No, it's entirely fictional. Interestingly, the name was reused to identify an explosive used to destroy the computer lab in Terminator 2. In that film it's spelled slightly differently, polydichloric ethimol.
William T. O'Niel, a honest policeman is transferred to the mining colony on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, as the new mining colony's new marshal. O'Niel soon begins investigating the deaths of miners, whom have died from violent deaths, as a result of lethal overdoes from a illegal narcotic, which allows the miners to work for hours and go crazy, before dying. When one of the miners, whom has taken the narcotic, goes berserk, holding a prostitute at knife point. O'Niel, without help from his deputies, goes after the drug dealers, who are selling the narcotics to the miners. But, O'Niel soon discovers the mining colony's administrator Sheppard is behind it and sends hired assassins to kill O'Niel and O'Niel decides to take on Sheppard and his hired assassins alone and enforce the law in the mining colony.
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- How long is Outland?1 hour and 49 minutes
- When was Outland released?May 22, 1981
- What is the IMDb rating of Outland?6.6 out of 10
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- Who are the characters in Outland?Sheppard and Spota
- What is the plot of Outland?A federal marshal stationed at a mining colony on the Jupiter moon of Io uncovers a drug-smuggling conspiracy. He gets no help from the workers or authorities when he finds himself marked for murder.
- What was the budget for Outland?$16 million
- How much did Outland earn at the worldwide box office?$17.4 million
- How much did Outland earn at the US box office?$17.4 million
- What is Outland rated?R
- What genre is Outland?Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller, and Western
- How many awards has Outland won?1 award
- How many awards has Outland been nominated for?8 nominations
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