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The Black Hole
Black Hole, The
Credits
Title: The Black Hole
Director: Gary Nelson
Writers: Jeb Rosebrook; Gerry Day; Bob Barbash; Richard Landau
Producers: Ron Miller
Composer: John Barry
Cinematography: Frank Phillips
Editors: Gregg McLaughlin
Production
Distributed by: Walt Disney Productions
Released: December 18th, 1979
Rating: PG
Running time: 98 min.
Country: USA
Language: English
Budget: $20,000,000 [1]
Gross: $35,841,901 (US) [1]
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The Black Hole is an American science fiction feature film dealing with concepts such as space exploration, isolation, dominance of power and robotics. It was directed by Gary Nelson with a screenplay written by Jeb Rosebrook and Gerry Day based on a story treatment by Rosebrook, Bob Barbash and Richard Landau. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released theatrically in the United Kingdom on December 18th, 1979. It was released in the United States on December 21st, 1979. The film features an ensemble cast with the protagonist characters being led by Robert Forster as Captain Dan Holland, as well as Joseph Bottoms as Lieutenant Charlie Pizer, Yvette Mimieux as Kate McCrae, Anthony Perkins as Doctor Alex Durant and Ernest Borgnine as journalist Harry Booth. The role of the film's main antagonist, Doctor Hans Reinhardt is played by Maximilian Schell. Rounding out the cast are several robot characters such as V.I.N.CENT, Old B.O.B. and Captain S.T.A.R., who are voiced by Roddy McDowall, Slim Pickens and Tommy McLoughlin respectively.

Cast[]

Actor Role
Maximilian Schell Doctor Hans Reinhardt
Anthony Perkins Doctor Alex Durant
Robert Forster Captain Dan Holland
Joseph Bottoms Lieutenant Charlie Pizer
Yvette Mimieux Doctor Kate McCrae
Ernest Borgnine Harry Booth
Tommy McLoughlin Captain S.T.A.R.
Roddy McDowall V.I.N.CENT
Slim Pickens B.O.B.

Notes & Trivia[]

Notes[]

  1. The statement that the events of the film occur in the year 2130 is incorrect as, based on the contex of the log entry made by V.I.N.Cent at the start of the film, the 2130 he refers to is more likely to be 21:30 Hours - that is 9:30 PM!

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 IMDB; The Black Hole (1979); Box office & business.

Keywords[]

22nd century; Astronaut; Black hole; Bodyguard; Captain; Crash landing; Doctor; Drone; Electrocution; Evisceration; Exploding vehicle; Explosive decompression; Extrasensory perception; Flight; Force field; Funeral; Hologram; Impalement; Laser weapons; Lieutenant; Lobotomy; Mad scientist; Meteor; Robot; Scientist; Self sacrifice; Shuttlecraft; Space exploration; Spacecraft; Telepathy; Teleportation; U.S.S. Cygnus; U.S.S. Palomino

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