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1979 | Richard A.
Budget 3,000,000 USD
The original shooting model, restored for a display at Universal Studios several years after Galactica 1980 (1980) wrapped production, went missing when the display was removed. The model, viewed as stolen property by Universal, has yet to be recovered.
As part of a pre-release agreement with George Lucas, they were not allowed to show laser beams when they use their blasters. All you see is the weapon lighting and then whatever damage was caused. The only time you see a laser or light trail is when they are in space, the Colonial Vipers and Cylon Raiders.
Muffit, the robotic daggit (dog), was played by a chimpanzee (which was obvious, by the way that it moved) named Evie (short for Evolution) who belonged to exotic animal trainer Ralph Helfer.
Set Decorator Mickey S. Michaels contacted computer hardware giant Tektronix, Inc. and got them to donate about three million dollars worth of hardware, as well as a large number of television monitors worth about thirty-five thousand dollars at the time, to be used on the Battlestar Galactica bridge and other sets, in return for a prominent screen credit.
In 1979, this was released theatrically in "Sensurround". This was the fourth film to be presented in this short-lived process, a special low-frequency bass speaker set-up consisting of four huge speakers loaned by distributors to select theaters showing the film. This system was employed only during certain sequences, and was so powerful, that it actually cracked plaster at some movie theaters. "Sensurround" was used in only four other films released by Universal: Earthquake (1974), Midway (1976), Rollercoaster (1977) and Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979).
"Count Baltar: [smiling maliciously] Their destruction is complete. Cylon Centurion: Our forces have taken prisoners near the spacedrome. They tell of survivors who escaped in ships. Count Baltar: What ships? How far can they go? If a handful of survivors did indeed escape, they would have neither fuel nor food for a prolonged voyage. Cylon Centurion: The information is not complete. It is offered in exchange for life. Count Baltar: And what is the standing order, for humans, from your Imperious Leader? Cylon Centurion: Extermination. Count Baltar: Then carry out your orders. If they exist, they're doomed."
"Captain Apollo: The Nova of Madagon is not a nova at all, but a starfield so bright, our cockpits will be sealed to prevent blindness. We'll navigate by scanners and clear everything out of our path with turbo lasers. Are you feeling alright, Starbuck? You're fidgeting around like a daggit on a sunspot. Lieutenant Starbuck: Well, it's my bio-pulse-line, sir. You see, it's a bad time for me to be cooped up in a cockpit. Lieutenant Boomer: Starbuck's being polite... since he got a steam burn. Captain Apollo: I don't think I want to ask you how you got it, because I need you on this mission. I didn't choose you to help lead us through without a great deal of anguish. But if it'll do any good, let me assure you that should we fail... no one will survive. The rest of our friends must sit in anticipation of our skill. Lieutenant Starbuck: Or lack thereof..."
