Subgenre Sampler
Flash Gordon: The Animated Series (1979)- Wonderfully retro Saturday morning animated series sees Flash Gordon crashland on Planet Mongo, ruled by the evil dictator Ming the Merciless, and…
Mad Max (1979)
- Dir. George Miller
Feat. Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Steve Bisley… - Mel Gibson made his international splash in an apocalyptic, futuristic actioner charged with a fierce energy that only a paltry budget can bring.…
Martian Chronicles, The (TV Mini-series) (1979)- Dir. Michael Anderson
Feat. Rock Hudson, Bernie Casey, Gayle Hunnicutt… - Sluggish adaptation of the famed Ray Bradbury short stories concerning mankind's first expedition and attempted conquest of Mars. Adapted by Richard…
Meteor (1979)- Dir. Ronald Neame
Feat. Sean Connery, Natalie Wood, Karl Malden… - Clumsy disaster movie with the USA and the USSR forming an unlikely alliance during the Cold War to prevent a giant asteroid from destroying the…
Quintet (1979)- Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Paul Newman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson - Curious, if not entirely realized sci–fi excursion for Robert Altman, following 3 WOMEN’s dream existentialism with a post–apocalyptic…
Sapphire and Steel (TV Series) (1979- 1982)- Dir. Shaun O'Riordan
Feat. Joanna Lumley, David McCallum - A pre–AB FAB Joanna Lumley and a post–INVISIBLE MAN David McCallum cavort around in eerie abodes repairing 'tears in time'. High concept,…
Shape of Things to Come, The (1979)- Dir. George McCowan
Feat. Jack Palance, Carol Lynley, Barry Morse… - Loosely adapted from the H.G. Wells novel, this follows a mankind's post–nuclear colonisation of the Moon and series of crises that bedevil the…
Stalker (1979)
- Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
Feat. Aleksandr Kajdanovsky, Alisa Frejndlikh, Anatoli Solonitsyn - A stark, apocalyptic vision into a world where the Stalker guides those who wish to enter the forbidden Zone. Intimate, dilatory work conjures images…
Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley… - Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…
Two Worlds of Jennie Logan, The (1979)- Dir. Frank De Felitta
Feat. Lindsay Wagner, Marc Singer, Linda Gray… - An enchanting made–for–television drama starring Lindsay Wagner as Jennie Logan, a woman finds an antique dress in her attic that…
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