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The Black Hole Movie Review

Starring: Anthony Perkins,Ernest Borgnine,Yvette Mimieux,Joseph Bottoms, Maximilian Schell, Roddy MacDowall,
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The Palamino, a small six man spaceship traveling through the farthest reaches of space in search of new life forms, stumbles upon the biggest black hole their computer has ever seen. As if this weren't amazing enough, perched right on the edge of it is a huge spaceship. Upon closer inspection it turns out to be the missing ship that Kate's father was on. The Palamino crew decide to check it out and are nearly sucked into the black hole in the process. They manage to dock with the spaceship and and are led to the presesnce of the ship's captain. Dr. Reinhardt is a little nuts from having lived alone with robots for twenty years and is determined to fly into the black hole. He has invented anti-gravity technology that enables the ship to resist the forces of the black hole and wants to doa little exploring. He puts on a nice front for the Palamino crew and helps them repair their ship, but he's really a murderer full of deceit and evil. He uses his sinister red robot Maximillian to control the Palamion crew, but one starts to wonder who is really in control when Maximillian disobeys orders and kills Reinhardt's new would-be protege. Is the robot a senitent evil, or just a reflection of Reinhardt's madness?
sayruh, Resident Scholar

When the crew of the USS Palomino ventures out into deep space to investigate a black hole and look for a sister ship that disappeared twenty years earlier,they get even more than they bargained for. For one thing,the ship's chief scientist(believe it or not) is still alive after all this time and fixated on the idea that black holes are actually gateways to other galaxies and dimensions.After that,the Palomino crew is in a BIG hurry to leave, but that's easier said than done when the scientist sics his personal robot servants on them, causing one of them to be killed in the process.
Chris Oakley, Resident Scholar


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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 40%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact Yes
Explore plotlet: - exploring a wondrous planet or phenomenon
Robots & Computers & VR Yes
Plotlet: - fighting harmful robot(s)

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - pilot, civilian
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Black)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Events of movie makes character more... - introspective
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor? - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - Very athletic

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) short/butch/lez
Unclothed? - very tight clothes
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - scientist
Eccentric: Yes - eccentric - mentally ill - obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60% - 90%-100%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard curly
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity - German
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physical condition - average physique
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant

Setting
Spaceship setting: - really, really giant spaceship/station
Takes place in spaceship? Yes
In Space? - black hole

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Tone of movie - fearful
Any profanity? - Occasional swearing
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - exploding spaceships - exotic spaceships
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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