Outland is a 1981 British science fiction thriller film written and directed by Peter Hyams. Set on Jupiter's moon Io, it has been described as a space Western, and bears thematic resemblances to High Noon. The film stars Sean Connery as Marshal William T. O'Niel, Peter Boyle as Sheppard , Kika Markham as O'Niel's wife, and Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Lazarus. Federal Marshal William O'Niel is assigned to a tour of duty in a titanium ore mining outpost on Jupiter's moon Io. Conditions on Io are difficult - gravity is 1/6 that of Earth's with no breathable atmosphere, spacesuits are cumbersome,... and miners carry their own air supply. Shifts are long, but significant bonuses are paid. Sheppard boasts that since he took over the running of Io, productivity has broken all previous records. The film begins with a miner named Tarlow suffering an attack of delirium tremens ripping open his work-suit, resulting in his death by decompression. Later, another miner, Cane , goes outside without his spacesuit, and likewise dies from decompression.
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| Release date: | May 22, 1981 |
| Directed by: | Peter Hyams |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 109 Minutes |
| Producer: | Richard A. Roth, Stanley O'Toole |
| Editor: | Stuart Baird |
| Music by: | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography: | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Screenplay by: | Peter Hyams |
| Estimated budget: | $16,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | High Noon |
| Genre: | Western, Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller |