Space Station 76

Space Station 76 (2014)

Welcome to the future of your past.

A comedic drama about a group of people (and several robots) living on a space station in a 1970s-version of the future. When a new Assistant Captain arrives, she inadvertently ignites tensions among the crew, prompting them to confront their darkest secrets. Barely contained lust, jealousy, and anger all bubble to the surface, becoming just as dangerous as the asteroid that’s heading right for them.

Date of release
2014-09-19
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (254)
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Science Fiction
Director
Jack Plotnick

Casting

Interesting facts

Space Station 76 is a 2014 American parody science fiction film, directed by Jack Plotnick, and co-written by Plotnick, Jennifer Elise Cox, Sam Pancake, Kali Rocha, and Michael Stoyanov.

Production

The film was a passion project for writer director Jack Plotnick who described making the film as "like climbing your own personal Mount Everest". With the film Plotnick wanted to tell the story of his own upbringing but do "it in a sort of an artistic way by setting it in the future as we had imagined it would be in the 70s".

Liv Tyler came aboard after participating in a Skype call with Plotnick which according to her "was half Skype session with a director and half therapy session for me". Tyler was also intrigued by Plotnick's work as an acting teacher and his personal philosophy regarding the craft.

The interior design of the space station bears an astonishing similarity to Keith Wilson's iconic designs for the interiors of Moonbase Alpha from Gerry Anderson's 1970s' hit series Space 1999, whilst there are many other visual references to classic 1970s films such as Silent Running and Star Wars.

The film's soundtrack includes numerous 1960s and 1970s songs, including four by Todd Rundgren, stepfather of Liv Tyler: "International Feel", "I Saw The Light", "Hello It's Me", and "Utopia Theme".

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