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A programme which 'creates' man's trip to the outer reaches of the known solar system. Special effects simulate the astronauts six year journey. Read more

Starring Martin McDougall, Rod Lazer
Director Tim Haines
Genres Television

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    Clooney and Bullock are sole stars of Gravity

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 03 Nov 2011

    George Clooney and Sandra Bullock are the only actors who will appear in their upcoming sci-fi film Gravity. The Hollywood stars play a pair of astronauts in the space drama and Clooney has now revealed they are heading up a very small cast of two. He tells USA Today, "A satellite blows up and space junk causes damage. We go out in space suits, and she and I are tethered together, floating through space. It's a two-hander with only two actors in the whole film. It is a very odd film, really.... Read more

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    • 20 Jul 2011

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    Star Wars soundtrack tops movie music poll

    • 24 Sep 2009

    The soundtrack for sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars has been voted out of this world - it has topped a new poll. The score for the opening of the hit films, originally written for the first feature by John Williams in 1977, has been voted sci-fi fans' favourite movie music. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan came second, while Ridley Scott's cult film Blade Runner landed the third position - despite recently being named the best sci-fi film in history. Queen's memorable Flash Gordon theme, 2001: A... Read more

    Moon

    Bowie's son gets a critical boost for first film

    • 29 May 2009

    David Bowie's son Duncan Jones is wowing film critics with his directorial debut - a tense space drama called Moon. The film, starring Sam Rockwell as a lonely astronaut mining helium on the far side of the moon, doesn't hit cinemas until the end of June (09) but reviewers are already raving about the moviemaker's talents. Jones, who was born Zowie Bowie, also adapted the film's complex script from Nathan Parker's screenplay. Rolling Stone reporter Claire Hoffman insists the director has "gone Read more

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    Godfather and Oz top movie lists

    • 20 Jun 2008

    The Godfather and The Wizard of Oz have both been named as best films in lists compiled by the American Film Institute (AFI). A jury of 1,500 film artists, critics and historians drew up ten lists, which were divided into ten genres including gangster, sci-fi, animated and Western. President of the AFI, Bob Gazzale, said that this kind of exposure helps to keep classic films in the cultural consciousness. As well as Oz and the Godfather, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Searchers, Raging Bull and... Read more

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    • Space Odyssey
      A programme which 'creates' man's trip to the outer reaches of the known solar system. Special effects simulate the astronauts six year journey....