Directed by John Sturges
Massively underrated and largely forgotten movie. Directed by the dependable John Sturges shortly after the release of 2001: A Space Odyssey. Nowadays, the reputation of this film seems largely formed by science fiction fans watching it and their subsequent massive disappointment that it's not Star Wars. There's no swash-buckling space operatics to be found here, this is a tense ship wreck drama set in space. It is a realistic sort of science fiction with effects done to the standards of the time.
It was later recut and re-released by some purveyor of ultra-budget home video movies. This version was later on MST3K. This probably didn't help the movie's reputation.
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