Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.
- Awards
- 5 nominations total
Roy Dotrice
- Benson
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Stephanie English
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Vera Goulet
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Douglas Lambert
- Captain James
- (uncredited)
Christopher Muncke
- 2nd Crewman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaOriginal director John Barry had made his name as a set designer, and had been acclaimed for his work on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Superman (1978). After he was removed from this movie, he was working as a second unit director on Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when he collapsed on-set and died of meningitis.
- GoofsIn the final scene, where the ship flies toward Earth, the space background with stars is visible through the ship.
- Alternate versionsA scene of Adam and Alex taking a recreational blues pill was cut from the original UK cinema version in order for the film to receive an 'A' (PG) certificate. The scene was restored for the later 15-rated video version.
- Soundtracks33 1/3
Written by Stomu Yamashta
Performed by Stomu Yamashta
Featured review
There's no point whining about what 'Saturn 3' COULD have been with a script by Martin Amis, direction by Stanley Donen ('Bedazzled'), and the star power of Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel. It is what it is, and that is, despite the impressive production values, basically a throw back to a fifties b-grade monster movie. Hector is still one of the scariest movie robots of all time, even if the idea of a sex-crazed machine is a trifle ludicrous and reminiscent of all those horny BEMs on pulp magazine covers and silly flicks like 'The Brain From Planet Arous'. Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas ('Spartacus') must have been in his early 60s when this was made but still exudes charisma and virility. 1970s sex symbol Farrah Fawcett ('Logan's Run') is less convincing as his love interest and is, let's face it, little more than eye candy. Keitel must have been wondering just how he ended up in this silliness so soon after his excellent work in 'Blue Collar' and 'Fingers', but he is creepy enough, though apparently dubbed. I also got a kick out of the very brief cameo by Ed Bishop, star of 1970s cult classic SF series 'UFO'. All in all, an unambitious but generally effective thriller, which has a few dull spots but enough scares to make it some cheesy fun. Just don't expect too much and you will enjoy it all the more.
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- Also known as
- Saturno 3
- Filming locations
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(made at Shepperton Studio Centre, Shepperton, Middlesex, England)
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- Budget
- £10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $9,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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