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Marooned (1970)

Gregory Peck , Richard Crenna , John Sturges  |  G |  DVD
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, David Janssen, James Franciscus, Gene Hackman
  • Directors: John Sturges
  • Writers: Martin Caidin, Mayo Simon
  • Producers: Frank Capra Jr., M.J. Frankovich
  • Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
  • Subtitles: English, French, Japanese
  • Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
  • Region: Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
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  • Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: G (General Audience)
  • Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003
  • Run Time: 134 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000CGNEE
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,484 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • Learn more about "Marooned" on IMDb

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Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, Gene Hackman. The suspenseful story of three American astronauts who have difficulty reentering the Earth's atmosphere before their precious-and limited-supply of oxygen disappears. 1969/color/134 min/G/widescreen.

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63 of 67 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "we have negative retrofire" July 5, 2004
Format:DVD
Three astronauts, already debilitated after five months in the Saturn Orbital Laboratory space station, are stranded in their return vehicle, when the engines fail to fire up. The film consists of the efforts to rescue them, the air that is measured out by the minute, the tensions that arise between the astronauts in the small capsule, and their wives, who bravely try to cope. The plot could get predictable were it not for the taut, plausible script, the well-paced direction by John Sturges, the marvelous acting, and the sound. This is the only film I can remember seeing that has no musical soundtrack, just gripping sound effects that add so much to the tension. Even after repeated viewings, this film has an edginess, and it owes much of it to its imaginative use of sound.

Gregory Peck puts in another stellar performance as Chief of Manned Space Charles Keith, who is strong, decisive, and thoughtful; the conversation he has with the stranded crew about oxygen is memorable, and as the commander, Richard Crenna is terrific, and Gene Hackman, an astronaut with a high strung temperament, and James Franciscus are also excellent, as are their wives, Lee Grant, Mariette Hartley and Nancy Kovak, and David Janssen, as a fourth astronaut.

Four months and 2 days after this film was released, Apollo 13 was plagued with its problems, and went through a similar scenario; for those who believe in the powers of the mind, some could argue it was predictive, and others say life imitated art...at any rate, the coincidence is interesting, and one imagines that either the Apollo 13 crew or their families might have seen this film before their mission, and pondered the possibilities.
This film is classified as "sci-fi", though in spirit it is perhaps closer to the disaster films that would become so popular in the '70s. Panned by many critics, it is still alive and breathing well after all these years and the special effects, which won the film an Oscar, retain their freshness and are excellent. It received nominations for Best Cinematography (Daniel Fapp) and Best Sound.
Total running time is 134 minutes.

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Aside form Ice Station Zebra, director John Stuges brings Martin Caidin's classic novel of a joined resucue mission by NASA and the Russina Space program with excellent precision and accuracy. Most of all, the late director stays true to Caidin's work. Not only does the movie have award-winning special effects, a good, solid plot, excellent actors and actresses, it also stays true to what NASA would do in a situation like this.

The film centers around the crew of the Apollo spacecraft IRONMAN 1, and how they are starnded in Earth orbit. While NASA and the Russians prepare a joint rescue operation, the astronauts learn that one or two of them must sacrifice themselves because of their limited oxygen supply. From that point on, it is a race against time to rescue the astronauts from a slow death.

Another cool thing about this movie was the actually filming in Cape Canaveral, Florida, and the stock footage of the Apollo 11 mission taking off from the launch pad. It really captures the era it was set in. Marooned is an excellent film. More science fact than science fiction. If you are a follower of the space program, then you might want to consider checking this film out. It's worth watching.

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29 of 33 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good Film, But An Even Better Prognosticator January 30, 2002
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Though not an unflawed work like Kubrick's 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY was, the 1969 sci-fi drama MAROONED manages to overcome its obvious flaws. The film concerns itself with the crew of Ironman One who, after having spent seven months in a converted Apollo capsule (a precursor to Skylab and the international space station) to test Man's endurance in space, find themselves trapped in their capsule some 300 miles above Earth when the craft's retro-rockets refuse to fire. This forces NASA to try and mount a last-ditch rescue effort before the oxygen inside Ironman gives out and the crew suffocate. Complications involve having to launch the rescue craft through the eye of a hurricane passing over the Florida launch site, but the rescue pilot (David Janssen) gets some unexpected help from a Russian cosmonaut orbiting in a nearby Voshkod spacecraft.

MAROONED is, as I've said, not an unflawed film. The dialogue that the fine cast, which includes Gregory Peck, Richard Crenna, and Gene Hackman, has to deal with is arguably quite banal. Another complication that arises is that the film's director, John Sturges, was better known for his work in the western genre (including THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN) and was thus not totally comfortable in the sci-fi genre. The third problem is that the special effects, which won a justly deserved Oscar in 1969, are obviously dated in ways in which those of "2001" aren't.

As a pre-cursor of things to come, however, MAROONED is unbelievably prescient. The film was released in December 1969. Four months later, in April 1970, the film's situation was echoed almost directly by the real-life saga of Apollo 13, whose three-man crew was almost stranded permanently in space when one of their oxygen tanks exploded on their way to the Moon. And like the 1995 film APOLLO 13, MAROONED shows NASA trying to come up with the right solutions to a very difficult situation. On that score alone, even though thirty years of cinematic advancements have rendered it dated to a certain degree, MAROONED still has considerable weight to it.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I love this movie
The ratings are for the actual movie as the DVD is well, a DVD. The picture quality is good on this issue and the shipper shipped fast. Read more
Published 3 days ago by rdkmco
5.0 out of 5 stars A all star cast speaks for it self
The cast of Marooned speaks for itself. . This is one of the movies I wanted to buy and it takes place in the days of the space program. Read more
Published 5 days ago by Douglas R.Foulk
4.0 out of 5 stars Good movie
Good drama scifi movie, if you are looking for action then this not the movie for you. Could be boring for some viewers.
Published 1 month ago by nitemagic
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
Was looking for this movie for a long time. This is truly the original Apollo 13 before Apollo 13 ever happned.
Published 3 months ago by Daniel E.
5.0 out of 5 stars GReat classc space movie!
Great classc spoace adventure movie...very creepy when compared to the issues of the real Apollo-13 not long after. Read more
Published 3 months ago by George R. Kasica
5.0 out of 5 stars Houston we have a bigger problem
Marooned took a scary flight scenario and showed us what humanity is all about. I am soo glad that we have not had to deal with this scenario yet...
Published 4 months ago by Robena D. Robinett
4.0 out of 5 stars Fun
A bit dated, but that is what makes this movie fun. It's another of those cold-war era films that doesn't try to moralize on the politics of science, but just tells a good story.
Published 4 months ago by Elocutus55
4.0 out of 5 stars Great 1960's Apollo Era Movie
Three astronauts find themselves trapped high above the earth when the space capsule Iron-man One becomes disabled. Read more
Published 5 months ago by joseph sacca
4.0 out of 5 stars Ok movie
I bought this for my husband who loves old Sci-Fi movies. He said he liked it but we both fell asleep the first time we watched it. Maybe the next time around it will be better?
Published 7 months ago by K. Nichols
4.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie
A movie that is an Apollo-13 type drama. I loved this a lot - especially how they showed range of human emotions that would be stressed under such circumstances. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jeffrey Hamlin
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