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The Shape of Things to Come (1979) [PG]

Release Date:
May 4, 1979

Original Title:
The Shape of Things to Come

Alternate Titles:
Delta III
H.G. Wells' The Shape of Things to Come
Unternehmen Delta 3
Unternehmen Delta III

Genres:
Science Fiction

Production Companies:
CFI Investments
SOTTC Film Productions Ltd.

Production Countries:
Canada

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: PG 

Runtime: 98

Beyond the earth... Beyond the moon... Beyond your wildest imagination!

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Planet Earth is a devastated wasteland, and what's left of humanity has colonized the Moon in domed cities. Humanity's continued survival depends on an anti-radiation drug only available on planet Delta Three, which has been taken over by Omus, a brilliant but mad mechanic who places no value on human life. Omus wants to come to the Moon to rule and intends to attack it by ramming robot-controlled spaceships into the domes. Dr. John Caball, his son Jason, Jason's friend, Kim, and a robot named Sparks embark on Caball's space battlecruiser on an unauthorized mission to Delta Three to stop Omus.

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Production

Adaptation:
Joseph Glazner
Mike Cheda

Art Direction:
Gerry Holmes

Assistant Art Director:
Fred Geringer

Assistant Editor:
Michael O'Farrell
Bruce Lange

Assistant Set Decoration:
Kenny Porter

Assistant Sound Editor:
Steven Cole
Michael Asti-Rose

Associate Producer:
John Danylkiw

Best Boy Grip:
Gordon Eldridge

Boom Operator:
Herb Heritage

Camera Operator:
Matt Tundo

Casting:
Maria Armstrong
Ali Karnick

Continuity:
Blanche McDermaid

Costume Designer:
Larry S. Wells

Director:
George McCowan

Director of Photography:
Reginald H. Morris

Editor:
Stan Cole

Executive Producer:
Harry Alan Towers

First Assistant Director:
Gord Robinson

Focus Puller:
Gordon Langevin

Gaffer:
Chris Holmes

Hairdresser:
James Keeler

Key Grip:
Tom Finnen

Location Manager:
Tony Lucibello

Makeup Artist:
Bill Morgan

Music Director:
Paul Hoffert

Music Producer:
Jack Richardson

Novel:
H.G. Wells

Orchestrator:
Paul Hoffert

Original Music Composer:
Paul Hoffert

Producer:
William Davidson

Production Accountant:
Barry Leyland

Production Manager:
Marilyn Stonehouse

Production Secretary:
Kristine M. Gilbert

Property Master:
Wilf Culley

Publicist:
Joan Hounsell

Screenplay:
Martin Lager

Second Assistant Director:
David Shepherd

Set Decoration:
Earle Fiset

Sound Editor:
Dennis Drummond
Fred Brennan
Lydia Wazana

Sound Mixer:
Karl Scherer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
David Appleby
Don White

Special Effects:
Bill Wood

Still Photographer:
Anthony Bliss

Stunt Coordinator:
Robert Hannah

Supervising Sound Editor:
Patrick Drummond

Third Assistant Director:
Michael MacDonald

Visual Effects:
Wally Gentleman

Wardrobe Master:
Mary E. McLeod

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