Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie is a 1996 American science fiction comedy film and a film adaptation of the television series Mystery Science Theater 3000, produced and set between the series' sixth and seventh seasons. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Gramercy Pictures and produced by Best Brains.
Plot
The film opens with mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester, working from an underground laboratory, explaining the premise of the film (and associated series). Mike Nelson and the robots Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, along with Gypsy, are aboard the Satellite of Love high in Earth's orbit, when Forrester forces them to watch the film This Island Earth to break their wills; as in the television series, Mike, Crow and Tom riff the film as it plays.
Cast
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author | Bridget Jones Nelson Kevin Murphy Mary Jo Pehl Michael J. Nelson Paul Chaplin Trace Beaulieu |
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director | Jim Mallon |
editor | Bill Johnson |
events | mad scientist |
genre | adventure comedy mystery science fiction |
keywords | alien race breaks the fourth wall crow t. robot dr. clayton forrester fourth wall gypsy how to hubble space telescope laser beam mike nelson satellite of love tom servo |
musicBy | Billy Barber |
producer | Jim Mallon |
productionCompany | Best Brains |
publisher | Gramercy Pictures Universal Pictures |
theme | independent mad scientist the future |