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Red-hot meteors, sharp-shooting robots, and skin-tight polyester abound in The Black Hole, a campy trip down memory lane for science fiction fans. Made in 1979 with a retro sci-fi look, the film follows Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, and Joseph Bottoms as space travelers in search of "inhabitable life in the universe." They end the search, however, battling the wild-haired Dr. Reinhardt (Maximilian Schell), a mad scientist intent on taking the space travelers with him into the oblivion of a black hole. Disney pushed the family fare envelope for their first PG-rated release: Incredible set design, a smart-talking sidekick robot, and the lovely foil-wrapped Dr. Kate (Yvette Mimieux) are just a prelude to the final journey into the black hole, which couples overt religious allegory with inadvertent sexual innuendo. In the end, the film is enjoyably quirky piece of sci-fi film history that has assured a spot on many a fan's shelves. Movie buffs should listen for the voices of Roddy McDowall (Planet of the Apes) and Slim Pickens (Dr. Strangelove) as the do-good robots who help in the battle against Dr. Reinhardt. Jennifer McCreery

All Movie Guide

An ambitious sci-fier from the Disney folks, The Black Hole takes place in the future. A quintet of space travelers stumble across a "black hole." Not wishing to be sucked into the void, the crew prepares to flee, but stops long enough to investigate a mysterious space vessel near the entrance of the hole. Manning this craft is mad scientist Dr. Hans Reinhardt (Maximillian Schell), who intends to explore the black hole in hopes of finding the universe's energy source. The cast includes Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Yvette Mimieux, and others. The Black Hole marked one of the Disney company's first PG-rated films. Hal Erickson

Product Details

• UPC: 786936234213
• Source: WALT DISNEY VIDEO
• Region Code: 1
• Language: English
• Time: 1:38:00
• Sales Rank: 4,600

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