Outland (film)
1981 film by Peter Hyams / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the science fiction film reworking of the Beowulf myth, see Outlander (film).
Outland is a 1981 science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams and starring Sean Connery, Peter Boyle and Frances Sternhagen.
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Directed by | Peter Hyams |
Written by | Peter Hyams |
Produced by | Richard A. Roth Stanley O'Toole |
Starring | Sean Connery Peter Boyle Frances Sternhagen James B. Sikking Kika Markham |
Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
Edited by | Stuart Baird |
Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. (through Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors)[1] |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom United States[3] |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million (estimated)[4] |
Box office | $17–20 million[2] |
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Set on Jupiter's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western[5] and bears narrative and thematic resemblances to the 1952 film High Noon.[6][7]
The film depicts a new marshal who begins work at a mining facility on the moon Io. There he discovers a dirty secret but runs into dead ends as he tries to uncover those behind it, who also attempt to silence him.