It’s the year 1980, and what should have been another routine spaceflight goes terribly wrong when an American ship is unexpectedly tugged into the gravitational field of a huge, misshapen asteroid. A crew led by Captain Frank Chapman is promptly dispatched in order to learn more about the fate of the lost ships. Irresponsible decision making and a fatal input in the flight coordinates result in an outer space soap opera amid the tiny inhabitants of Rheton, where Frank finds himself reduced to a six inch tall prisoner. Forced to remain on the asteroid, Frank enlists the help of Zetha, a dark and silent beauty, and Liara, Rheton’s local princess. However, an invasion of the asteroid by the monstrous Solarites seems imminent, which hinders Frank’s escape plans. A B-fest of Liliputian proportions, William Marshall’s brainchild offers enough inane scientific theories and kitschy fodder to make this Mystery Science Theater 3000 favorite worth revisiting.

Practical Info

• Date:
  2011-02-26
• Time:
  23h59
• Location:
  Cinema Nova

  3, rue d'Arenbergstraat
  1000 Bruxelles—Brussel
  + 32 (0)2 511 24 77
  http://www.nova-cinema.org

Background Info

• year:
  1961
• director:
  William Marshall
• country:
  USA
• version:
  vo ang / eng ov
• format:
  35mm
• duration:
  82'
• link:
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055294/