Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Roy Dotrice
- Benson
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Stephanie English
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Vera Goulet
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Douglas Lambert
- Captain James
- (uncredited)
Christopher Muncke
- 2nd Crewman
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Stanley Donen
- John Barry(uncredited)
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginal director John Barry had made his name as a set designer, and had been acclaimed for his work on Star Wars (1977) and Superman (1978). After he was removed from this movie, he was working as a second unit director on Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when he collapsed on-set and died of meningitis.
- GoofsIn the final scene, where the ship flies toward Earth, the space background with stars is visible through the ship.
- Alternate versionsA scene of Adam and Alex taking a recreational blues pill was cut from the original UK cinema version in order for the film to receive an 'A' (PG) certificate. The scene was restored for the later 15-rated video version.
- Soundtracks33 1/3
Written by Stomu Yamashta
Performed by Stomu Yamashta
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Outstanding set design and a good premise let down by dull direction and sloppy editing.
The talent working on this film should have meant the end product was a lot more coherent than it actually was.John Barry who was involved with a story credit but was production designer for Star Wars and Superman must have had a big hand in the set design for this film as it looks incredible.The sets are so good they are a character in themselves and lend effectively to creating a sense of isolation.The sets remind me of Alien,yes they are that good which would be testament to the brilliance of Barry.Its a shame then that the rest of the film is rarther poor.It shows glimpses of promise but seems to falter just as its picking up.An expressionless Harvey Kietel seems dubbed and gave a physically hollow performance alongside an energetic Kirk Douglas and an airhead Farrah Fawcett.The visual effects are actually OK but the film seems to be missing big chunks and i get the feeling there's a version out there on the cutting room floor that is actually a lot better than what we have here.This film could probably be remade quite successfully,it has a great premise and is lacking a quality director to see it through. 6/10
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Helper
- Filming locations
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(made at Shepperton Studio Centre, Shepperton, Middlesex, England)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- £10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $9,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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