City Beneath the Sea (1971) (TV)

Regisseur:

Irwin Allen

Drehbuchautoren:

Irwin Allen (story)
John Meredyth Lucas (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

25. Januar 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Werbezeile:

Theirs was the most dangerous mission in history . . . to save the world from total destruction!

Plot:

A group of 21st-century colonists inhabit an underwater city called Pacifica. They find that they must defend their city against hostile alien forces.

Plot Keywords:

Futuristic | Submarine | Underwater | Environmental Issues | Terrorist

Nutzerkommentare:

The wannabe that could have been a pioneer.

Besetzung

Stuart Whitman	...	Admiral Matthews
Robert Wagner	...	Brett
Rosemary Forsyth	...	Lia Holmes
Robert Colbert	...	Commander Patterson
Susana Miranda	...	Elena
Burr DeBenning	...	Aguila (as Burr De Benning)
Richard Basehart	...	The President
Joseph Cotten	...	Dr. Ziegler
James Darren	...	Dr. Talty
Paul Stewart	...	Barton
Sugar Ray Robinson	...	Captain Hunter
Whit Bissell	...	Professor Holmes
Larry Pennell	...	Bill Holmes
Tom Drake	...	General Putnam
Sheila Allen	...	Blonde Woman (as Sheila Mathews)

Alternativ:

One Hour to Doomsday (UK) (theatrical title)
Um 9 Uhr geht die Erde unter (Österreich) (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

98 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.33 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:L | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 | UK:U

Firma:

Kent Productions

Dies und das:

Irwin Allen also prepared a presentation reel for this concept, with 'Glenn Corbett (I)' and Francine York.

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Remake von City Beneath the Sea (1969) (TV)

The wannabe that could have been a pioneer.

Why that dramatic remark! Simply because "City Beneath the Sea" was the only scifi movie/series pilot like it ever really developed for television. Everyone else was exploring the final frontier of space. The space age was booming, Skylab and the Shuttle right around the corner, why think about the future one could build underwater? Who would go for that? Irwin Allen did, and unfortunately no one really gave a damn because with the effort (pre-conception reel, all star cast etc.) lavsihed on "City Beneath the Sea", it deserved more attention than it got. I won't waste time giving a synopsis, others have done so very well with that, and yes I do realize how dated this movie is but I would love to have seen the continual adventures of the 21st century underwater city denizens, how their culture developed, their issues, and the intrigue. The 80's and 90's gave us horrid movies like "Deep Star Six", "Leviathan" and the schitzophrenic but likeable "Seaquest DSV" for underwater thrills when all we really needed was a fertile and stable base to work with, like Pacifica "the" City Beneath the Sea.