Battlestar Galactica
A billion light years from Earth, the human race is fighting for survival.
Country
Genre
Budget
$3 000 000
Box office
$0
Director
Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi
Actors
Scenario
Glen A. Larson
Producer
John Dykstra
Camera operator
Ben Colman
Composer
Artist
Audition
Mark Malis
Editing
Robert L. Kimble, Larry Strong, Leon Ortiz-Gil
Whole Team (29)
Whole Team (29)
Short description
After the destruction of the Twelve Colonies of Mankind, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift fugitive fleet in a desperate search for the legendary planet Earth.
What's left behind the scenes
- By agreement with George Lucas, it was decided not to show laser beams on the screen when using blasters. The audience only saw a flash and immediately – the result of the shot. The laser action or light trail was only noticeable when the action took place directly in outer space.
- Muffit was played by a chimpanzee (which was noticeable in its movements). The animal was owned by Ralph Helfer, an animal behaviorist and author of several books about animals.
- Mickey S. Michaels, who was responsible for set decoration, contacted “Tektronix, Inc.” and they, in exchange for a mention in the credits, donated computer equipment worth $3 million and monitors worth around $35,000 at the time to the project’s creators for use in the Galactica bridge set and other sets.
- Terry Carter was initially cast as Lieutenant Boomer, but the actor broke his leg, and producer Glen A. Larson gave him another role – a colonel (which did not involve the same physical demands as the role of Boomer). Throughout the film, Carter's colonel is shown with a broken leg in a cast.
- After the sudden attack by the Cylons on Commander Adama's home planet, an image of his wife, Ila, is shown on screen. Sophia Loren served as the model for the image.
- The original model of the spaceship, restored and put on display at "Universal Studios" several years after the completion of filming of "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), was stolen and never seen again.
- In 1979, it was shown in cinemas equipped with the "Sensurround" system. This system added expanded range bass sound effects, and thus, low-frequency sounds were more felt than heard by viewers. The same system was used for the screening of four other films by "Universal Pictures": "Earthquake" (1974, Mark Robson), "Midway" (1976, Jack Smight), "Roller Coaster" (1977, James Goldstone), and the television film "Battlestar Galactica: The Cylons Strike" (1979, Vince Edwards, Christian I. Nyby II).
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