Android (film)
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Aaron Lipstadt |
| Produced by | Mary Ann Fisher |
| Written by | Don Keith Opper James Reigle Will Reigle |
| Starring | Klaus Kinski Brie Howard |
| Music by | Don Preston |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editing by | Andy Horvitch |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
| Release date(s) | October 1982 |
| Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Android is a 1982 science fiction film directed by Aaron Lipstadt and starring Klaus Kinski. The film follows the story of a scientist and his assistant who are working on an illegal android program from their lab on a space station in orbit of the Earth.[1]
The film was voted Best Science Fiction Film in 1983 by The Age, but has received a somewhat mixed reaction from critics. It was completely filmed in four weeks and edited in a further three weeks. The original version was 80 minutes long and none of the original content was removed before release.
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[edit] Plot
The film follows the story of Doctor Daniel (Kinski) and his assistant Max 404 (Don Keith Opper) who work on a space lab in the year 2036 on an illegal android program. The Doctor is working on the creation of a female robot Cassandra One (Kendra Kirchner). When Max saves a space craft he meets his first human woman. It is eventually revealed that Daniel is himself an Android. After his eventual demise Max and Cassandra, posing as Daniel and his assistant, return to an Earth where androids have been banned since the Munich revolution.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Klaus Kinski | Dr. Daniel |
| Brie Howard | Maggie |
| Don Keith Opper | Max 404 |
| Kendra Kirchner | Cassandra |
| Norbert Weisser | Keller |
| Crofton Hardester | Mendes |
| Randy Connor | Terrapol: Landing Party |
| Gary Corarito | Terrapol: Neptune |
| Mary Ann Fisher | Terrapol: Neptune |
| Julia Gibson | Terrapol: Minos |
| Roger Kelton | Terrapol: Landing Party |
| Darrell Larson | Terrapol: Neptune |
| Ian Scheibel | Terrapol: Neptune |
| Wayne Springfield | Terrapol: Minos |
| Rachel Talalay | Terrapol: Landing Party |
| Johanne Todd | Terrapol: Landing Party |
In the closing credits, Max 404 plays "himself," and the technical credits maintain the conceit that the film character Max 404 is played by an actual android called Max 404.
[edit] Reception
The film received a mixed response being praised in Europe but receiving a less positive reaction in the United States. It was described by Cinefantastique as "a typical New World production that opens nice, but soon short-circuits with all the clichés of the genre." However this can be contrasted with the views of leading science fiction author David Wingrove who describes the review by Cinefastique as witless "Rot! Android stays firmly nice from start to finish" He particularly praises the work done on such a low budget saying that "you can't buy or budget love. When money is sparse, invention is all." George Lucas said that he personally thought the film to be "smart" and "relevant".
[edit] References
- ^ Nathaniel Thompson, ed. (July 2006). DVD Delirium: The International Guide to Weird and Wonderful Films on DVD. 3. FAB Press. pp. 25–26. ISBN 190325440X.
[edit] Bibliography
- Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
[edit] External links
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