the ship grinds to a halt in the hangar bay, the escalator ramp used by the robot and the secretary only seconds before is deployed. |
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[after sex] Robot: Earth women who experience sexual ecstasy with mechanical assistance always tend to feel guilty! Harry Canyon: Hey, kiss my ass! Hooker: I'll do it for twenty bucks ! Edsel: [completely wasted from Nyborg] I think... you're coming in a little high, man. Zeks: [wasted from Nyborg, but more lucid] Look, man, if there's one thing I know, it's how to drive while I'm stoned. It's like you know your perspective's fucked so you just let your hands work the controls as if you were straight. Taarak the Defender: [voiceover] To defend: this is the pact. But when life loses its meaning and is taken for naught, then the pact is to avenge! Den: There was no way I was gonna walk around this place with my dork hanging out! Den: [as the Queen presents her disrobed body to him] Wow, 18 years of nothing, and now twice in one day ! What a place. Harry Canyon: [as a nude redhead begins intercourse with him] Sucker play or not, I must have turned her on somethin' fierce. I mean, this dame was goin' for broke. Maybe it was her first time with a New Yorker, I dunno. Anyway, nothing beats good old American know-how. And I was givin' this broad the Stars And Stripes For Ever. Ard: If you refuse, you die; she dies... everybody dies! Desk Sergeant: Before you go any further, pal, I gotta tell ya it's cash up front. A thousand bucks a day for a full investigation, another thou' if the assailant is caught. Do you understand? Harry Canyon: Yeah. Hey, here's a dollar. Thanks for nothin'. Desk Sergeant: Think you can do better?... Punk. Harry Canyon: The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump. [first lines] Narrator: A shadow shall fall over the universe, and evil will grow in its path, and death will come from the skies. Hanover Fiste: He's nothing but a low-down, double-dealing, backstabbing, larcenous perverted worm! Hanging's too good for him. Burning's too good for him! He should be torn into little bitsy pieces and buried alive! Stern: [repeated line to lawyer] Take it easy Charlie. I've got an angle. Edsel: The first Earth chick we see in 10 years and he has to make a play for her. Gloria: [to Robot] I'm just scared I'll come home one day and find you screwing a toaster. Zeks: Hey, do we have any of that Plutonian Nyborg left? Edsel: Uh, yeah. Just one bag. Uh, it's in the transmitter compartment. Zeks: Thanks, man. Zeks: Oh, great. [lays out a long, thick Nyborg line on floor] Think this is enough? Edsel: Uhh... nah. Go for broke. Zeks: Good thinking, man. [lays Nyborg all over the floor in overlapping heavy lines] Zeks, Edsel: [in jubilant unison] Nose dive! Hanover Fiste: He never did... anything that was... illegal... [pauses] Unless you count all the times he sold dope disguised as a nun. [looking at a beautiful, naked woman with huge breasts] Den: [voiceover] She had the most beautiful eyes. I wanted to make some conversation. But I found myself asking the same old stupid questions. [to woman]... Are you from around here ? Barbarian Leader: [gloating over Taarna, who is bound naked to a torture rack] So this is the Taarakian. Somehow, I thought it would be more difficult to capture a Taarakian. the Loc-Nar: [the fifth story, "So Beautiful, So Dangerous" ends. the space station fades away] My stories are almost over. I have chosen you because you are the future who could destroy me. With your death, I break the chain for all time. Look into me, one final time. See my evil destroy your race. Then prepare to die. [the final story, "Taarna" begins] the Loc-Nar: [Den and Catharine fly off, ending the second story. the Loc-Nar breaks out of the scepter] Even when someone has the strength to discard me, my power is not diminished. [the orb rises through the air and into a space station. a hand picks it up off the floor] Someone always finds me. [the third story, "Captain Sternn" begins] the Loc-Nar: [Hanover's hand rots away while it holds the orb] Very few escape my grasp. [the sky cuts to a group of army planes] Even in death, my powers continue. [the fourth story, "B-17" begins] the Loc-Nar: [the first story, "Harry Canyon" ends] You've had your first lesson, young one. My evil corrupts the most innocent. I've chosen you because you possess powers you do not yet understand. look again. Look deep into me. In some worlds, I'm worshiped as God. [the second story begins, "Den"] Girl: [the astronaut comes home with a grey box. he is greeted by his daughter] What did you bring me? Grimaldi: You'll see. [the astronaut goes into the parlor. his daughter follows] Girl: [she runs after him] Wait, wait for me. What is it? the Loc-Nar: [the astronaut opens the box and a green orb rises out. it hovers in front of him for a second, then destroys his body in a gooey mass of flesh and bone. it evaporates quickly into nothing. the orb confronts the girl] Do not try to escape. You are in my control. Look at me: I am the sum of all evils. Look carefully. My power infests all times, all galaxies, all dimensions. But many still seek me out; a green jewel they must possess. But see how I destroy their lives. [the screen cuts to the first story] Prosecutor: Are you Captain Lincoln F. Sternn? Stern: I am. Prosecutor: Lincoln Sternn, you stand here accused of 12 counts of murder in the first degree, 14 counts of armed theft of Federation property, 22 counts of piracy in high space, 18 counts of fraud, 37 counts of rape... [pauses to check rap sheet]... and one moving violation. How do you plead? Stern: Not guilty. Barbarian Leader: [the leader emerges from the Loc-Nar's evil/lava ooze, deformed and sinister] Death. Death ! Death to all who oppose us! Ard: I am Ard... Supreme Leader of The Revolution and Next Ruler of The World. Queen's Henchman: May I slit his throat, Your Majesty? Queen: Yes. Slit his throat. Queen's Henchman: Thank you, Your Majesty! Lawyer: [to Stern] But the most we can hope for is to get you buried in secrecy so your grave don't get violated! |
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