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Astronaut | Helicopter
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Best Science Fiction Film | 1979
Best Supporting Actress | 1979 | Brenda
Best Special Effects | 1979
Best Costumes | 1979 | Patricia
Worst Supporting Actor | 1978 | O.J.
Budget 5,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 12,000,000 USD
Despite being portrayed as a villain, NASA provided technical assistance, including mock-up spacecraft, sets, vehicles, front screen projection expertise.
One of the stunt pilots, Frank Tallman, who flew the red stearman plane, claimed this film was the most dangerous film he'd ever flown for. He was killed in a crash soon after filming finished.
At the time of the picture's release, Hollywood aviation expert Frank Tallman said of the film's dogfight flying finale between a bi-plane and two helicopters: "It is the most dangerous and complex aerial sequence ever executed for a movie".
The film's writer-director Peter Hyams had earlier responded to the Apollo 11 moon landing by saying: "There was one event of really enormous importance that had almost no witnesses. And the only verification we have . . . came from a TV camera".
The runaway car sequence was so successful that it has been used in other movies and TV shows.
"Robert Caulfield: Mr Albaine, how much do you charge to dust a field? Albain: Twenty five dollars. Robert Caulfield: I'd like to hire your plane. Albain: That'll be a hundred dollars. Robert Caulfield: You said you charged twenty five? Albain: Twenty five dollars to dust a field, but you ain't got no field because you ain't no farmer, which means you ain't poor and I think you're a pervert! Robert Caulfield: Okay, one hundred. Albain: One hundred and twenty five. Robert Caulfield: What? Albain: Because you said yes to a hundred too quick, which means you can afford a hundred and twenty five."
"[after the astronauts have been removed from the rocket before the launch] Lt. Col Peter Willis: Hey, Dr. Kelloway. Funny thing happened on the way to Mars."
