2010, Outland, Capricorn One: The Best Sci-Fi Movies You Never Saw
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- While Peter Hyams may not be a household name to casual film fans, his filmography stacks up with some of the greatest directors of his era. His movies were never critically adored, but they typically did decent coin at the box office and held up really well all these years later. On this super-sized edition of The Best Movie You Never Saw, we’re looking at a trilogy of sci-fi movies he made early in his career.
Capricorn One: The underrated conspiracy thriller finds NASA faking a mission to Mars and marking the astronauts, played by James Brolin, OJ Simpson and Sam Waterston, for death. Elliott Gould co-stars.
Outland: Sean Connery stars in this sci-fi remake of High Noon, which many fans have pegged as an unofficial sequel to Alien.
2010: An ambitious and entertaining sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey, starring Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren and John Lithgow.
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I love everything about Outland 🥰 The atmosphere, the actors, the dialogues. Heavily underrated.
It feels like it happens in the same universe as Aliens but back in the Sol system and...you know, lacking the perfect killing machine.
As a HUGE Peter Hyams fan, I'm so glad you did this. 2010 made me recheck 2001 and everything suddenly made sense. Outland was definitely "High Noon" in space (with an incredibly shot fight scene) and Capricorn One was sublime conspiracy theory. Two were blessed with Jerry Goldsmith scores and David Shire was no slouch when he did 2010.
I could never figure out why Hyams doesn’t get more recognition. 2010 and Outland are really well put together films.
I always felt his films were overshadowed (2001 and High Noon come to mind). He wasn’t a revolutionary film maker but he certainly entertained me.
I remember my kid brother coming home from the movie theatre and repeating all his favorite lines from Capricorn one.
I think the point with 2001 was not knowing HALs motives.
@@ghostviggen They flat out tell you HAL's motives in a clunky and amateurish manner in 2001. HAL was given orders to hide information from the crew that conflicted with his core directives.
All 2010 does is contextualize and explain things properly.
@@zephyr8072 It’s actually much more subtle in 2001. You have to connect it with the first chapter to understand HAL.
Roy Schneider was an all time great “every man” actor. Love all of his films and tv shows.
“ We’re gonna need a bigger boat 🛥️ “
SeaQuest DSV: "The bigger boat has arrived."
Blue Thunder is also an awesome movie. A young Daniel Stern.
When you literally just quote the video and pretend it's your original thought.
All That Jazz was his best film.
Sheider.
Love OUTLAND!
Its one of my favorite Sean Connery movies!
Its a Sci Fi Thriller with Western elements, because its a loose adaptation of HIGH NOON from 1951. Instead of fighting off ruthless gang members like Gart Cooper, Sean Connery's character O'Neill fights off drug smugglers on Jupiter's moon IO (Eye-Oh).
The soundtrack is amazing and heart pounding.
one of my favorites! Love Sean and he is fucking great in this, the whole movie is great.
2010 is a great flick. Saw it in the theater. It was Incredible on the big screen.
I would love to have seen that
I saw 2010 in the theater as well! It was fantastic! I was 9 years old and it was on this new "big" screen at the time. Really great!
Also, this was 1984. That year for movies must be the greatest of all time!
Me too..opening weekend . I was 13 and had no knowledge of 2001 I only went because my dad was such a huge fan of that film, so I watched it on its own own merit, and I absolutely loved it and always have.
Saw Capricorn 1 in the theatre. Full audience. The reaction to the ending was the loudest applause I’ve ever experienced in a theatre.
Saw it at the theater too . The audience loved it .
The horns on Capricorn One's theme are breathtaking, tremendous score from Goldsmith...
Ah, three very good films. Capricorn 1 was a master piece. Outland & 2010, excellant films.
Two really entertaining movies, Capricorn One especially stands the test of time. I agree with you about both Goldsmith soundtracks, again I think Capricorn One edges it in terms of variation and quality, it virtually defined action score writing for the 80`s, Goldsmith was a true genius, greatly missed.
Outland has always been a favorite of mine. Underrated gem.
Can’t agree more with your assessment of these three fantastic films…Outland and 2010 being my favorites. Aside from having watched Outland and 2010 at the theater all those decades ago, I’ve owned copies of both in all the formats; from VHS to DVD to Blu Ray to Digital Streaming.
I remember seeing all three of these movies at the cinema when they were released and enjoyed them all. Seen them since on TV. Amazed that there are people unaware of their existence. The only really dated aspect of Capricorn One was the idea of going to Mars with Apollo kit. That aerial chase at the end looked amazing on the big screen. Happy memories.
Don't forget that 2010 was adapted from the novel written by Arthur C. Clarke. So it's not like Hyams and company just dropped the idea out there. Clarke himself worked with Hyams on the screenplay and was also very supportive of the film, and even has a small cameo.
Outland and Capricorn One are two of my favorites. Love it!
Remember seeing 2010 in the cinema as a kid, it’s testament to what a good film it was that it was too highbrow really for a kid my age yet I still really enjoyed it.
“Piece of pie!”
"Cake. Piece of cake."
"Cake, yes."
"DUMB!"
Great upload, thank you. Outland and Capricorn One are two of my favourite films, the score for both films are some of the best scores Goldsmith wrote. So good to see these films getting some love
In Capricorn One, I loved how Hyams transformed the helicopters into characters themselves. That scene where they hover, turn to face each other and then turn back to camera is brilliant.
OUTLAND is one of the best sci-fi noir films ever made imho. Anyone who likes sci-fi should see this movie asap. It's amazing. Gritty, dark, intense, pure magic. I saw it in the theater with my Dad even though I was way to young at the time. It was a great experience.
Capricorn One is a highly underrated movie. It's just as good as any Hitchcock classic and only suffers due to budget. Just imagine if it had had Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Steve McQueen in the lead roles it would have won Oscars and been a huge hit. So switch those actors in your minds eye (Give Telly Savalas a bigger part, put Burt Lancaster or Gene Hackman in the Hal Holbrook role) and realise how truly great it would have been. Lew Grade may have been 2nd grade but he has given people (and kids) a lot of happiness so still cherish his name.
Capricorn one is an old favorite of mine. I remember watching it as young man.
All are great movies! Outland is my favorite of the trio, but all are fun to watch!
Outland with Sshhhean Connery was sublime. A western showdown in space. I wonder what a modern remake of Outland would look like with advances in film and technology. Who would be in the lead role? Capricorn One was brilliant! Great cast (despite OJ) and a great story, well written and it fed into the conspiracy Zeitgeist!
Frances Sternhagen is *great* in that film.
Liam Neeson as O'Niel
Remakes are bad news. We need something new.
@@clangerbasher OK. GO out and make something new...
Outland sounds a bit like Firefly.
I saw "Capricorn One" at the theater! It was a great little Thriller! "Outland" was a terribly underrated gem! One of my favorite Sean Connery roles! Nice video!
13:25 - It's mentioned that Stanley Kubrick is on the Time cover as the Soviet premier, however not mentioned that Arthur C. Clarke as the US president. Love all of these flicks!
Yep. Nice little easter egg
I saw 2010 when it was released in theaters on a huge curved screen in 70mm and with THX sound. It was awesome seeing it like that...the 80s version of an IMAX film!
IMAX has been around since the 1970s. As a kid went to the Cinesphere in Toronto, which had the first theater dedicated to IMAX. It was more documentary fare back then. It's still very cool to see 2010 projected in 70mm.
Raise the Titanic like Capricorn One and 2010:The Year We Make Contact had amazing music!!!! Great scores by three of my favorite composers
2010 was a fun film and I personally enjoy it more than the original.
I would love someone to take on 2061 and 3001. If they managed to convince a studio to remake Dune (which is a pretty huge and somber sci-fi story) then these two books could be made into movies.
Saw Capricorn One when I was a kid when it came out. Loved it then. And then forced my children to watch a couple years ago.😃
What i loved about both films was Hyam's dialog. There's just something natural about it. Also, the corporate, industrial setting of outland is completely believable to me as someone who's worked in Healthcare almost all my adult life 😊
I remember seeing Capricorn One at the theater. Theater was empty but I recall loving it. Your review was perfect. Slightly long and yes OJ was in it but unless you were around then, he had a sort of, not a great actor but everyone loved him vibe (that may not have aged well but it was true). Anyway, thanks for spotlighting that as well as the much forgetten but equal cult classic Outland.
You forgot to mention that the Leonov is one of the coolest scifi ship designs ever put on screen
Hal Holbrook was great in Capricorn One. “And if we say no?” …. “I don’t know, don’t say no.”
The speech he gives to the astronauts in the conference room is amazing.
Outland and Capricorn One are two of my favorites from this era. I was about 10-12 years old when these would regularly play on the Saturday night late movie on CBS.
saw these years ago. own both of them. now look at THE SEVEN UPS, SORCERER and THE MUSIC OF CHANCE
Outland was awesome. I was lucky enough to have seen it in the theater.
I have all three on DVD and watch them regularly, 2010 being my favourite of the 3.
I have both 2010 and Outland in my collection. 2010 was to me an excellent follow up to 2001. After all Jupiter isn't really that far away from missing out becoming a star itself. There are many binary star systems that have been found As for Outland, you get to see Sean Connery as a space cop taking down the bad guys on his own. Capricorn One didn't do anything for me. It seemed at that time everyone distrusted the Government so it didn't surprise me that someone dreamed up NASA being another bad guy. I saw it but passed on keeping a copy of it.
At worst NASA in real life was bureaucratic and slow to change, like the lead up to the Challenger disaster.
Capricorn One was pretty dull, and idiots have actually use it as some sort of evidence for fake moon landing conspiracy theories.
On the other hand, OJ Simpson dies in it. That's a plus.
I consider all three of these films highly enjoyable sci-fi flicks. I watched 2010 not long after it's release in 1984 and even before I saw 2001. I was around 10 years old at that time.
I remember when I was a kid in the late '70s, CAPRICORN ONE was kind of a big deal. It replayed on Sunday Night movies and HBO and Showtime on a regular basis and always got heavy ad support. But it seems to have disappeared from most people's awareness.
2010 was a GREAT movie in every way. Yeah, it lacks 2001's artistic flair, but in terms of characterization, pacing, and plot, 2010 is actually a better movie than 2001. There, I said it. It's true. 2010 is easily one of the best science fiction movies ever made and still numbers amongst my favorites.
OUTLAND is okay. Basically HIGH NOON in space. The pacing is a bit slow in places, but still well worth watching.
Your essay on "Capricorn One" is spot-on. It made money, but the expectation at the time was that it would be a "Star Wars" level hit. I know that sounds unrealistic, but that was the buzz back then - I was around and an adult in 1978. It does play MUCH better in the cinema; Hyams knows how to best utilize anamorphic lenses for maximum impact. Its release in the States was delayed, but I don't recall the reason why. However, I had the good fortune of attending a "sneak preview" in early 1978. I was blown away, and told everyone I knew to look forward to its summer release. I even bought Goldsmith's brilliant soundtrack album. I think this was Hyam's best film. Any sequel to "2001" was destined to fail IMO and was out of his league, quite frankly. But I think it's fair to say it would have been out of ANYONE's league!
The cat’s on the roof! Lol. I remember my kid brother coming home from the movie theater, repeating all his favorite lines from Capricorn one. Meanwhile, I swear, Telly Savalas stole that picture.
Always dug Capricorn One. The dialogue is highly amusing, and I'm a dialogue geek, particularly the banter between Gould and Savalas. Perverts unite! However, the comparison between Gould and Sandler is hilarious.
Somehow missed Capricorn 1 but I did here of it. I’ll give it a watch. Dad took me to see Outland when I was a wee lad really stuck with me, probably because of all the explosive decompressions. Saw 2010 at the theater too but can’t remember who with. Love this film own it on several formats now. Read all of Author C Clark’s books and was happy HAL got a redemption arc.
2010 is one of my favourite movies. I only seen Outlander and Capricorn one just once but I never forgot them.
I came here giddy to write about one of my favourite scenes that lives rent free in my head, only for you to open the video with it, lol, nice one! Gould focusing on Brenda's slight head tilt as her husband is talking is, well, chef's kiss 😂😂😂
p.s. and while I know it's not sci-fi, Hyams did gift us a pretty sweet buddy-cop flick, 1986's Running Scared 😂
loved 2010 and Capricorn One is awesome film
Peter Hymans is truly underrated -- especially his cinematography. Would love to see you talk about The Star Chamber, which is one of the few films I can think of that manages to weave legal technicalities (which are of course a real thing -- even the cops have to think about the law before they search for evidence) and straight up action.
The denouncement might be a little far-fetched, but who cares. Hal Holbrook is a gem as always. Plus it's incredibly well-shot.
Thanks for the video!
Outland was always a favourite... good old high noon in space.
I saw all 3 of these in theaters and loved them all. Never realized they we all by the same person. Your video inspired me to go back a rewatch them again. Great video.
Sci-fi did not elude Sean Connery as he was in a sci fi film before Outland, it was Zardoz. (1974) It was a pretty damn weird dystopian future, but it was most certainly sci-fi. All three mentioned seen many times. Agree Outland is under rated and fits in nicely with Alien in the look and themes of an evil space corporation.
I see Outland in the title, I click, I watch and I like.
Outland and 2010 are some of my favorite movies from that period.
I am proud to say, I saw them all in the early to mid 80s, and I own copies of them all to this very day, they are brilliant no doubt about it.
Saw ‘em all in the theatre. Outland was particularly great. All memorable.
2010 is very decent - and the cameo's of Clarke and Kubrick as the US and USSR leaders was nice (also Clarke is sitting in the park feeding the birds in front of the White House in it, to the left of the screen)
Yup. And the edition of the 2010 novel I have was signed by ACC himself. Hyam's film adaptation works, in fact it was praised by none other than Harlan Ellison who gave Hyams props for directing "with cool composure and high craft".
Saw both of these the theaters…multiple times. Such great movies!
So glad to see those movies not slip into oblivion as I had feared.
OUTLAND - Like it better than any Star Wars movie. And yeah, it has this gritty Aliens feeling to it. Like its a prequel explaining how corporate companies started branching out into space an then one fine day found - ALIENS!
2010 - One of my all time faves ever since I saw it when it came out.
Capricorn One - IS TOP NOTCH TOO!
Oh, & loved Capricorn One when I saw it on TV as a kid back in the 80's. I was a Sci-Fi kid, a-la Star Wars/Star Trek...
Has loved all these 3 movie since I was a young'un!
Outland is one of my all time favourites.
I saw all three of these movies in the theater. They're all great.
Heard once that Outland was pitched with a single sentence that sold the idea: "High Noon in Space." Starring Sean Connery - Boom sold. Excellent movie, saw it in the theater when it came out.
Saw 2010 in theatres and still love it. It inspired me to read all four books in the series. Outland was epic as well. I still watch both regularly.
2010 is one of my favs. aside from the choice of having a narrator. completely disagree that 2010 was unnecessary or "dumb" as it totally explained and redeemed HAL and bowman. and HAL being told he will dream is so innocent and inspiring since he turned out to be much better than any human intelligence after all
I find that people who claim 2010 was dumb have never watched either movie.
2010 was far smarter than 2001.
2001 was insanely pretty. That's about all it had.
Saw all 3 at the cinema. I love the idea that Outland is part of the Aliens universe. It is definitely High Noon in space.
2010 is a movie that really seems to really have dropped off the radar. I suspect many people don't even know that 2001 had a sequel.
Capricorn One, Outland, and 2010, are my favourite films ever made
I watch Outland regularly (2-3 times a year). It's atmospheric and moody in the same vein as Blade Runner. The sets are beautiful. Sean Connery is always a win. Supporting cast is great. The story is a little dull, but it's good regardless. Gotta throw out my man Jerry Goldsmith scoring both of these films, and I'm in heaven.
That's right - give Peter Hyams his props!
I'm a dinosaur and all three sit proudly on my DVD/Blu-ray shelf
I wanted to praise you for your excellent review to all these Gems of Sci-Fi film. I actually watched them all in the theatre when they came out and to this day, I believe they are among the best films in their genre, demonstrating the talent that Peter Hyams had for making great films out of interesting, straight forward stories. CAPRICORN ONE is a masterpiece, although, perhaps unfortunately, feeds up the limited brains of the insane who believe the Moon Landing event (s) didn’t take place; a reason for many to probably not watch it. However, once you start it, you quickly forget its absurd political implications and get absorbed in an intricate plot supported by magnificent acting by Elliot Gould, Hal Holbrook, James Brolin, Telly Savalas and Sam Waterston. 2010, what a film! Not just a very solid sequel to 2001 that justifies the risk of making it, it has grown in relevance as the Cold War flared up again almost 15 years after the date portrayed in the film. Actually, in 1984, when it was filmed, the Cold War was still on, but it had become more a caricature of the serious situation it was since the 1950s, with mostly everyone seeing it as non-threatening aspect of everyday life, and a motive for exploitation for the main purpose of entertainment. Well, if you check this film now, you don’t get bored at all, and promptly understand the vision of the writer and the director, who clearly made it for posterity. Roy Scheider is in his best and most serious role since JAWS and Helen Mirren gets lost in hers. Bob Balaban and John Lithgow are perfect in their roles as well. Why can’t we see actos like these anymore?! Finally, OUTLAND, what a film! If you ever wanted to see a tough post-Bond Sean Connery, this is it. The out-of-this-world setting is dark and claustrophobic, which helps the viewer get immersed and feel part of the story from the beginning. Plot and acting are tremendous by Connery and a mean Peter Boyle in one of his best roles. It is interesting to consider, as many devoted fans of the genere point out, that the world where this film takes place (and the company depicted at its front) is the same as the one in the ALIEN franchise. Again, excellent review of Mr. Hyams’ films.
I LOVE 2010. Its such a good movie and I wish it was more well known.
You are wrong, wrong, wrong, WRONG.
Not only have I seen them, I watch them all at least once a year! Truly love these movies.
I'm so old I saw all three in the theater.
Younger generations may have missed these films but people loved them when they came out, and for years on TV.
I had Outland on VHS tape. Just take the classic western High Noon, put it on a space mining colony, add Sean Connery and Peter Boyle, and you have a GREAT one-off film.
One of my favorite Peter Hyams films is "Hanover Street"(1979). Beautiful soundtrack too.
Love all these movies. I think NASA supported Capricorn One despite their villainous on-screen role because they wanted to show the Moon landing deniers that keeping the lid on such a secret would be impossible.
All three of these were favorites of mine growing up. So, even though you weren’t addressing me in the title, I’m going to enjoy this video anyway.
I remember back in the mid-80's my Dad rented "2010" from the Beta video rental store. He was a big Kubrick/"2001" fan from the 60's so, he thought it would be interesting. The film is great, so long as you can divorce yourself from the distance between 2001 and 2010 in terms of filmmaking conceits. Scheider's characters interaction with Natasha Shneider's female Soviet Cosmonaut is particularly intriguing. The rest of the cast known and unknown, is also loaded.
Also, it's a more practical film that doesn't try to be as artsy as the original, without falling into the typecast, "Space Explorers" tropes. One mistake that I think was made by the makers, was casting Roy Scheider. Yes, he's a good and intense actor. But he was so hopelessly typecast after "Jaws", that no film he did after would really escape his Sheriff Brody character or face recognition, and "2010" duly suffered from that in terms of promotion, previews, all the way down to the movie posters where a lot of potential ticket buyers walked away from it because the guy from "Jaws" was in it.
Hollywood and the theater-going public's fickle wants can be a cruel place, even to competent people. But it is what it is. Also, Peter Hyams is one of the most criminally underrated directors that hit near home-runs in almost every film genre from the 70's to the 90's.
Running Scared is fun, one of the better 80s buddy cop movies and Relic is worth a watch.
I went to the movies as a kid to see 2010 TYWMC, I didn't understand it,but I still thought it was a good movie. It wasn't until I watched it a couple of years ago after watching 2001, that I realised how great this movie is & actually understood what it was about. But what a fantastic film, in my opinion. I'm just bummed that in 2024, the technology in both movies is LIGHTYEARS ahead of what we're capable of today!
Outland was the best! I watch it at least once a year
Always thought these were iconic Sci fi movies
I have seen all of these and my favorite of the bunch here is Outland. Memberberries with that one, went to the theater with Mom to see it.
I’ve seen all 3. I loved Outland and enjoyed the other 2 a lot. I’ll have to watch Capricorn 1 again; thanks for mentioning where it’s streaming.
3 fantastic movies. 100% better than some of the garbage they put out today. 3 perfect movies.
I love Capricorn One, I watch it regularly. It's got everything! :)
I've always loved all three of these movies. In my headcanon Outland exists in the Alienverse
I have all of these in my DVD collection. All great films.😅
Outland is sooooo underrated.
I love 2001, but I also always loved 2010, which I saw at the cinema back then, and own on DVD/Bluray. It is a very solid sequel and one of my favourite sci-fi films from that era (and my favourite Peter Hyams film, followed by Outland and Capricorn One). I even have the comic adaptacion by Marvel Comics.
Greetings from Nottingham,England.....I saw Capricorn One in the cinema here back in late 1977 or early 1978,can`t remember-great film,loved it-still do.....Outland as stated is basically High Noon in space,some great visuals but not much else....2010:The Year We Make Contact,on it`s own is really good even if Peter Hyams cut a lot of the original novel and added a Cold War/Nuclear Arms Race schtick instead of concentrating on what was in the book-which explained a lot more,saw it at the cinema in 1984 (?),still a great film but you are talking to the man for who 2001:A Space Odyssey-which i first saw in 1968 on the last remaining Cinerama cinema in the country-is STILL the greatest film ever made.Hyams fluffy,lets-all-sing-Kumbaya and live together as one ending of 2010 was a bit sappy.
I've already seen all three :)
But I agree these are well-crafted, imaginative movies, and kind of easy to forget about in an age where so many productions are part of large franchises, "cinematic universes" and the like.
I dig Outland. Saw it on cable originally.
I like that you show the context of the time period it's made
3 absolute classics IMO. 2010 though, i loved it. It's filled with tension, wonder and genuine thrills. The ending had my teenage self in tears, HALs sacrifice is so damn sad!
"2010" is the name of the movie. "The year we make contact" is the advetising tag on the poster.
HOW many people can't get this right?
Seen these many times love them
2010 is one of my top 10 SciFi films....