Thunderbird 6

Thunderbird 6 (1968)

Jeff Tracy möchte, dass Brains einen weiteren Thunderbird entwirft, Brains will dies aber nicht so recht gelingen. Im Mittelpunkt der Geschichte steht ein neues Flugzeug oder besser gesagt Flugschiff "Skyship 1". Auf seinem Jungfernflug befinden sich Lady Penelope, Parker, Alan Tracy und Tin-Tin von International Rescue Bord. Allerdings befinden sich auch einige Gangster mit an Bord. Die Crew wird von ihnen überwältigt, erschossen und aus dem Luftschiff geworfen. Sie wollen mit Skyship 1 in ein verlassenes Gebiet fliegen und dorthin International Rescue locken, um die Thunderbirds Maschinen zu stehlen. Es kommt zu einer Schießerei im Luftschiff und dabei werden die Anti-Gravitationsgeneratoren beschädigt. Skyship 1 verliert an Höhe und droht abzustürzen. Brains hat im letzten Moment eine Idee...

Erscheinungsdatum
1968-08-03
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (47)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 29 Min.
Genres
Abenteuer, Familie, Science Fiction, Animation
Regie
David Lane
Filmreihe
Thunderbirds (Animation) Filmreihe

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Thunderbird 6 is a 1968 British science fiction puppet film based on Thunderbirds, a Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. Written by the Andersons and directed by David Lane, it is the sequel to Thunderbirds Are Go (1966).

Production

Despite the critical and commercial failure of Thunderbirds Are Go, distributors United Artists (UA) ordered a sequel. Filmed on a budget of £300,000 (approximately £4.78 million in 2025), Thunderbird 6 had largely the same production credits as the first film; Gerry and Sylvia Anderson returned as writers and producers, while David Lane reprised the role of director.

The Andersons wrote the script in three months, originally intending the film to be about a "Russo-American space project". The focus was changed to an airship when their associate Desmond Saunders suggested basing the film on the destruction of the R101. In preparation, Gerry read books on the R101 and other airships, including the R100 and the Graf Zeppelin. The plot was intended to be more light-hearted than that of Thunderbirds Are Go.

Principal photography began on 1 May 1967 and was completed in four months.

The film's dialogue was recorded in six days at the Anvil Films Recording Studio. Except for John Tracy and Black Phantom/the Hood, all the returning characters were voiced by the actors who had played them in the first film. The new additions to the voice cast were:

Keith Alexander as John Tracy and the Narrator. Ray Barrett, the original voice of John, had returned to his native Australia. Alexander also provides a brief opening narration explaining the secrecy of International Rescue. He later voiced Sam Loover in Joe 90 and Agent Blake in The Secret Service before starring as Lieutenant Ford in UFO.

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