If you can look past the rotten production values and slow pacing there is a lot for more literary type sci-fi fans to appreciate . . .
The Martian Chronicles (1979)
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Fresh:2
Rotten:2
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Runtime: 5 hrs 14 mins
Genre: Television
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Based on Ray Bradbury's sweeping sci-fi classic, this 1979 mini-series details the mystery, wonder and horror of humankind's attempts to leave Earth and establish a new culture on Mars. Scientists... Based on Ray Bradbury's sweeping sci-fi classic, this 1979 mini-series details the mystery, wonder and horror of humankind's attempts to leave Earth and establish a new culture on Mars. Scientists travel to Mars to study its atmosphere and terrain, and decide that earthlings can dwell safely in this new environment--but some in the group learn that an alien life form might exist beneath the planet's surface. Everyone will eventually learn that the colonization of Mars might not be welcomed by its present inhabitants...and with good reason. This epic television production originally aired in three parts. Darren McGavin, Roddy McDowell, Rock Hudson, and Bernie Casey star. [More]
Starring: Bernie Casey, Darren McGavin, Christopher Connelly, Nicholas Hammond
Starring: Bernie Casey, Darren McGavin, Christopher Connelly, Nicholas Hammond, Rock Hudson, Roddy McDowall, Bernadette Peters, Phil Brown
Director: Michael Anderson
Director: Michael Anderson
Screenwriter: Richard Matheson
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