Star Pilot
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Star Pilot | |
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Directed by | Pietro Francisci |
Starring | Leonora Ruffo Mario Novelli |
Music by | Nico Fidenco |
Release date | Oct. 2, 1966 (Italy) |
Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Star Pilot (Italian: 2+5: Missione Hydra) is a 1966 Italian science-fiction film directed by Pietro Francisci. It stars Leonora Ruffo as Chaena
Plot[]
Chaena is the commander of a spaceship from the constellation Hydra which has crashed on the island of Sardinia.
An Earth scientist, some technicians, their companions, and some Chinese agents are abducted by the aliens and forced to repair the ship.
The ship repaired, the aliens decide to take the humans to Hydra for the purpose of genetic research, but while in flight the humans mutiny.[1]
Reception[]
TV Guide found the movie poorly produced.[2]
Production[]
Once in space, the film uses stock special-effects footage from Toho Studio's films Invasion of Astro-Monster and Gorath to depict a pursuit of Chaena's ship and an ecological catastrophe on Earth.
In the fall of 1977, to quickly capitalize on success of Star Wars, the film was dubbed in English and released in the United States under a new title. The English dub included references to "Star Fleet", "Star Fleet Command", "Warp Speed", and "Impulse Drive", as used in the Star Trek television series.
Home release[]
The film was released as a double movie pack with Battle Beyond the Sun.[3] It was also released in 2000 on Blu-ray.[4]
References[]
External links[]
- Italian-language films
- 1960s science fiction films
- 1966 films
- Films directed by Pietro Francisci
- Italian films
- 1960s Italian-language films
- Italian science fiction films
- Space adventure films
- Films shot in Sardinia
- Films scored by Nico Fidenco
- 1960s Italian film stubs
- Science fiction film stubs