1969 · space · survival · effects
Marooned
Directed by John Sturges2h 14m1969
After spending several months in an orbiting lab, three astronauts prepare to return to Earth only to find their de-orbit thrusters won't activate. After initially thinking they might have to abandon them in orbit, NASA decides to launch a daring rescue. Their plans are complicated by a hurricane headed towards the launch site—and a shrinking air supply in the astronauts' capsule.
Our read: Marooned (1969) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded space · survival · effects entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured space / survival, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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