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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 1968 Sexploitation film Barbarella.



After an in-flight anti-gravity striptease (masked by the film's opening titles), Barbarella, a 41st century astronaut, lands on the planet Lythion and sets out to find the evil Durand Durand in the city of Sogo, where a new sin is invented every hour. There, she encounters such objects as the Excessive Machine, a genuine sex organ on which an accomplished artist of the keyboard, in this case, Durand Durand himself, can drive a victim to death by pleasure, a lesbian queen who, in her dream chamber, can make her fantasies take form, and a group of ladies smoking a giant hookah which, via a poor victim struggling in its glass globe, dispenses Essence of Man.



Based on the popular French comic strip.



Starring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea & Marcel Marceau.



Rated R, Barbarella was released on October 10th, 1968 with a run time of 98 minutes.  It's estimated budget was 9 Million dollars.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062711/?ref_=sr_1



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbarella_(film)

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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 2002 dystopian action adventure thriller Equilibrium.



In a futuristic world, a strict regime has eliminated war by suppressing emotions: books, art and music are strictly forbidden and feeling is a crime punishable by death. Cleric John Preston is a top ranking government agent responsible for destroying those who resist the rules. When he misses a dose of Prozium, a mind-altering drug that hinders emotion, Preston, who has been trained to enforce the strict laws of the new regime, suddenly becomes the only person capable of overthrowing it.

Rated R and made for 20 Million dollars, Equilibrium stars Christian Bale, Sean Bean, Emily Watson and Taye Diggs.  It was written and directed by Kurt Wimmer.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/?ref_=sr_1



http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/equilibrium/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium_(film)



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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 2001 space-western/musical The American Astronaut.



Space travel has become a dirty way of life dominated by derelicts, grease monkeys, thieves, and hard-boiled interplanetary traders such as Samuel Curtis, an astronaut from Earth who deals in a rare goods, living or otherwise. His mission begins with the unlikely delivery of a cat to a small outer-belt asteroid saloon where he meets his former dance partner, and renowned interplanetary fruit thief, the Blueberry Pirate. As payment for his delivery of the cat, Curtis receives a homemade cloning device already in the process of creating a creature most rare in this space quadrant... a Real Live Girl. At the suggestion of the Blueberry Pirate, Curtis takes the Real Live Girl to Jupiter where women have long been a mystery. There, he proposes a trade with the owner of Jupiter: the Real Live Girl clone for the Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast. The Boy Who Actually Saw A Woman's Breast is regarded as royalty on the all-male mining planet of Jupiter because of his unique and exotic experience.



Cory McAbee wrote and starred in it as Samuel Curtis, along with Rocco Sisto as Professor Hess, Gregory Russell Cook at The Boy Who Actually Saw a Woman’s Breast, Annie Golden as Cloris and Joshua Taylor as Blueberry Pirate.



 

The movie was made for between 1 and 2 Million dollars.



The band Billy Nayer Show, helmed by McAbee, wrote and performed the film's soundtrack.

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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 1982 movie Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan.



It is the 23rd century. Admiral James T. Kirk is feeling old; the prospect of accompanying his old ship, the USS Enterprise--now a Starfleet Academy training ship--on a two-week cadet cruise is not making him feel any younger. But the training cruise becomes a deadly serious mission when his nemesis Khan Noonien Singh--genetic conqueror from late 20th century Earth--appears after years of exile. He begins capturing Project Genesis, a device holding the power of creation itself, and schemes the utter destruction of Kirk.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/?ref_=sr_2



Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, George Takei, Nichelle Nichols, Bibi Besch, Paul Winfield, Kirstie Alley & Ricardo Montalban.

 

The movie was made for $11,000,000 and grossed $97,000,000 (Worldwide) at the box office.

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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 1991 James Cameron directed movie sequel Terminator 2: Judgment Day.



Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator_2:_Judgment_Day



Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong and Robert Patrick.

The movie was made for $94,000,000 and grossed $204,843,350 at the box office.



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On this episode of The Sci-Fi Film School we review the 1975 Roger Corman movie Death Race 2000.





In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kills brutality. But, the champion has a change of heart while being hounded by rivals and a conspiracy seeking to stop the race.



http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072856/?ref_=sr_4



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Race_2000



Starring David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone and Simone Griffeth.

Rated R it runs 80 minutes.



It was filmed at various locations in California.



The movie was made for $300,000 and made 5 million at the box office.

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