Lifepod (1993 film)
| Lifepod | |
|---|---|
| Based on | Lifeboat by Alfred Hitchcock |
| Written by | Jay Roach Pen Densham Alfred Hitchcock (story) Harry Sylvester (story) |
| Directed by | Ron Silver |
| Starring | Ron Silver CCH Pounder Robert Loggia Jessica Tuck Ed Gale Adam Storke Stan Shaw Kelli Williams |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producer | Allan Sandler |
| Cinematography | Steve Dubin |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox Broadcasting Company |
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Lifepod is a 1993 television film reworking of the Alfred Hitchcock classic Lifeboat. It starred Ron Silver, Robert Loggia, Kelli Williams & C. C. H. Pounder, with Silver also directing. It aired on Fox Network in June 1993. Lifepod moved the action from an ocean-bound lifeboat on Earth to a spacecraft's escape pod, with the characters the survivors of a sabotaged spacecraft.
Plot
On Christmas Eve 2168 AD, a ship traveling through space suffers a critical malfunction. [1] Eight guests and crew escape to a lifepod, just before the spaceship explodes, killing all others on board.
The survivors attempt to broadcast a distress signal and wait for rescue. As the days wear on, the lifepod suffers a series of setbacks and malfunctions: air and heat become limited, along with food and potable water. As supplies dwindle, the survivors debate whether, to conserve their supplies, they should prematurely end the life of a critically injured survivor who is consuming a disproportionate amount of supplies.
One morning, the survivors wake up to discover their critically injured crewmate dead. The survivors realize there is a killer hiding among them on the lifepod. Eventually the survivors realize that its possible that one of the people in the Lifepod could have sabotaged the spacecraft, and who wouldn't balk at killing them to keep himself alive.
References
- ^ "Film: Lifepod". TV Tropes. 28 June 1993. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
