Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Age rating
- G
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
After the entire flora goes extinct, ecologist Lowell maintains a greenhouse aboard a space station for the future with his android companions. However, he rebels after being ordered to destroy the greenhouse in favor of carrying cargo, a decision that puts him at odds with everyone but his mechanical companions.
- dystopia
- sunlight
- space travel
- saturn
- biotope
- plant
- greenhouse
- forest
- space
- food
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Mark Persons — Grey Drone #1 “Dewey”
- Steven Brown — Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
- Cheryl Sparks — Orange Drone #2 “Huey”
- Larry Whisenhunt — Green Drone #3 “Louie”
- Joseph Campanella — Neal - ‘Berkshire’ Captain (voice/uncredited)
- Roy Engel — Anderson (voice/uncredited)
- Directed
- Douglas Trumbull
- Written
- Deric Washburn, Steven Bochco, Michael Cimino
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 664 ratings
- Studio
- Universal Pictures, Trumbull/Gruskoff Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
