Star Odyssey
Seven Gold Men in Space | |
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Directed by | Alfonso Brescia |
Produced by | Luigi Alessi |
Written by |
Alfonso Brescia Massimo Lo Jacono Giacomo Mazzocchi |
Starring | See below |
Music by | Marcello Giombini |
Cinematography | Silvio Fraschetti |
Edited by | Mariano Arditi |
Release dates | 1979 |
Running time |
88 minutes (Italy) 103 minutes (USA) |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Star Odyssey (Italian: Sette uomini d'oro nello spazio / Seven Gold Men in Space) is a 1979 Italian film directed by Alfonso Brescia. The film is also known as Space Odyssey, Metallica and Captive Planet in other video markets.
Plot summary
One of four low-budget Italian science fiction movies produced in the wake of Star Wars by Italian director Alfonso Brescia (under the pseudonym Al Bradley), the film takes place on Earth (now renamed "Sol 3") in the year 2312. The planet is sold to an evil despot named Kress, who soon flies to "Sol 3" to start gathering humanoid slaves to sell to his evil counterparts. Defending "Sol 3" against the new owner is the kindly Professor Maury and his ragtag band of human and robot friends. Maury and his defenders set out to reclaim the planet from Kress and his cyborg army. Familiar faces include Gianni Garko, Malisa Longo, and Chris Avram, veterans of numerous European thrillers.
The 4 films in Alfonso Brescia's 1978 sci-fi series are Cosmos: War of the Planets (1978, aka Year Zero War in Space), Battle in Interstellar Space (1978, aka Battle of the Stars), War of the Robots (1978, aka Reactor) and Star Odyssey (1979)
Cast
- Yanti Somer as Irene
- Gianni Garko as Dirk Laramie
- Malisa Longo as Bridget
- Chris Avram as Shawn
- Ennio Balbo
- Roberto Dell'Acqua as Norman
- Aldo Amoroso Pioso
- Nino Castelnuovo
- Gianfranca Dionisi
- Pino Ferrara
- Aldo Funari
- Cesare Gelli
- Claudio Undari
- Filippo Perrone
- Franco Ressel as Commander Barr
- Massimo Righi
- Silvano Tranquilli
- Claudio Zucchet
External links
- Star Odyssey at the Internet Movie Database
- Star Odyssey is available for free download at the Internet Archive