AdventureScience FictionAction

The Black Hole

- A journey that begins where everything ends!

The explorer craft USS Palomino is returning to Earth after a fruitless 18-month search for extra-terrestrial life when the crew comes upon a supposedly lost ship, the USS Cygnus, hovering near a black hole. The ship is controlled by Dr. Hans Reinhardt and his monstrous robot companion, but the initial wonderment and awe the Palomino crew feel for the ship and its resistance to the power of the black hole turn to horror as they uncover Reinhardt's plans.

Release Date : 1979-12-18

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Walt Disney Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Space Station OneSpace Probe

Cast

Character Name : Dr. Hans Reinhardt

Original Name : Maximilian Schell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Alex Durant

Original Name : Anthony Perkins

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain Dan Holland

Original Name : Robert Forster

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Charles Pizer

Original Name : Joseph Bottoms

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Kate McCrae

Original Name : Yvette Mimieux

Gender : Female

Character Name : Harry Booth

Original Name : Ernest Borgnine

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain S.T.A.R.

Original Name : Tom McLoughlin

Gender : Male

Character Name : V.I.N.CENT. (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Roddy McDowall

Gender : Male

Character Name : B.O.B. (voice) (uncredited)

Original Name : Slim Pickens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Drone with Mask Removed (uncredited)

Original Name : Gary Nelson

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-06-05

A little like the "Godi" in "Island at the Top of the World" I vividly recall the first time that I set eyes on "Maximilian" the menacing robot in this far darker Disney film from 1979. The "Palomino" discovers the long lost "Cygnus" on the precipice of a black hole and they board her. Once there, they discover that the captain - an excellently eerie Maximilian Schell ("Reinhardt") and our aforementioned robot are determined to take their ship through the spatial anomaly. Soon, though, our visitors discover there is something far more sinister going on and it becomes a test of wits as they and their own - rather more friendly - robots try to escape in one piece. It is not a film seen too often nowadays which is a shame; it shows that back then, Disney could on occasion do more "adult" films with good SFX, a decent, intelligent, script and a cast - including Anthony Perkins, Joseph Bottoms, Ernest Borgnine with something to get their teeth into and Roddy McDowell has good fun as the wise-cracking, laser-toting hover-bot "V. I. N. cent"