Target... Earth?

Target... Earth?

Is Earth Worth Saving?

1980 · 95 min · ★ 6.5 · Documentary, Science Fiction

Really strange documentary of Wheeler Dixon production quality on the Tunguska Event and the possibility of it happening again causing an apocalypse (basically a meteor scare film) sprinkled with UFO conspiracy kooks, and other 'professionals', riddled with stock footage of all kinds, freaky moog music and sound fx, a Dr. Who rip-off end theme, Victor Buono as Homer the Archivist, a philosophical history recorder in a space ship with a HAL 9000 type talking computer named Ino, there's also another space ship with Egyptian looking aliens girls with pasties and see-thru blouses.

Directed by Joost Van Rees · Written by Iris Van Rees

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Cast

Victor Buono Homer The Archivist
Rick Overton Ino The Computer (voice)
Carl Sagan Self
Isaac Asimov Self
Eugene Cernan Self (archive footage)
Bernard J. Carr Self (as Dr. Bernard Carr)
Frank Drake Self (as Dr. Frank Drake)
Ronald E. Evans Self (archive footage)

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Target... Earth?

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