Marooned

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Marooned

G,

1969,

2h 13m,

Sci-Fi

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American astronauts Buzz (Gene Hackman), Jim (Richard Crenna) and Clayton (James Franciscus) are stranded in space on their return journey from a new space station when malfunctioning rocket boosters bring the craft to a halt. With the men drifting in orbit, facing death from declining oxygen levels in the shuttle, NASA director Charles Keith (Gregory Peck) quickly mobilizes to launch a bold rescue mission -- but a hurricane headed for the launch site may ensure the astronauts' demise.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

Marooned isn't very interesting from a stylistic point of view, and the actors tend to get buried beneath the technology, but it does tell an exciting story.

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Richard Schickel

LIFE

Oct 2, 2019

The special effects are swell and I ended up feeling nice and tense despite myself.

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Penelope Houston

The Spectator

Jul 11, 2018

I suspect these distinctly disillusioned effects go with endeavours to inject human interest into a basically mechanistic movie. Where the human interest leads is another question.

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Jan 13, 2007

3.5/5

Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Jan 4, 2007

B

... heavy on the technical details.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 14, 2005

3/5

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Finn W

Mar 3, 2019

The film never really launches off as it's paced at zero gravity. Sturges chooses not to use music to enhance dramatic points. Adding to the missed landing is the filmmakers' failing to orbit the storyline around the relationships between the astronauts and their suffering wives. Nonetheless, it's an interesting film if you'd like to see the movie that inspired Alfonso CuarÃ³n's Gravity.

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Leia S

Mar 2, 2019

Great story and depiction.

Abraham R

Mar 2, 2019

A suspense thriller set in space, Marooned is the plight of a base commander (Gregory Peck) trying to get three astronauts (Gene Hackman, Richard Crenna, and James Franciscus) back to earth when their mission fails. An Oscar-winner for "Best Special Visual Effects," the film also picked up nominations for "Best Cinematography" and "Best Sound." It was later retitled Space Travelers. Great for fans of science fiction; others need not apply. This film is a slow burn that pays off the viewer by the decent script and the All - Star cast . This creepingly slow space drama was mainly conceived, I'd posit, as a showcase for the acting talents of the four leads: we're treated to Hackman, Crenna and Franciscus playing the astronaut trio trapped in space, and Peck as the no-nonsense controller back on the ground whose attempts to return them to Earth make up the bulk of the running time. The film stands on its own very credibly with a great storyline which leaves you sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to see what is going to happen to the astronauts trapped in outer space. This film even won an Oscar for Special visual effects. The NASA scenes were done so well that I felt like I was watching something that was really happening. Marooned my be flawed ... and yet it really draws you in.

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Leia P

Jan 4, 2018

great movie, one of the best from 69

George M

Aug 22, 2017

Some astronauts get stranded in orbit and almost suffocate.

Kylo R

Jul 16, 2017

This is the first movie I ever saw in a theater; I was six, and it was at the height of the space race. It is still one of my all time favorite movies.

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John Sturges

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Gregory Peck

Charles Keith

Richard Crenna

Jim Pruett

James Franciscus

Clayton Stone

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Synopsis

American astronauts Buzz (Gene Hackman), Jim (Richard Crenna) and Clayton (James Franciscus) are stranded in space on their return journey from a new space station when malfunctioning rocket boosters bring the craft to a halt. With the men drifting in orbit, facing death from declining oxygen levels in the shuttle, NASA director Charles Keith (Gregory Peck) quickly mobilizes to launch a bold rescue mission -- but a hurricane headed for the launch site may ensure the astronauts' demise.

Director: John Sturges
Producer: M.J. Frankovich
Screenwriter: Mayo Simon
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rating: G
Genre: Sci-Fi
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 11, 1969, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Runtime: 2h 13m

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