Alien Attack
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“The ultimate space-age disaster ... and a desperate struggle for survival”
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).
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Part of Space: 1999 Movie Collection
6 films
Cast
16 people
Martin Landau
Commander John Koenig
Known for
Ed Wood
9
Valerie Van Ost
Main Mission Operative
Known for
The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Don't Lose Your Head
Barbara Bain
Doctor Helena Russell
Known for
Mission: Impossible
Space: 1999
Barry Morse
Professor Victor Bergman
Known for
The Changeling
The Fugitive
Nick Tate
Captain Alan Carter
Known for
Killer Elite
Evil Angels
Prentis Hancock
Paul Morrow
Also in
Kappatoo
Reilly: Ace of Spies
Zienia Merton
Sandra Benes
Also in
The History Man
Casanova
Roy Dotrice
Commissioner Gerald Simmons
Known for
Amadeus
Beauty and the Beast
Anthony Valentine
Male Alien
Known for
Masada
To the Devil a Daughter
Isla Blair
Female Alien
Known for
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
The Final Cut
Philip Madoc
Commander Anton Gorski
Known for
The Bourne Identity
Doppelgänger
Lon Satton
Benjamin Ouma
Known for
Live and Let Die
Revenge of the Pink Panther
Charles Crichton Director · Lee H. Katzin Director George Bellak Screenplay
First release September 4, 1980 · Produced in United Kingdom
Production
ITC Entertainment
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 4, 1980
Physical
No release date listed for United States.
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