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Overall Rank: 17478
Average Rating: 2.4/4
# of Ratings: 5
Theatrical Release Date: 11/11/1969
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Parrish
Actors: Roy Thinnes, Ian Hendry, Patrick Wymark, Lynn Loring, Loni von Friedl, Herbert Lom
Plot: A mission to investigate a planet other than Earth behind the Sun becomes a disaster with the death of one of the astronauts (Hendry). His colleague (Thinnes) discovers that the mysterious planet is a mirror image of Earth.
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Journey to the Far Side of the Sun review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 08/15/2012
An impressive cult sci-fi (for its era) movie which is similar to 2001: A Space Odyssey, Solaris, and Sunshine. Colonel Glenn Ross (Roy Thinnes) and British astrophysicist Dr John Kane (Ian Hendry) are on a mission on the Phoenix spacecraft to check on the existing planet that is situated on the same orbit of Earth. EUROSEC director Jason Webb (Patrick Wymark) heads the Sun Probe project to investigate the planet. What set's this apart from other films of its genre are the various subjects touched symbolized by the characters such as loss of love (Glenn's wife Sharon - Lynn Loring), attraction (EUROSEC official Lise Hartman (Loni von Friedl), lack of trust/exploration (Jason Webb) and truth/compassion/fate (Glenn Ross). Cinematography was exemplary such as the rays of sun towards …
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