The film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return, as our planet has become uninhabitable. The cause of this is a mystery. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases a probe from their cargo bay, .. Read more
| Starring | Brad Dourif, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz |
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| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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The film follows a hypothetical proposition: a group of astronauts are circling the earth in a spacecraft, but they cannot return, as our planet has become uninhabitable. The cause of this is a mystery. The crew of the spacecraft has to find a more hospitable place out there in space, and releases a probe from their cargo bay, Galileo. But Galileo - after sending back very disquieting data - has to be sent on a suicide mission...
| Starring | Brad Dourif, Capt. Donald Williams, Dr. Ellen Baker, Franklin Chang-Diaz, Shannon Lucid, Michael McCulley, Roger Diehl, Ted Sweetser |
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| Director | Werner Herzog |
| Studio | SODA PICTURES |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 21 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2005 To Rent: DVD: 22 Oct 2007 |
Most of Werner Herzogâs lead characters could plausibly tell you âwhere I come from is the wild blue yonderâ, but... read more on Time Out
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I tried...
...really I did.
The summary on this site leads you to believe that this is a traditional film, however it's a Herzog creation so I should have ... read more »
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yes the titles cool, but.....
Terrible. the first five minutes were unusual, but i got the feeling it was going no where. so i skipped forward, to be brief the skipping got faster and faster... read more »
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Difficult but rewarding
If you've seen Herzog's film-poem 'Fata Morgana' or his expressionist account of the Iraq oil-well fires 'Lessons of Darkness', you'... read more »
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Visually Quite good - If you can stay awake
Bit of an art student esq. film this one.
Long drawn out scenes that are supposed to make you believe in the realism of his deceit but for me just ... read more »
Ten years ago Werner Herzog made a brilliant documentary, Little Dieter Needs to Fly. It was the story of Dieter Dengler, a German boy who grew up with vivid images of the Allied planes that destroyed his village - he made eye contact with the pilot of a plane that flew so close to his bedroom window he could almost touch the wing, he said. Later, he emigrated to the US and joined the navy, where he realized his dream to become a pilot. Shipped off to Vietnam, he was promptly shot down over... Read more
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