Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.Two lovers stationed at a remote base in the asteroid belt of Saturn are intruded upon by an anal-retentive technocrat from Earth and his charge: a malevolent eight foot tall robot.
- Awards
- 5 nominations
Roy Dotrice
- Benson
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Stephanie English
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Vera Goulet
- Technician
- (uncredited)
Douglas Lambert
- Captain James
- (uncredited)
Christopher Muncke
- 2nd Crewman
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Stanley Donen
- John Barry(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaOriginal director John Barry had made his name as a set designer, and had been acclaimed for his work on Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) and Superman (1978). After he was removed from this movie, he was working as a second unit director on Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) when he collapsed on-set and died of meningitis.
- GoofsWhen Kirk Douglas' character picks up one of the "Blue Dreamer" pills off of the dresser in the bedroom, a crew member can be seen moving in the lower corner of the same mirror in which Kirk's reflection is visible.
- Alternate versionsA scene of Adam and Alex taking a recreational blues pill was cut from the original UK cinema version in order for the film to receive an 'A' (PG) certificate. The scene was restored for the later 15-rated video version.
- Soundtracks33 1/3
Written by Stomu Yamashta
Performed by Stomu Yamashta
Featured review
Farrah's leading men: Kirk, Harvey, and a horny robot named Hector
Would-be foreboding sci-fi looks all shiny and new, like a futuristic department store. Three good actors (Farrah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel) come off looking like incompetent dummies in this derivative, cardboard cartoon. When Keitel arrives at the space station of lovers Douglas and Fawcett, he is carrying a strange metal container. Douglas offers to carry it for him and Keitel answers, "NOOOOOOOO!" in a hilariously chilly manner that makes even Richard Burton's overacting seem tame by comparison. Poor Kirk and Farrah even strip down for this one (so much for the classy reputation of vet director Stanley Donen). There is a neat scene where robotic Hector takes a splinter from Farrah's eye, but her reaction afterward (rubbing it like a child and sticking her bottom lip out) is embarrassing. This is one step beyond, all right. It's so far out it's brain-dead. *1/2 from ****
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- Jan 20, 2001
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- The Helper
- Filming locations
- Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK(made at Shepperton Studio Centre, Shepperton, Middlesex, England)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- £10,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $9,000,000
- Gross worldwide
- $9,000,000
- Runtime1 hour 28 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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