SCIFI MOVIE MARATHON - TCM: SPOTLIGHT: NOVEL TO FILM - SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2012
08:00 PM The Time Machine (1960)
A turn-of-the-century inventor sends himself into the future to save humanity. H. G. Wells' fantasy reduced to comic book level, but still entertaining, with Rod Taylor as single-minded turn-of-the-20th-century London scientist who invents time-travel device and has vivid experiences in the future. Oscar-winning special effects.
Cast includes Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot, Tom Helmore, Whit Bissell and Doris Lloyd.
10:00 PM The Andromeda Strain (1971)
Scientists race to find the cure for a deadly space virus. Based on Michael Crichton's novel.
Cast includes Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell, Ramon Bieri, Peter Hobbs and Kermit Murdock.
12:15 AM Solaris (1972)
An alien intelligence infiltrates a space mission. A psychologist is sent to a space station orbiting an alien planet in order to discover what has caused the crew to go insane. Based on Stanislaw Lem's novel.
Cast includes Natalya Bondarchuk, Donatas Banionis, Jüri Järvet, Vladislav Dvorzhetskiy, Nikolay Grinko and Anatoliy Solonitsyn.
03:15 AM 2010 (1984)
In this sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, a U.S.-Soviet crew investigates a mysterious monolith orbiting Jupiter. Based on the novel by Arthur C. Clarke.
Cast includes Roy Scheider, John Lithgow, Helen Mirren, Bob Balaban, Keir Dullea, Madolyn Smith Osborne, MacGyver's Dana Elcar, Taliesin Jaffe, James McEachin, Mary Jo Deschanel and Elya Baskin.
05:15 AM From The Earth To The Moon (1958)
Lifelong rivals collaborate on a 19th-century moon rocket. Based on Jules Verne's novel.
Cast includes Joseph Cotten, George Sanders, Debra Paget, Don Dubbins, Patric Knowles, Carl Esmond, Henry Daniell, Melville Cooper and Ludwig Stössel.
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